TABLE OF CONTENTS- Xlll 



Eel Fishing. — The ledger line; float line; night line; bobbing; trimmers; 

 sniggling; eel-spears. Live fish or worm baits. How to bait the hooks. 

 Where to fish for eels; how to strike them . . . 424-423 



Bottom Fishing foe Common Tbout, Lake Trout, and Sea Tbout. — The rod; 

 the casting line; the gut bait and tackle. The best baits, and how to bait 

 with them. The minnow; the devil-bait. The season of trout; the best 

 water; how to cast and play the worm; how to strike; caterpillars; 

 grubs; salmon roe; how to use dead and live minnows. Row to spin; 

 "Walton's, Stoddart's, and Hawker's theory . . 428-435 



Trolling foe Lake Teout. — Order of description. The rod ; the reel ; the 

 line ; the train of hooks. The bait and flies ; the bait and kettle ; the boat 

 and oarsman ; how to strike the fish .... 435-443 



NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLY-FISHING. 



Where practised; the difference between the two . . . 444, 445 



Apparatus foe Dipping and Whipping. — The rod for dipping ; the fly-rod, 

 line, and reel ; the flies ; how to cast ; from the left shoulder ; the figure of 

 8 ; how to play the fly . .... 445-452 



Trout FisniNG. — The two-handed rod ; the professed fly -fisher ; the practical 

 fly-fisher; how to fish any water; how to throw the flies; how to strike; 

 how to play and kill . . . 452-457 " 



Salmon Fishing. — The tackle; the salmon-rod; the salmon-line; the flies; 

 how to cast; how to choose flies; where to cast for fish. Cast from the 

 left shoulder, sometimes the reverse. Length of line ; Mr. Stoddart's rule. 

 How to work the fly on the water. Salmon less scary than trout ; to strike 

 the salmon ; to play the salmon ; one third of fish hooked escape ; size and 

 power of fish ; Mr. Stoddart's rule for playing ; grilse ; baggits ; how to use 

 the gaff; how to kill your fish . .... 457-467 



SEA FISHING. 



List of game sea-fish. Weak fish; tackle, baits, and places for; king fish; 

 tackle, baits, and places for ; black fish ; tackle, baits, and places for ; 

 sheep's-head ; tackle, baits, and places for ; blue fish ; sailing and squidding. 

 Three tables of instruction for sea fishing. . . 468-475 



Appendix A — Mullin's New York fowling pieces and prices; table of strength 

 of gun metals . .... . . 476 



Appendix B. — Trimble's imported duck guns, Baltino:v. . . . 478 



Appendix C— Apparatus for artificial fly making 479 



Appendix D. — Ballard's breech-loading sporting rifle and army carbine . 481 



