X Contents. 



Section * 



X. The Spanish Mackerel 



XI. The Bonetta or Bonita 



XII. The Cero, Cerus, or Sierra, 134 ; the Horse Mackerel., 



PART II. 



FRESH-WATEE PISHING WITH FLY AND BAIT. 



CHAPTER I. 



I. The Poetry of Angling 



II. The Brook Trout 



III. Fly-fishing for Trout, 154 ; Modern Splice for Ply-rods 



CHAPTER II. 



I. Fly-fishing on Massapiqua Lake 



II. How to Fish a Stream 



III. Knots, Loops, and Drops, 166 ; how to Stain Silk-worm Gut, 170 ; 

 Trout-reels, 172 ; Ply-rods, 173 ; Landing-nets, 173 ; Trout- 

 basket, 174 ; Bait-box, 174 ; Straightening Casting-lines, 17,'j ; 

 Natural and Artificial Trout-flies 



CHAPTER IIL 



I. Middle Dam Camp 



II. Select Artificial Trout-fiies, 184 ; Round Bend Ply-hooks, 185 ; 



Fish-hook Philosophy 



in. Bait-fishing for Trout 



CHAPTER IV. 



I. Lesson by Josh Billings, 191 ; the Ardent Angler 



II. Angling for Children 



CHAPTER V. 



L The Salmon 



II. Outfit for Salmon-fishing 



III. Departure for Salmon-fishing, 215; our Start up the St. John. ... 



IV. The Encampment ,. 



V. Camping in the Wilderness, 228 ; a Morning's Experience 



VI. History and Rumination 



VII. Jolly Sport on Rattling Run 



Vin. Fly-fishing below the Falls 



IX. Thoughts of returning Homeward 



X. The Silver or Sea Trout, 255 ; the White Trout, 258 ; the Win- 

 ninish, 260 ; Red Trout of Long Lake, 262 ; Trout of Seneca 



and Cayuga Lakes, 263 ; the Mackinaw Trout 



XI. American Pickerel or Pike, 266 ; Skittering for Pickerel among 

 the Lily-pads, 270 ; Still-baiting for Pickerel 



