The Angler's Guide: Being a Plain and Complete Practical Treatise on the Art of Angling for Sea, River, and Pond Fish ... - Couverture souple
Présentation de l'éditeur
Juvenile Sportsman, as the old practitioner is, generally speaking, by no means communicative; I have often witnessed the evasive answers of old A nglers, when applied to on the subject; indeed, it is a very common practice for those who are masters of the A rt, to discontinue A ngling, and move away, jvhen jiccosted by strangers or a novice. I have, also, been careful not to introduce any thing resting on mere theory, but to instruct the novice by rules drawn from actual practice and observation; arranged in the most plain and intelligible manner; and I feel highly gratified to find that my endeavours to supply such a work, have been so well received. In this Edition, the whole of the Treatise has been carefully corrected and revised; and much additional information, relative to A ngling, has been introduced, as well as many new cuts to illustrate and embellish the subject; and to which is added, the Troller sG uide, a new and complete Treatise on Trolling, or the Art ofF ishing for Jack and Pike. The only work written expressly on the art of taking Jack and Pike, by A ngling, is called the Complete TroU er, and was published in the year 1682, by the Rev.
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