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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for G. Conyers at the Ring, and J. and B. Sprint at the Bull in Little-Britain,
1725.
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| Edition: | The fifth edition, enlarged. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages, 164 pages) |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London. |