The compleat fisher : Or, The true act of angling. Being [a] clear and speedy way of taking all sorts of fresh-water fish, with the worm, fly, paste, and other baits, in their proper seasons: how to know the haunts of fish, and angle for them in all waters and weathers, at the top, middle, or bottom: baiting of the ground, and night baits, oyls, and ointments, baits natural and artificial: the several ways of angling: to make oyl of asper, and many rare secrets, never before made publick, containing the whole body of angling, and mystery of a compleat angler. To fish in Hockney river, the best stands, and how to make the best tackling to fish there. By J.S. a brother of the angle.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, John, active 1684-1704
Corporate Author: Gale (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for G. Conyers at the Ring, and J. and B. Sprint at the Bull in Little-Britain, 1725.
Edition:The fifth edition, enlarged.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Item Description:Attributed to John Smith (Wing).
First published in 1696 as 'The true art of angling'.
Price on title page: Price 6d.
Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages, 164 pages)
Place of Publication:Great Britain -- England -- London.