The gentleman angler, by a gentleman who has made angling his diversion upwards of twenty eight years

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Sida 6 - ... a manner as that, when you lay your eye to one, you may see through all the rest. Through these rings your line must run, which will be kept in due position by that means ; and you must have a brass winch or wheel affixed to your rod, about a foot above the end, by which you may carry out the old proverb, " Give him line enough and he will catch himself.
Sida 77 - ... as a snail moves, to that chub you intend to catch ; let your bait fall gently upon the water three or four inches before him, and he will infallibly take the bait.
Sida 126 - ... advantage of the circumambient air of both land and sea ; and as there is not any marshy or boggy ground near the rocks, so you are not in danger of feeling the unhappy effects of the fumes, vapours and exhalations that arise from thence; and the air of the salt-water is reckoned to be more salubrious than that of rivers. To this may be added, that it creates an appetite: And what can be more conducive to health, than to eat and drink moderately in a cool shade, when the sun is at the meridian?...
Sida 109 - The trout, the pike, the salmon, The barbel, carp, and bream, Afford good sport ; and so the perch And tench will do the same. Then to angle, &c.
Sida 141 - Beef, and it is fcarce poflible to feel either of them bite, even though you hold the Line in your Hand, by reafon of the continual Motion of the Ship.
Sida 141 - Mackerel, cut a thin Piece off from the Tail, a little above the Fin, and place it upon your Hook, and you need not fear taking many of them. Thus one or -two will ferve for Baits, till you are tired with the Sport.
Sida 78 - ... moves, to that chub you intend to catch ; let your bait fall gently upon the water three or four inches before him, and he will infallibly take the bait. And you will be as...
Sida 153 - Term ufed inTrowKng, when the Line is twifted between the Top of the Rod and the Ring, through which it ought to run freely ; or when Part of the Line twifts about the other Part that is coiled in your Left Hand. Silk Lines are more apt to kink than Hair Lines.

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