CONTENTS. 



Chap. 4 Snap-fishing ; and how to Bait the Hooks ... ...189 



&. — Trolling Lines, Winch, and Thumb Winders, Bank Runneis, 



Traces, isc. ... ... — ..- 199 



(i. — Rods proper for Trolling or Jack and Pike-fishing, and how to 



Troll without a Rod ... ... ... ...204 



7. — Baits for Trolling or Jack-fishing ... ... 208 



8. — The Troller's Day; accompanied with Directions how and 

 where to place the Winch on the Rod— To cast the Bated 

 Gorge-hook — To take Jack or Pike — To land and unhook 

 them, &:c. ... — ... ... ... 211 



9. — Full Directions for taking Jack and Pike, with a Live-Bait 

 and Floated Line — Proper Kettles, &c. for carrying Live- 

 Baits described — Various ways of using Snap-Hooks explained 

 — and the most proper Seasons, Weather, &c. for TroUing, 

 pointed out ... ... ... ... 22G 



10. — Observations on the different ways practised in fishing for 

 Jack and l^ike — Also, on Trimmers — Concluding with Re- 

 marks on the Nature, &c. of Jack and Pike ... ... 239 



PART in. 



FLY-FISHING. 



Chap. 1.— Artificial-Fly-fishing, and Fly-making for Trout, Salmon, &c. 256 

 2. — Directions for making a Golden or Silver Palmer, &c. ... 268 



2 A list of Palmers, or Hackle-Flies, with and without Wings, 



for Fly-fishing in every month during the Season, beginning 

 with April, &c. ... ... ... ...274 



4.— List of Artificial Flies, and the way to make them ; to kill 



from Christmas to Michaelmas, &c. ... ... 2/8 



5 — Natural Fly-fishing, Dapping, Whipping for Trout, &c. ... 282 



6. — Rods and Lines, and how to cast the fly ... ... 287 



APPENDIX. 



Directions how to procure Gentles, and all sorts of Worms, Cads, Bobs, 

 &c. and to Scour, Cleanse, and keep them all the year round ... 29,'{ 



The New River, the Rivers Lea and Thames, and their Fish and Fishe- 

 ries described, with a map of the River Thames ... ... 308 



Map of the River Lea, describing the several Fisheries from the Rye- 

 House, down to Lea Bridge ... ... ... ... 321 



The London Angler's Debut, and his superiority in the Art of Anghng 

 accounted for ; with a brief description of the principal Rivers in Great 

 Britain, and of the Fish they contain ... .. ... 333 



Remarks on Angling for every Month in the Year ... ... 338 



Discourse on Pond-Fishing, with desultory hints, &c. relative to Angling ? 



A Glossary of Technical Terms used among Anglers ... ' ... o 



