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 14, 2024.

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Haunts.

1. HIS Haunts and times of biting are the same generally with the Carp; yet I have known them in April, on a cloudy, misting rainy morning, the Wind South or West, and warm, bite very well until 11 a Clock He likes

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Ponds better than Rivers, and Pits better than either; in some Pits they breed only, and ne∣ver thrive to any bigness, and in others they'l thrive and never breed, and like the Eel, he loves muddy Ponds.

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