the suitable, 273; list of, and
directions about, 310.
Flies of prey, 101.
Float-fishing, rules for, 196, note.
Flounder, how to catch, 167; rarely
taken with the rod, 167, note.
Fly, kinds noticed by Walton, 105;
to know what one is taken, 273.
Fly, artificial, how to make, 263,
265; materials for, 108, note.
Fly-fishing for Trout, directions for,
110; Cotton's directions for, 259;
how to throw the line, 261; in
windy weather, best in the still
deeps, 289.
Fordidge Trout, account of, 80.
Fox seized by a Pike, amusing story
of a, 132, note.
Frogs, destructive to Pike, 134;
divers kinds of, 134.
Fulimart, or fumart, 48.
Fuller, Dr Thomas, his lively con-
versation with Walton, 13; facts
recorded hy him relating to
angling, 64, note; 65, note; 163,
Garrick, Mrs, 144, note.
Gay, John, a lover of angling, 182,
note; extract from his Rural
Sports, ib.
Generation, the doctrine of equivo-
cal, exploded, 100, note.
Gentles, a bait for Carp, 148;
method of breeding and keeping,
George, the Lesser, preserved by
Walton, 20.
Geneva, large Trouts in the lake of,
Gipsies, a curious division of money
by a gang of, 115.
Gnat, bright dun, 272.
Gnat, little black, 276, 285.
Gold and Silver fish, 198, note.
Grass, Indian, how to use, 209, note.
Grasshopper, the, voracity of, 80;
a bait for Trout, 111.
Grasshopper, how to make a green,
285; a dun, ib.
Graves, what, and how used for bait,
170, note.
Grayling, or Umber, directions how
to fish for, 123; baits for, ib.
note; when in season, 268, 271.
Gray-drake fly, 281.
Great dun-fly, 273.
Great blue dun-fly, 273.
Great whirling dun-fly, 275, note.
Great hackle-fly, 272.
Green peacock hackle, 310.
Green drake fly, 279; how to make
an artificial, 281.
Green grasshopper, 285.
Green-tail fly, 313, 315.
Ground-bait, for Bream, 152;
angling with, 291.
Grub, good bait for Roach, Dace,
and Chub, 187.
Gudgeon, the, description of, 172;
how to fish for, 173.
Hackle-fly, several kinds of, 272;
to make, 274.
Hairs, how to twist, 208, note;
how to dye, 209.
Hakewill, Dr, 120.
Halifax, Marquis of, his high
opinion of Cotton's Montaigne,
Hampshire, abounds with good
trouting streams, 119.
Hanson Toot, hill of that, name,
252.
Harry-long-legs fly, of what made,
Harvie, Ch. his verses on the book
of Common Prayer, 113.
Hawks, two kinds of, 47; names of
several, 47.
Hawthorn-fly, where found, 111.
Hearing of fish, 119.
Hearth-fly, 316.
Henmoor, or Schoo Brook, affords
Trout and Grayling, 245.
Herbert, George, Walton's life of,
14; verses by, 58, 112.
Hermit fish, account of the, 59.
Hern, or Heron, caught with a hook
baited, 175.
Herrings, where plentiful, 202.
Hind, James, the English Gusman,
account of, 116, note.
Hook, how to bait one with a
worm, 97, 292; with a Minnow,
January, artificial flies for, 271.
Jerome, Saint, his three wishes, 51.
Jonson, Ben, his sarcasms against
smoking, 254, note.
July, artificial flies for, 285, 311.
June, artificial flies for, 284.
Kemble pipe, what, 254, note.
Kennet river affords good Trout,
121, note.
King, Dr Henry, Bishop of Chi-
chester, his opinion of Walton's
Lives, 4, 14, 22.
Kipper, meaning of the term, 125.
Kirby, Charles, a famous maker of
hooks, 192, note.
Knop-fly, 315.
Knot, how to tie a water, 192, note.
Knotted gray gnat, 313.
Lamprey, great age of a tame, 162.
Last-Spring, a species of Trout, 129,
Latkin, remarkably clear stream,
248; yields the finest Trout, ib.
Laws of Angling, 299.
Lea River, much frequented by
Walton, 3.
Lead, how much required for a line
with worin, 104.
Leather-mouthed fish, what, 77.
Lebault, Dr, his directions for
making fish-ponds, 203.
Ledger bait, 135.
Lesser hackle-fly, 272.
Lessius, Leonard, his remark on
fasting, 104.
Lever, Sir Ashton, 57, note.
Line, directions for making, 206;
how to throw in fly-fishing, 261.
Live baits for Pike, 135.
