Vlll TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XII. SILKWORM GUT Experiments with American Silk- 

 worm Gut Native Silkworms Leaders Snells, or Snoods, 105 



CHAPTEK XIII. FISH HOOKS Eyed Hooks Numbering Hooks 

 Snelling and Tying Hooks, . . . . .114 



CHAPTEE XIV. ARTIFICIAL FLIES Killing Flies Table of Flies 

 Henshall's Flies Fluttering Fly, .... 119 



CHAPTEK XV. ARTIFICIAL BAITS Evolution of Trolling Spoons- 

 Triple Hook Hammered Spoons Artificial Minnowa Adjustable 

 Fly Spoon Artificial Mouse, . . . .125 



CHAPTER XVI. NATURAL BAITS Nomenclature Minnows, Chubs, 

 and Shiners, ....... 129 



CHAPTER XVII. MISCELLANEOUS IMPLEMENTS Fly Books- 

 Leader Boxes Landing Nets Disgorgers and Extractors Minnow 

 Buckets Anglers' Pliers Rod Holder Wading Shoes Fishing 

 Boats, 131 



PART THIRD. 



ANGLING AND FLY-FISHING. 



CHAPTER XVIII. THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANGLING Angling as an 

 Art Beauties and Love of Angling, . . . 159 



CHAPTER XIX. CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE BITING OF FISH 

 When Fishes Feed Best Time for Angling, . . 162 



CHAPTER XX. THE BLACK BASS AS A GAME FISH Why the 

 Brook Trout is Disappearing The Survival of the Fittest The 

 Black Bass not Piscivorous Comparison of Salmon, Trout, and 

 Black Bass Fishing, . . . . . .165 



CHAPTER XXL FLY-FISHING Fly-Fishing for Black Bass a Mod- 

 ern Art General Instructions Advice On Streams On Lakes 

 A Reminiscence, . . . . . .171 



CHAPTER XXIL CASTING THE MINNOW Capabilities of the Min- 

 now-Casting Rod Mascalonge Red-Fish Tarpon Popularity of 

 Henshall Rod Extraordinary Minnow-Casting, . . 181 



CHAPTER XXIII. STILL-FISHING Angling of our Boyhood The 

 Happy Still Fisher A Retrospection, . . . 185 



CHAPTER XXIV. TROLLING Trolling at Gogebic Pot-Fishing 

 Fishing for Count Murderous Sportsmen, . . . 190 



CHAPTER XXV. SKITTERING AND BOBBING Bobbing in Florida 

 A Tropical Scene Justification of Trolling, Bobbing and 

 Skittering, ....... 193 



CHAPTER XXVI. CONCLUDING REMARKS A Labor of LoveThe 

 Reward of Labor The Last Cast, .... 196 



