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BOOKS ON ANGLING LONDON TACKLE THE BEST — THE FLY-FISHEn'S OUTFIT 



— SIEBe's weighing machine GUT IN GENERAL AND HOW MADE 



SALMON AND TROUT GUT REEL LINES IN GENERAL DITTO FOR SALMON 



AND TROUT- FISHING REELS OR WINCHES IN GENERAL AND FOR SALMON 



AND TROUT LINES SIR F. CHANTREy's PATTERN GAFF SCYTHE BLADE 



AND STICK LANDING-NET — CLEARING-RING ROD SCYTHE OR " ANGLER's 



friend" TWISTING MACHINE — THE AUTHOR INFORMETH THE TYRO AS 



TO AN APPROPRIATE DRESS. 



I HAVE read almost every book on angling extant, 

 and out of, I know not how many, for Pickering 

 published a fearfvil catalogue, entitled " Biblio- 

 theca Piscatoria," at the end of his " Piscatorial 

 Reminiscences," and some have appeared since, I 

 cannot pick one volume that has pretensions to 

 anything like a perfect treatise. This is surely a 

 disgrace to our craft ; since it tends, either to the 

 conclusion, that there is not among us one who 

 can express his thoughts, if he possess any, as to 

 the practice of the art ; or else, that we are all too 

 jealous to divulge our secrets in a pastime so 

 generally enjoyed. Many of these books have 

 some good point or points, but none are altogether 