Live snap, method of taking Pike,
140, note.
Loach, description of the, 197;
how to catch, 198; good bait for
Trout, 296.
Lob-worm, 96.
Luce, or Pike, observations on, and
directions how to fish for, 130.
Lucian, the father of scoffers, 34.
Mackerel fly, 316.
Macrobius, Aurelius, 51.
March, artificial flies for, 275
Markham, Gervaise, on the quali-
ties of an angler, 53, note.
Marlow, Christopher, account of,
Martial, epigram of, on tame fishes,
120.
Materials for fly-making, 108, note.
May, artificial flies for, 278.
May-fly, how to make an artificial,
107; different kinds of, 279.
Medway river, 201.
Metastasio, Ecloga Piscatoria, a-
scribed to, 319.
Milkmaid's song, 87; wish, 88.
Milkmaid's mother's answer, 88.
Miller's Thumb, or Bull-head, de-
scribed, 198; how to catch, ib.
Minnow, or Penk, when found, 98;
how to bait with, 98; descrip-
tion of, and how to catch, 197.
Monk Fish, 59, note.
Montaigne, his speculations about
his cat, 43; his Essays, transla-
ted by Cotton, 230.
Moorish fly, 105.
More-Lands, 253.
Moss, best kind of, 97.
Moulin, Peter du, observation of
his, 55.
Mullet, chastity of the, 61; changes |
colours, 78; best of sea-fish, 79.
Music, lines in praise of, 181.
Natural fly, of fishing with a, 111,
259; best kind of, 259.
New River, the best Eels taken in,
166, note.
Night fishing for Trout, 118.
Nightingale, its singing described,
46.
North, Hon. Roger, Discourse of
Fish and Fish-ponds, 206, note.
Northumberland Trout, 82.
November, artificial flies for, 287.
Nowel, Dr, dean of St Paul's,
particulars concerning, 64.
Oak-fly, 110, 111; how to make,
311.
October, artificial flies for, 286.
Offley, J. Esq. dedication to, 31.
Oils, put upon baits, 128, 129, 148;
whether useful, 295.
Pike-pool, description of, 269.
Pike, or Luce, observations on, 130;
longevity of, 131; boldness and
voracity of, ib.; bite of, veno-
mous, 133; breeding of, ib.;
said to be destroyed by frogs,
134; how to fish for, 135;
haunts of, and baits for, 138,
note; directions for roasting, 141.
Piper cadis, where found, 194, note.
Piscator's song in praise of fishing,
176.
Pismire fly, 311, 316.
Plain hackle-fly, 313.
Poison-fish, 58.
Pond-fishing, 205, note.
Pope, or Ruffe, description of the,
Prime dun-fly, 314.
Prison, lines inscribed on the wall
of a, 232.
Purple-fly, 316.
Red-brown fly, 271; lesser, 272.
Red hackle-fly, 313.
Red herl-fly, 314.
Reliquiæ Wottonianæ, 5, 215.
Otter, the, destructive to fish, 42; Retirement, the, stanzas addressed
observations on, 69.
Owl-fly, 284.
Palmer-fly, account of, 100; how
to make, 274, 278.
Palmer-worm, 101; when used for
fishing, 107.
Parrot-Fish, 58.
Pastes, for Chub, 78; for Carp,
147;
for Bream, 150; for Tench,
156; for Roach and Dace, 185.
Paternoster line, what, 174, note.
Patience, anecdotes of an angler's,
54, note.
Peacock-fly, 279, 285.
Pearl-colour, or heron dun, 310.
Penk, or Minnow, observations on,
98, 197.
Perch, observations on, 156;
esteemed very wholesome, 157;
how to fish for, 158; additional
directions about, 158, note.
Peucerus, Gaspar, fabulous story:
told by, 118.
Pigeons used to carry letters, 46.
Pike-fishing, ancient mode of, 9.
Rivers, wondrous properties of some,
56; observations on several, 200.
Rivers in England, principal, des-
cribed in a sonnet of Michael
Drayton's, 201.
Roach, description of the, 183;
better in rivers than ponds, 184;
largest caught in the Thames, ib.;
season for catching, ib. note; how
to fish for, 185; baits for, 186,
189, note; haunts of, ib. note.
Rod, directions for colouring, 206,
210; choice of, and how to
make, 206, note; best made in
Yorkshire, length of, 260.
Roe, Nat. and R. friends of Wal-
ton's, 3, 33.
Rosicrusians, 188.
Royal merchant, comedy of the,
116.
Rules and cautions in fishing, | Stone-fly, how made, 105, 284;
317.
description and use of, 283.
