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Note on the e-text: this Renascence Editions text was transcribed, January 2003, by Risa Bear, University of Oregon. It is in the public domain. Source text is George Bell & Sons' edition of 1903. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 2003 The University of Oregon. For nonprofit and educational uses only.
Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a discourse of
TABLE OF CONTENTS. To the Reader of this Discourse. But Especially to the Honest Angler. A
conference betwixt
an angler, a hunter, and a falconer; Observations of the Otter and the Chub. How to fish for, and to dress the Chavender, or Chub. Observations
of the
nature and breeding of the Trout, More
directions how
to fish for, and how to make for the Trout an artificial minnow and
flies; Observations
of the
Umber or Grayling, Observations
of the
Salmon: Observations
of the
Luce or Pike, Observations
of the
Carp, Observations
of the
Bream, Observations
of the
Tench, Observations
of the
Pearch, Observations
of the
Eel, and other fish that want scales, Observations
of the
Barbel, Observations
of the
Gudgeon, the Ruffe, and the Bleak, Is of nothing; or that which is nothing worth. Of Roach
and Dace Of the
Minnow or Penk,
of the Loach, Of several rivers, and some observations of fish. Of Fish-ponds, and how to oreder them. Directions
for making
of a line, being instructions how to angle for a Trout and Grayling in a clear stream. To my most worthy Father and Friend, Mr. Izaak Walton, the elder. To my most honoured Friend, Charles Cotton, Esq. The Retirement: Irregular verses addressed to Mr. Izaak Walton. Conference
between
a country Gentleman proficient in fly-fishing, An account
of the principal
rivers in Derbyshire. Conference
containing
a description of Cotton's Fishing-house, Of angling
for Trout
and Grayling, Of Fly-fishing. Fishing at
the top
continued--- Fishing at
the top--- Fishing at
the top,
continued--- Fly-fishing, in windy weather, best in the still-deeps. Directions how to dress a Trout and Grayling. Of angling
at the bottom
for Trout or Grayling--- Of angling in the middle for Trout or Grayling.
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