The gentleman angler. : Containing short, plain and easy instructions whereby the most ignorant beginner may, in a little time, become a perfect artist in angling for salmon, salmon-peal, trout, pike, carp, perch, barbel, tench, bream, chub, greyling, mullets, flounders, roach, dace, gudgeon, &c. With several observations on angling, angle-rods, and artificial flies; how to choose the best hair, and Indian grass; of the proper times and seasons for river and pond fishing; when fish span, and what baits are chiefly to be used, &c. To which is added, The angler's new song : The laws of angling, and the form of a license and deputation for angling. Together with an appendix, containing the method of rock and sea-fishing; an alphabetical explanation of technical words used in the Art of angling; choice receipts for dressing fish; and, How to improve barren ground by turning it into fish-ponds, &c. / By a gentleman, who has made angling his diversion upwards of twenty-eight years.

Bibliographic Details

Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed for A. Bettesworth, 1726.
Subjects:	Fishing Fishes