Running line, description of, 97; Straw-worm described, 194.
materials to make, 208.
Saddler, an account of Mr, 42.
Sad yellow fly, 105.
Salmon, the, observations on, 124;
migration of, 125, note; age and
growth of, 126; how to fish for,
127; baits for, 128, note; beauti-
ful appearance of, on coming out
of the water, 130.
Salmon spawn, an excellent bait for
most fish, 190, note.
Salmon-leap, mention of places so
called, 126.
Salmon-trout, where found, 82.
Salviani, Hippolito, 123.
Samlet, or Skegger Trout, 79.
Sanderson, Dr Robert, 19.
Sand-fly, 313.
Scale-fish, how to fish for,
note.
Swans, penalty for stealing, 60,
Tackle requisite for an angler, 190,
191, note.
Tawny-fly, 105.
Templars, the knights, curious and
once characteristic device of, 2.
Tench, observations on, 154; the
physician of fishes, 154; cure
performed by the application of,
155; directions how to catch,
156; haunts of, and baits for,
ib. note.
Thames, origin of the name, 200;
its course, ib. ; lines in praise of,
ib.
Thames fishing, 184, note.
Thatched house in Hodsden, 41.
190, Theobald's, account of that place,
41.
Thorn-fly, 315.
Thorntree-fly, 275.
Schoo brook, 245, note.
Seals fond of music, 57, note.
Sea monster resembling a man, 59,
note.
Sea-grass for hook lines, 209, note.
September, artificial flies for, 286.
Severn, the, its course, 200.
Shawford brook, 114.
Shell-fly, 105, 285.
Shepperton and Hampton frequent-
ed by the Londoners, 184, note.
Silk-worm, her mode of spinning,
211, note.
Silver-twist hackle, 310.
Simple men, in what sense anglers
Toads not venomous, 132, note.
Tobacco, King James the First's
hatred of, 254, note; mischiefs
of, ib.
Top of fishing-rod, how to mend,
191, note.
Tradescants, account of the, 57.
Treatyse of Fysshynge with an
angle, 7.
Trent, River, origin of the name,
200, 248.
Trolling for Pike, directions for,
139, note.
Trout, directions for catching, 77,
95; observations on the nature
and breeding of, 79; varieties of,
82; when in season, and what
kind best, 83; not proper to
catch one till the middle of March,
107; catching by torch light,
119; haunts of, and time of
spawning, 121, note.
Trout or Grayling, how to angle
for, 258; to dress, 289; to an-
gle at the bottom for, 291; ang-
ling by hand for, ib.; angling
in the middle for, 296; Loach a Whirling dun-fly, 277; little, ib.
Trout, Wandle variety of, 90.
Trout-lice, description of, 83.
Trouts have a favourite stone to
lie near in a river, 259, note.
Turkey-fly, 278.
White dun-fly, 285.
White gnat, 279.
White hackle, 286.
White miller, or owl-fly, 284.
Whitish dun-fly, 275.
Turtle-dove, common mistake about, Whitterish-fly, 314.
Varro, M. Terentius, his aviary,
46; fish, 51.
Violet dun-fly, 310.
Violet-fly, 277.
Walking-bait, 135.
Waller, Ed. lines of, 182.
Walton, Izaak, the life of, 1; his
character, 11; conversation with
Fuller, 13; intimacy with many
eminent men, 20; death, 23;
epitaph, ib.; family, ib. ; will,
27; his letter to Cotton, 238;
adopted Cotton for his son, ib.
Walton, Mrs, account of, 3; her
epitaph, 4.
Wasp-fly, 105, 285.
Whole Duty of Man, authorship of
22, note.
Weirs, or kidels, 185, note.
Wind, observations on the best for
fishing, 109.
Windy day best for fly-fishing, 105. .
Withy-fly, 311.
Worms, divers kinds of, 95; how
to keep, 96; method of making
them rise, 97; cadis, 193; cock-
spur, ib.; straw, ib.; how to
preserve cadis, ib. note; how
to bait with, 293.
Wotton, Sir Henry, 4, 5; his love
of angling, 65; his verses on
spring, 66; verses in praise of
angling, from the Reliquiae
Wottoniana, 215; farewell to
the vanities of the world, 216.
Wye river, in Monmouthshire,
when fish in season there, 127,
249, note.
Yellow, or greenish fly, 105.
Yellow dun-fly, 277.
Yellow may-fly, 284.
Yellow miller, or owl-fly, 284.
Water, the element of, commended, Yellow watchet-fly, 313.
Yelvers, the name for young Eels,
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