FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Section C— APPARATUS OF SEA AND FRESH- WATER FISH- 

 ING. 



XL — Clubs, Spears, Darts, Rakes, and Dredges — Continued, 

 men in the capture of squid for bait ; mackerel gaff or 

 gambeering iron and mackerel bob formerly used by 

 New England fishermen for the capture of mackerel 

 without the use of bait. 



49. Oulachan rake, used by the Indians of the Northwest 



coast ; clam-rakes, hoes, and claws, sponge-hook, moss- 

 rakes, oyster-tongs, rakes, and scrapes. 

 XII. — Fish-hooks, Jigs and Drails, Artificial Baits, Flies 

 and Fly-hooks, Gulleters, Clearing Rings, &c. 



50. Series of Indian and Eskimo hooks made of bone, wood, 



and iron. 

 • 51. Series of steel hooks, showing the manufacture of hooks 

 from the plain wire to the finished hook, and all the 

 principal varieties offish-hooks used in sea and fresh- 

 water fishing, including the Barbless, Limerick, Cen- 

 tral-Draught, Kirby, Aberdeen, Kinsey, Carlisle, shark 

 and dog-fish hooks. 



52. Jigs and drails for the capture of cod, weakfish, Spanish 



mackerel, bass, bluefish, and dolphin ; mackerel jigs 

 formerly extensively used, with lead, ladles, molds, file, 

 rasp, &c, used in their manufacture. 



53. Spoon-baits, trolling-spoons, spinners, minnows, and in- 



sects, for salmon, trout, bass, pike, and pickerel fishing. 



54. Case of lure-baits and ornamental hooks from Alaska. 



55. Collection of over seven hundred varieties of salmon, bass, 



and trout flies, arranged on cards and labelled with 

 their trade names. 



56. Case of insects used for bait and injurious or useful to the 



fisheries, prepared by Prof. C. V. Riley. 



57. Spring hooks for pickerel, "snap and catch'em hooks," 



Edgar barbless hooks, eagle-claw trap. 



58. Bait boxes, creels, gulleters, clearing rings, pocket scales, 



and other miscellanous articles used by anglers. 

 XIII. — Fishing lines and Rigged Gear. 



59. Indian and Eskimo lines made of kelp, whale and seal hide 



and cedar bark. 



60. Cotton lines, shroud-laid and cable laid, white and tarred; 



linen, flax, grass, and silk lines, including water-proof 

 fly lines, and other silk lines for salmon and trout 

 fishing. 



61. Spanish gut as imported for the manufacture of leaders; 



single, double and twisted gut leaders ; minnow gangs, 

 brails, gangings, used in various sea fisheries. 



