Out of Stock
Overview
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: a fifh too, but it proves a logger- headed Chub; and this is not much a mifs, for this wil pleafure fome poor body, as we go to our lodging to meet our brother Peter and honeft Coridon- Come, now bait your hook again, and lay it into the water, for it rains again, and we wil ev'n retre to the Sycamore tree, and there I vdl give you more directions concerning riming; for I would fain make yon an Artift. Fiat. Yes, good M after, I pray let it be fo CHAP. chapter{{Section 4CHAP. V. Fife. EL, Scholar, now we are fate downe and are at eafe, I mall tel jou a little more of Trout fifhing before I fpeak of the Salmon, (which I pur- pofe fhall be next) and thea of the Pike or Luce. You are t know, there is night as well as dy-fihing for a Trout, and that thai the beft are out of their holds; ant the manner of taking them is or the top of the water with a great U or Garden ivorm, or rather two; which you are to fifh for in a plaC where the water runs fomewhatqiietly (for in a ftream it wil not bef/well difcer- ned.) I fay, in a quieter dead place neer to fome fwift, thre draw your bait over the top orjtne water to and fro, and if there be a good Trout in the hole, hewiltakeit, efpeciaJ- ly if the night be dark; for then lie lies boldly neer the top of the water, watching the motion of any Frog or Water-moufe, or Rat betwixt him and the skie, which he hunts for if hefees thewater butwrinkle or move in one of thefe dead holes, where the great Trouts ufually lye neer to their hold. And you muft fim for him with a itrong line, and not a little hook, and let him have time to gorge your hook, for he does not ufually for- fake it, as he oft will in the day- fifhing: and if the night be not dark, then fifh fo with an Artificial fly oi a light colour; nay he will fometimes rife ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217297110 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0217297110 |
| Weight | 0.27 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.18 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Pages | 74 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
