The anglers delight containing the whole art of neat and clean angling; wherein is taught the readiest way to take all sorts of fish, from the pike to the minnow, together with their proper baits, haunts, and time of fishing for them, whether in mere, pond, or river. As also, the method of fishing in Hackney River, & the names of all the best stands there; with the manner of making all sorts of good tackle fit for any water whatsoever. The like never before in print. By William Gilbert, gent.
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- The anglers delight containing the whole art of neat and clean angling; wherein is taught the readiest way to take all sorts of fish, from the pike to the minnow, together with their proper baits, haunts, and time of fishing for them, whether in mere, pond, or river. As also, the method of fishing in Hackney River, & the names of all the best stands there; with the manner of making all sorts of good tackle fit for any water whatsoever. The like never before in print. By William Gilbert, gent.
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- Gilbert, William, 17th cent.
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- London :: printed [by T.M.] for W. Birch at the Peacock at the lower end of Cheapside,
- 1676.
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- Fishing -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
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"The anglers delight containing the whole art of neat and clean angling; wherein is taught the readiest way to take all sorts of fish, from the pike to the minnow, together with their proper baits, haunts, and time of fishing for them, whether in mere, pond, or river. As also, the method of fishing in Hackney River, & the names of all the best stands there; with the manner of making all sorts of good tackle fit for any water whatsoever. The like never before in print. By William Gilbert, gent." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A42741.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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TO THE
RIGHT HONOURABLE,
and Worthily Admired
Sr.
RICHARD FISHER. -
To all the Ingenious
LOVERS & PRACTICERS
Of the most
Noble Science of ANGLING. -
THE
Anglers Delight.
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Of the
Pike, And how to Take Him several wayes. -
Of the Trout. The Nature of His Breed∣ing,
and the Place of His
Haunts; and How to
take Him either with
Worm, Minnow, orFly. - Of the Barbel. His Haunts, Baits, and the Manner of Taking him.
- Of the Cheven, or Chub. His Haunts, Baits, and Manner of Taking him; as also, The best way of Dressing him.
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Of the Carp. His Haunts, Baits, and
Way to
Fish for him, and to Dresse him. -
Of the
Bream, And how to Take him. -
Of the Tench,
And how to
Fish for Him. -
Of the
Pearch. And how to Take Him. -
Of
Eeles, And how to Take them; their Haunts, &c. and how to Dresse them.
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Of the
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THE
Anglers Delight: OR, THE Method of Fishing inHack∣ney-River.