Description

This antiquarian volume comprises a detailed and comprehensive treatise on angling, with information on equipment, technique, and a wide variety of common fish. Complete with a wealth of useful and practicable information, as well as being profusely illustrated, this text will be of utility to anyone with an interest in fishing, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of angling literature. The chapters of this book include: Bottom Feeding, Mid-Water Fishing, The Gudgeon, The Pope or Ruff, The Bleak, The Roach, The Rudd, The Dace, The Chub, The Barbel, The Bream, The Carp, The Tench, The Perch, The Pike, Trout Fishing with Bait, et cetera. We are republishing this book in an affordable modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of fishing.