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Ext Fisnive.—The ledger line; float line; night lines bobbing; trimmers; 
sniggling; eel-spears. Tive fish or worm baits. How to bait the hooks. 
Where to fish for eels; how to strike them . . . . . 424-428 
Bortom Fisnine ror Common Trovt, Laxr Trovt, anp Sra Trour.—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. How to spin; 
Walton’s, Stoddart’s, and Hawker’s theory . soe ew 428-485 
Tro.tine For Large Trour.—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 . a ‘ 7 a . 435-443 
NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLY-FISHING. 
Where practised; the difference between thetwo . . . . 444,445 
APPARATUS FOR Dipping AND Wuiprina.—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 thefy . . . . . + + + 445-452 
Tzovut Fisutna.—The two-handed rod; the emt fiy-fisher; the practical 
fly-fisher; how to fish any water; how to throw the flies; how to strike; 
how to play and kill wt ¥ ne A ee ee 8 YS 
Satmon Fisutnc.—The tackle; the salmon-rod; the salmon-line; the flies; 
how to cast; how to choose flies; where to cust 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 ; to baggits; how to use 
the gaff; how to Kill your fish . ae . - 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; éackle, baits, and places for; 
sheep's-head ; tackle, baits, and places for; blue fish; oe and squidding. 
Three tables of instruction for sea fishing. . . ~  « 468-475 
Appzrnpix A.—Maullin’s New York one pieces and alias table of strength 
of gunmetals . i Ae Se » 6 « 46 
Appenpix B.—Trimble’s imported duck guns, Baltimore. 2 S » 478 
AppEnDix C.—Apparatus for artificial fly making . . +» .« « 479 
Apprenprx D,—Ballard’s breech-loading sporting rifle and army carbine . 481 
