The compleat fisher: or, the true art 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 Hackney River, the best Stands, and how to make the best Tackling to Fish there. By J. S. a brother of the angle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, John, fl. 1684-1704.

Standardized Title:

True art of angling

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishing--Early works to 1800.

Fishing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],164p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

The fourth edition, enlarged.

Other Title:

Compleat fisher

The compleat fisher

Place of Publication:

London : printed for G. Conyers at the Ring, and J. and B. Sprint at the Bell in Little-Britain, 1716.

Notes:

J. S. = John Smith (Wing).

First published in 1696 as 'The true art of angling'.

Price from imprint: Price 6 d.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N28008.

OCLC:

642184200