PREFACE. 



In writing this Treatise on Angling, my pen has 

 always been guided by a love of truth, and a sin- 

 cere desire to improve an Art in which I so much 

 delight ; — and the publication of it proceeds 

 wholly from a conviction that a plain practical 

 Guide to the Art of Angling was wanted ; for it is 

 of little value to the learner to be told, that worms 

 are a good bait for Carp, Gudgeon, &c. ; or that 

 Roach will take paste, Barbel — greaves ; or that 

 Jack and Pike are taken with a Gudgeon, Dace, 

 or other small Fish ; unless such information be 

 accompanied with clear and practical rules how to 

 bait the hook, at what depth to fish, what sized 

 hook is proper to use, what kind and quality of 

 ground-bait, how to make and cast it in, &c., for, 

 in such minute (but necessary) information, most 

 writers on Angling are, I conceive, very deficient. 

 This information is particularly needed by the 



