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PREFACE. 



THE only work written expressly on the art of taking Jack 

 and Pike by Angling, is called the complete Trotter, wrote 

 and published about the Year 1682, by the Rev. R. NOBBS; 

 and forasmuch as that healthy and delightful branch of 

 Fishing, termed Trolling, is followed with avidity, and 

 prefer ed by many Anglers to every other mode of Angling, 

 and the Art itself having received many improvements 

 since Mr. NOBBS wrote on the subject. It has been suggested 

 to me, that a treatise on Jack fishing, written by a modern 

 practical Trailer, would be very acceptable to the lovers of 

 Angling in general, in consequence of such opinions and 

 suggestions (in which I fully coincide) and having had 

 much practice and experience in every method pursued in 

 taking both Jack and Pike with the angle; with the 

 advantage also of a residence, for several years, near 

 one of the best Rivers in England for Trolling, and 

 further emboldened by the very favourable reception my 

 former writings on Angling have received, I Jtave again 

 presumed to offer my opinions and instructions as a 



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