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Index 



Griam, Loch (a narrow escape), 



109 

 " Gumption," in relation to 



wet-fly fishing, 53 



HALFORD, F. M., Mr., on the 



Blue Dun, 187 

 Hang," The, or The Hing," 



43, 117, 118, 119, 120 

 Hardy Brothers, Messrs., 140 

 Hog-backed (or rather bottomed) 



pool, A., 81, 82 

 Hogg, Mrs. (the late), 141, 142, 



148 

 How I captured a five-pound 



Tweed trout, 116 

 "How to Catch Trout," by 



three Anglers, 27, 28, 43 

 "How to land trout expedi- 



tiously while wading," 174, 



et seq. 

 Hutchinson and Sons, Messrs., 



round-bend hooks, 200 



IDEAL way, An, of presenting 



the fly to a shy old trout, 195, 



196 

 Incident worth recording, An, 



97 to 102 

 International (Universal) scale 



of hooks advised, 201 to 204 

 Isla, The, at Meigle and Glen- 



isla 



JAPANNED hooks condemned, 



and why, 201 

 Jed, The, a woodland Scottish 



water, 28, 29 



LINES, various, 160, 161 

 Listening to the silence, 15 



MALLOCH, P. D., Mr., 142 

 Marston, K. B., Mr. ; his letter 



to E. M. Tod, 8, 9, 10 

 Mechanical fly-fishing con- 

 demned, 117 



" NORTH Country Fly-fishing " ; 

 a Fishing Gazette essay, 59 

 to 63 



PATTERNS, far too varied; of 



any one fly. Reform much 



needed, 207, 20S, 209 

 Playing a trout timidly, bad 



form, 57 

 Pollution, River, especially 



during a drought, 73, 74 



RAIN, the trout acting as a 



barometer, 122, 123 

 Really good " rise," or " hatch," 



A, 104 

 Reels, far too many fads ; a good 



reel, 157 to 160 

 " Reminiscences of an old 



Angler," Fishing Gazette, 126 

 Rivers and streams generally ; 



fished by the author, Chap. 



V., 136, 137, 138 

 Rivers, Fishing of, Chap. IV., 65 



to 135 

 Rivers not all quite alike, 84, 



et seq. 

 Rods, Light ; controversy in the 



Fishing Gazette, 150, 151 

 Ronald's fly-fishers' entomology. 



The " Blue Dun," 189 

 Rubbing out the air-bubbles : 



"A tip" for occasional use, 



198 



SHAKESPEARE'S words applied 



to injudicious wading, 56, 57 

 Sky, " a grey day," etc., 55 

 Sluggish Scottish streams, 



remarks upon, 35 to 38 

 Sneck-bend hooks, 200 

 Sport versus murder, 19 

 Stewart's " day," humorously 



described by a keeper, 126 

 Stewart, W. C., Mr., 23, 24, 25 

 Suetonius M. Tod's "Trout 



Fishing Guide," Isle of Man, 



133, 134 

 Sunk or drowned fly, fishing 



with, 89, et seq. 



