Index to Life History and Angling. 



Aerating water, 270. 

 American silk-worm, 219. 

 Angling, as a recreation, 316. 



as an art, 311, 312, 313. 



best season for, 326. 



conditions for, 326. 



effect of wind on, 326, 328. 



perfect day foi-, 331. 



philosophy of, 307. 



pleasures of, 313, 314, 315, 



uncertainty of, 317. 



youthful, 411. 

 Artificial baits, 258. 

 Artificial flies, 243, 254. 



care of, 440. 



hackles, 246, 248. 



hooks for, 247. 



Japanese, 257. 



list of, 250, 251, 253, 253, 

 256. 



rules for, 245. 



successful, 248. 



table of, 249. 



winged, 246. 

 Artificial insects, 266. 



minnows, 265. 

 A reminiscence, 380. 

 A retrospection, 416. 

 Ash, for rods, 129. 

 Au revoir, 444. 

 Bag, camping, 301. 

 Baits, 258. 



bob, 268. 



insects, 266. 



mouse, 266. 



natural, 268. 



spoons and spinners, 258. 

 Bait-fishing, 385. 



bobbing, 429. 



easting the minnow, 385. 



skittering, 428. 



318. 



255, 



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Bait-fishing — Continued. 



still-fishing, 411. 



trolling, 420. 

 Bait lines, 205, 206, 213, 214. 

 Bait rods, 145. 

 Baits for still-fishing, 414. 

 Bamboo, Calcutta, 130. 

 Baskets, fish, 280, 281. 



slings, 281. 

 Bethabara for rods, 130. 

 Biting of fish, 316. 



conditions which govern, 317, 

 Black bass as a game-fish, 338. 



voracity of, 348. 

 Boats, 301, 302. 

 Bob, 266, 267. 

 Bobbing, 429. 



tackle and method, 430, 431. 



in Florida, 431. 

 Boots, rubber, 299. 

 Buckets, minnow, 286, 287. 

 Caliper, gauge, 298. 

 Camping bag, 301. 

 Cane for rods, 130. 

 Capture of the bass, 351, 352, 353, 



354. 

 Care of minnows, 270, 271. 



of tackle, 433, 440. 



of flies, 440. 



of leaders, 44i. 



of lines, 438. 



of reels, 437. 



of rods, 434. 

 Cases, rod, 300. 



reel, 300. 

 Casting lines, 219. 

 Casting the fly, 365. 



method of, 366, 367, 368, 369. 



overhead, 368. 



sidewise, 369. 



switch east, 370. 



