The angler's vade mecum, or, A compendious, yet full, discourse of angling discovering the aptest methods and ways ... for the catching all manner of fresh-water fish ... : together with a brief discourse of fish ponds, and not only the easiest but most palatable ways of dressing all sorts of fish ... / by a lover of angling.

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The angler's vade mecum, or, A compendious, yet full, discourse of angling discovering the aptest methods and ways ... for the catching all manner of fresh-water fish ... : together with a brief discourse of fish ponds, and not only the easiest but most palatable ways of dressing all sorts of fish ... / by a lover of angling.
Author
Chetham, James, 1640-1692.
Publication
London :: Printed for Tho. Bassett ...,
1681.
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Fishing -- Early works to 1800.
Fishes -- Early works to 1800.
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"The angler's vade mecum, or, A compendious, yet full, discourse of angling discovering the aptest methods and ways ... for the catching all manner of fresh-water fish ... : together with a brief discourse of fish ponds, and not only the easiest but most palatable ways of dressing all sorts of fish ... / by a lover of angling." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A32790.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.

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Biting-time.

3. Salmons best biting time is 9 a Clock in the forenoon, and 3 in the afternoon in a clear water, and when some wind bloweth against the Stream; when struck he usually falleth to plunge and leap, but does not ordinarily en∣deavour to run to the end of the Line, as the

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Trout will, young Salmons are very tender mouthed.

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