442 



Index. 



Casting the fly, position of wrist 



on back cast, 323. 

 position of wrist on forward 



cast, 324. 



position on back cast, 321. 

 position on front cast, 329. 

 postponing back cast, 344, 



347, 349, 350. 

 practice of left hand, 330. 

 purpose of casting, 341. 

 side cast, 331. 

 the forward cast, 327, 329. 

 the pause, 326. 

 the strike, 28, 332, 342, 363. 

 with two-handed rod, 436. 

 Cedar for rods, 171. 

 Celluloid as a water - proofing 



discussed, 59. 

 coated lines, 59. 

 Cements for ferrules, 224. 

 Cheap tackle, experimenting 



with, 167. 

 Click of reels, 141. 



springs, 148. 

 Comparative weight of rod 



woods, tables, 197, 205. 

 Competition in angling, 313. 

 Composite rods, 202. 

 Cutting, selection, and seasoning 

 rod wood. (See Rod Material.) 



D. 



Dagame wood, 197, 199. 

 Desiderata in fly-rods, 157. 



gut, 103. 



lines, 64. 



Dowelled ferrules, 230. 

 Dowelled vs. simple ferrules, 231, 



304. 



Draw filing, 271. 

 Drawn gut, 94. 



Drawn tubing for ferrules, 242. 

 Drop flies, how attached, 116. 



Drop flies, how handled, 156. 



how spaced, 120. 

 Dyed gut, visibility of, 109, 381, 



388, 396. 

 Dyeing gut, loss of strength by, 



108. 

 silk-worm gut, 107. 



E. 



Enamelled water-proof lines, 57, 



63. 

 English lines, 58. 



rods, 151. 

 Experimenting with cheap 



tackle, 167. 

 Experiments in gut-making, 86, 



95. 

 on best color for leaders, 



381, 388, 397. 

 on color of lines, 403. 

 on strength of trout, 133. 

 to test strength of trout, 



129. 



Eyed hooks, 31, 35, 37. 

 advantage of, 32, 33. 

 knots for, 120. 



F. 



Ferrules, 215, 228. 

 blacking, 245. 

 care in use of, 250. 

 cements for, 224. 

 dowelled ferrules, 230. 

 dowelled vs. simple ferrules, 



231, 304. 

 fastening, 223. 

 fastening pins for, 225, 233, 



255, 304. 



fitting, 222, 223, 243. 

 for hexagonal joints, 286. 

 from tubing, 242. 

 general discussion of, 231. 



