ILLUSTRATIONS 



"Izaak Walton teaching his scholar how to 

 land a fish" . . . Frontispiece 



FACING 

 PAGE 



Proper Method of Hooking Bait ... 6 



Carp 24 



Catfish 24 



Eel 24 



Pickerel .48 



Sunfish 48 



Perch 48 



Chub and Dace . . . . . -65 



Wall-Eyed Pike 71 



Good Live Bait 76 



Trout 82 



Proper Method of Hooking Live Bait . . 88 



Cod and Tom Cod ..... 107 



Sea Bass 114 



Plaice 118 



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