INDEX. 



479 



REE 

 Reels {see Fishing Tackle and 

 Gear), 56-70 . 188 

 ♦combination reel,' 56, 57 

 ' Lever ' reel, 59 



• Sun and Planet ' reel, 60, 6 1 



• Revolving plate ' reel, 61 . 65 



• Penneir reel, 61-65 



' Orvis-Pennell ' reel, 68 

 Reel with line 'protector,' 



59. 66 

 weights of reels, 62 . 65 

 Reel-fastenings, 71-85 

 Rings, 'snake pattern,' 79-80 

 Rods : 



rings, 79 . 80 

 reel fastenings, 71 . 72 

 joint-fastenings, 80 85 

 salmon rods, and woods for 

 making, 72-78 . 186 

 split-cane, 73 

 steel centre, 76 

 trout rods, 78 

 split-cane, 78 

 single-handed, 78 

 double-handed, 79 

 lady's, 79 



Salmon : natural history of, 

 124-148 

 proved facts in history of, 126 

 nomenclature, 128 . 134 

 irregular or ' divided ' migra- 

 tions, 128 . 134 

 ,, illustrated in case of 

 trout, 135 

 ascent of, from the sea, 



129 . 133-135 

 'fresh-run' fish, 129 

 rivers, early and late, 129-131 

 best holding grounds for, 131 

 'barren' fish, 134 



• clean ' fish, 134 

 leaps, 135 



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Salmon : history of {cont.') : 



ladders, 136 



spawning of, 137-139 



' red ' fish and ' black * fish, 



137 



combats of, 138 



♦old soldiers,' 138 



' kelts,' ' spent ' or ' unclean ' 



fish, 139 

 return to sea after spawning, 



139 



re-ascent as 'clean fish,' 140 

 increase in weight, 140 

 'well-mended kelts,' 140 

 hatching of eggs, 140-142 

 destruction of young fry, 141 

 growth of ditto, 142 

 • Parr marks ' and colours of, 



142 

 change of parr into smolts, 143 

 smolts migrate to sea, 143, 144 

 return as grilse, salmon, &c. 



144 

 increase of weight, 144 

 habits and food in sea, 144 

 large specimens on record, 146 

 confined in fresh water, 148 

 distinctive marks, as compared 



with bull trout and sea trout, 



155-158 

 Salmon fly, names of different 



parts, 177 

 Salmon history. Major Traherne's 



notes on, 179-186 

 Salmon fly-fishing, 178-255 

 notes on history, &c. 179-186 

 rods, 186 

 reel and line, 188 

 dressing for lines, 53 . 191 

 casting lines, 193 

 the 'buffer knot,' 194 

 flies, 197 

 names of various parts, 177 



