INDEX. 



ACC 

 Acclimatisation of the black 



bass, 386-389 . 390-397 

 Artificial baits, 58-62 . 101 



Barbel and bream, and fishing 



for, 299-307 

 Bait cans, 44-47 

 Baits for pike, and bait catching, 



40 63 

 Baits, natural, for spinning, 

 40 ; ' live-baits,' 1 38 



fresh or stale, 42 



how to keep alive, 42 . 44 



brandy as a 'reviver,' 43 . 

 160 



tench as a pike bait, 43 



bait cans, 44-47 



Field's aerating bait can, 47 

 Baits, preserved, and various 

 experiments, 5^-57 



eel-tail, salt and fresh, and 

 whitebait, 53-57 



Artificial Baits, 58-62 . loi 



'composite bait,' 61 



pike fly, 62 

 Bait catching, 47 



cast net, 47 



seine or ' sweep ' net, 49 



' a rotten rope,' 49 



CAR 



Bait catching {cont. ) : 



foolish exposure, 51-52 



minnow net, 52 



a Lough Corrib pike, 57 

 Baits for coarse fishing generally, 



see ' Float Fishing,' 225-241 

 Black bass, acclimatisation of, 



and rearing, 386-389 . 390- 



397 

 Bleak, see ' Gudgeon and Bleak,' 



and fishing for, 324-334 

 Brandy and pike baits, 43 . l6i 

 Bream-flat, 304 

 Bullock's brains and ' pith,' 234 



• Caddis bait,' 237 

 Carp-Bream, and fishing for, 



299-307 

 Carp and tench, 269-298 



' Cunning Carp,' lay of, 272 



sense of hearing in carp, 275 



tameness of carp, 274 



in ponds, 276 



longevity, 285 



varieties of carp (Prussian, 

 &c.), 281 



large specimens, 282 

 , tackle, baits, and times for 

 carp fishing, 286-293 



