THE 



AMERICAN ANGLER'S GUIDE; 



OR, 



COMPLETE FISHER'S MANUAL, 



FOE 



THE UNITED STATES: 



CONTAINING 



THE OPINIONS AND PRACTICES OF EXPERIENCED 

 ANGLERS OF BOTH HEMISPHERES; 



WITH THE VARIOUS MODES ADOPTED IN OCEAN, RIVER, LAKE, AND POND FISHING ; 

 THE USUAL TACKLE AND BAITS REQUIRED ; INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ART 

 OF MAKING ARTIFICIAL FLIES ; METHODS OF MAKING FISH- 

 PONDS, TRANSPORTATION OF FISH, ETC., ETC. 



FIFTH EDITION, 



REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED, WITH THE ADDITION OF A 



THIRD IP^IRT, 



CONTAINING A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHERN AND 

 WESTERN FISHES, AND OTHER MATTER OF INTEREST TO THE 

 :,ER, TOGETHER WITH A COPIOUS INDEX. 



HANDSOMEL Y ILL USTRA TED 



WITH TWENTY-FIVE ENGRAVINGS OF THE PRINCIPAL ANGLE-FISH OF AMERICA* 



AND EMBELLISHED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS ON 



STEEL, STONE, AND WOOD. 



BY 



JOHN J. BROWN. 



NEW YORK: 

 D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. 



54^' AND 551 BROADWAY. 



1870. 



