Index. 



447 



Shadblow, 190. 

 Silk for lines, 51. 



for winding on rings, etc., 



261. 

 Silk-worm gut, 79. 



bargains in purchase of, 106. 



classification of, 105. 



dyeing of, 107, 110, 402. 



measuring thickness of, 106. 



to judge its quality, 103. 



trade names, 83. 

 Silk-worms, native, 84, 89. 



native, gut from, 86, 95. 

 Silver Doctor, 368. 

 Silver tinsel to be lacquered, 368. 

 Simple ferrules, 231, 304. 

 Sizes of lines, 64, 67. 

 Snakewood, 184. 

 Splicing breaks, etc., 267, 297, 



304. 



Splicing line, 311. 

 Split bamboo rods, 161. 

 Splitting bamboo, 266. 

 Spring-balance, testing, 432. 



use of, 431. 



Springs, tempering of, 148. 

 Strength of silk, wet and dry, 54. 



trout, 128, 133, 158. 

 Striking trout, 28, 332, 342, 363. 



T. 



Table of comparative weight and 



length of trout, 433. 

 of weights of rod wood, 197, 



205. 



Tail-flies, tying to leader, 120. 

 Tapered lines, 65, 67. 

 Test your tackle, 49, 69, 106. 

 Testing bamboo, 279. 

 fish-hooks, 49. 

 leaders, 125. 



leaders, cases illustrating its 

 importance, 126. 



Testing lines, 66, 74. 



rod wood, 179, 220. 



spring-balance, 432. 

 Tinsel should be lacquered, 368. 

 Tips for rods, 173, 181, 199, 265. 



repair of, 313. 

 Tools for rod-making, 211, 217, 



221. 

 Trout, anatomy of eye of, 386. 



computing weight of, 432. 



conduct of, 352, 354, 387. 



fasting powers of, 422. 



flies for large, 366. 



from what depth will rise 

 to fly, 405. 



growth of, 423. 



hearing, 380. 



killing, 417. 



longevity of, 420, 423. 



sense of smell, 405. 



strength of, 128, 130, 158. 



table of comparative weight 

 and length, 433. 



vision of, 379. 381, 383. 



weight of, 420. 



'V. 



Varnishing rods, 221, 255. 

 split bamboo rods, 287. 

 wrappings, 264. 

 Visibility of leaders, 109, 381, 



388, 396. 



objects through water, 404. 

 shadow of rod on water, 396, 



405. 

 to trout of objects on land. 



393. 

 Vision of trout, 379, 381, 383. 



W. 



Wading clothes, 408, 414. 



handling fish when, 417. 



