Index. 



445 



Lines, marking, 438. 



material of, 51, 55. 



raw silk, 53. 



sizes of, 63, 67, 69. 



splicing, 311. 



tapered lines, 65, 67. 



testing, 66, 74. 



waterproof, 55, 57. 



waterproofing, 56, 58, 71. 

 Linoleum, manufacture of, 57. 

 Liquid glue, 300. 

 Long-distance casting, 66, 69, 71, 

 155, 214, 332. 



M. 



Mahoe, for rods, 172. 

 Maine fishing. (See Fishing.) 

 Making rods. (See Rod Mak- 

 ing.) 



tips, 265. 

 Manufacture of gut from native 



worms, 85. 

 silk-worm gut, 79. 

 Material for lines, 51. 

 Measuring thickness of gut, 



106. 

 Mechanics of the fish-hook, 11, 



19. 



Montreal fly, 377. 

 Moths, precautions against, 418. 



N. 



Number of rings for rod, 257, 

 262. 



O. 



Osage-orange, 188. 



P. 



Paddlewood, 187. 

 Parmachenee Belle, 366. 



Penetration of fish-hooks. (See 



Fish-hooks. ) 

 Pennell's remarks on fish-hooks, 



12. 



comments on same, 19. 

 Pingow wood, 195. 

 Planes for rod-making, 211. 

 Purpleheart wood, 201. 

 Pyengadu wood, 194. 



R. 



Rangely Lakes, Maine, 352, 358. 

 Reels, 140. 



aluminum, 146. 



aluminum alloys, 146. 



automatic, 145. 



axle of spool, 144. 



click of, 141. 



click spring, 148. 



diagram of click construc- 

 tion, 142. 



location of, 148. 



material of, 146. 



seat, 251. 



shape and construction, 140. 

 Repairs, 233, 290. 



breaks at ferrule, 304. 



broken rod, 297, 313. 



broken tip, 313. 



fitting reel, 311. 



fly snell, 310. 



loose reel screws, 312. 



missing rings, 307. 



missing tip ring, 308. 



splicing, 267, 297, 304. 



winding with silk, 291, 302. 

 Rings and keepers, 257, 291. 

 Rod case, 249, 413. 

 Rod-handle, 208, 247, 250, 253. 

 Rod-making, 210. 



adjusting rod, 226, 259. 



cements for ferrules, 224. 



determining taper, 216, 219. 



