ANGLING REQUISITES. 



PART L 



CHAPTER I. 



ANGLING REQUISITES. 



"f place the Angler in a position to be ready at any 

 moment, to angle in any river of the kingdom, for any 

 description of fish that may happen to be in season, a 

 evjieo considerable variety of articles would be required. 

 But whilst one angler would not think for a moment, of 

 fishing for anything but Salmon, Trout or Grayling ; dozens 

 more are perfectly content to basket a few score of Roach 

 or Barbel. I have, therefore, thought it preferable to men- 

 tion in this chapter, the principal requirements of the Angler, 

 from which he will then be able to select whatever may be 

 necessary for his own particular branch of the science ; 

 arranging the requisites in three sections, 1st : for angling 

 at, or close to the surface of the water, and comprehending 

 Fly-fishing. 2nd : for angling at about midwater, in- 

 cluding Spinning and the different modes of using the 

 natural or artificial fish-bait, 3rd : for angling at, or near* 

 the bottom of the water, with gentles, paste, worms ancl 

 similar baits. 



When collecting the various necessaries, take my advicei 

 as a Practical Angler, do not be deluded into purchasing 

 "cheap" tackle, it is invariably the dearest. Buy good 

 articles and pay a fair price ; as for the others, as Ephemera 

 remarks in his " Handbook," "they must be defective 

 in every way, and hence the purchaser meets with little 

 success, much loss of time and money, for, "cheap" things 

 are always the most expensive in the end." 



