Index. 



443 



Ferrules, hour-glass, 240, 306. 

 repair of breaks at, 304. 

 separating, 241, 309. 

 sizes and lengths for, 228. 

 Fish - hooks, angle of efficiency, 



18. 



barbless hooks, 18, 27. 

 bronzed and blacked, visi- 

 bility compared, 39. 

 bronzed hooks, 36, 37, 38. 

 comments on same, 19. 

 eyed hooks, 37. 

 holding power, 16. 

 how made, 44. 

 how tested, 49. 

 how to criticise and select, 



22. 



lacquering, 37, 48. 

 lightness and neatness of, 



16. 

 Limerick, round, and Kirby 



bends, 17. 

 loop - eyed hooks, their ad- 



tage, 32, 33. 

 mechanics of, 11, 19. 

 O'Shaughnessy bends, 27. 

 overfineness of wire, 13, 24. 

 penetration of, 14, 19. 

 Pennell hook, 27, 31. 

 PennelFs remarks on, 12. 

 short-shanked hooks, 24. 

 side-bend discussed, 26. 

 sizes of, 36. 

 small barb, 25. 

 Sneck bend, 17, 26. 

 Sproat bend, 17, 25, 27, 31. 

 theoretically perfect hook 



impossible, 26. 

 turn-down loop-eyed hooks, 



31, 35, 37. 

 Fishing at Rangely Lakes, 352, 



358. 



by ladies, 434. 

 color of dress when, 408. 



Fishing, effect of ripple on, 395. 

 in British Columbia, 370. 

 in Maine waters, 28, 75. 315, 



337, 347, 352, 358. 

 in streams, 311, 344, 407, 



417. 

 playing fish when wading, 



417. 

 points for beginners, 344, 



357, 402. 

 striking trout, 28, 332, 342, 



363. 



wading, 407, 417. 

 Fishing-lines. (See Lines.) 

 Fishing tackle, best quality only 



to be used, 31. 

 Fitting line to rod, 67, 69. 

 Flies, appearance in water. 40. 

 drop flies, 116, 120, 156. 

 for large trout, 366, 377. 

 from what depth visible, 



404. 

 how attached to leader, 116, 



120. 

 management on water, 156, 



344, 357, 360. 



management, rules for, 344. 

 repairing snell, 310. 

 selection of, 340, 351, 355. 

 with snell, loop, and loop- 

 eyed compared, 32. 

 Flv-casting. (See Casting the 



Fly.) 

 Form of rod handle, 253. 



G. 



German silver, 244. 



to blacken, 245. 

 Glue, liquid, 300. 



use of, 178, 270, 273, 300. 

 Greenheart, 179. 

 Growth of trout, 423. 

 Guides in Maine, 359, 378. 



