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.
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- 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 May 21, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- THE Preface.
- ADVERTISEMENTS.
-
THE Anglers
VADEMECƲM, &c.-
CHAP. I.
Of the Angle Rod, and its materials. -
CHAP. II.
Of Hair and Lines. - What hairs to elect for lines.
- Colour of hair for lines.
- How to order choose and keep hair.
- How to make Lines.
- Length of Dub-fly Line.
- Thickness of Cast-fly Lines.
- Length and thickness of a line for run∣ning worm in a clear water.
- Length and thickness of Running line for mud water.
- Float or Cork lines length & thickness.
- Dibbing line.
- Trowling Line.
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CHAP. III.
Of Hooks, Floats, Leading Lines, Plums, and the rest of theAnglers Tackle. -
CHAP. IV.
Of BAITS.- Dew worm, Garden-worm, Lob-worm or Twatchell.
- Brandling, Gilt-tails; and Ged-worms,
- Marsh or Meadow worms
- Tagtail
- How to Order, keep, and scour Worms.
- Palmer worm, Palmer fly, and Wool-bed.
- Catterpillars, Oak worm, Cabbage-worm, Colewort-worm, Hawthorn-worm, or Grub, Crabtree-worm, or Iack,
- Bobs
- Cow-turd bob, or Clap-bait.
- Codbait, Cadisworm, Cadbait or Case-worm
- Various ways of Angling with the Cod-bait.
- Artificial Codbait.
- Bark-worm or Ash-grub
- Flag-worm, or Dock-worm
- Gentles, or Maggots
- Sheeps Blood.
- Grain, Wheat, Malt.
- Ant-Fly.
- Young brood of Wasps, Hornets and Humble-Bees.
- Salmon Spawn
- Minnow Loach and Bull-Head
- Lamprey, Pride or Seaven Eyes
- Snails.
- Grass-hopper.
- Water-Cricket, Water-Lowse or Cree∣per
- Lip-Berries
- Cherries, Ras-berries and Black-Ber∣ries
- Oat-Take or Cheese
- To keep baits for Pike.
- Oak-Fly, Ash-Fly, or Woodcock-Fly.
- Stone-Fly and green Drake.
- Hawthorn Fly
- Fish-Eyes.
- A Rule about Baits.
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CHAP. V.
Of PASTS. -
CHAP. VI.
Oyntments to Alure Fish to the Bait. -
CHAP. VII.
General Directions and Ob∣servations. -
CHAP. VIII.
Seasons generally improper for Angling. -
CHAP. IX.
Seasons generally proper for Angling. -
CHAP. X.
Observations on the Trout. -
CHAP. XI.
Observations on the Salmon. -
CHAP. XII.
Observations on the Umberor Grayling. -
CHAP. XIII.
Observations on the Pearch. -
CHAP. XIV.
Observations on the Popeor Ruff. -
CHAP. XV.
Observations on the Gud∣geon. -
CHAP. XVI.
Observations on the Carp. -
CHAP. XVII.
Observations on the Tench. -
CHAP. XVIII.
Observations on the Bream. -
CHAP. XIX.
Observations on the Barbel. -
CHAP. XX.
Observations on the Roch, Daceor Dare. -
CHAP. XXI.
Observations on the Chubor Chevin. -
CHAP. XXII.
Observations on the Eel. -
CHAP. XXIII.
Observations on the Pike. -
CHAP. XXIV.
Observations on the Flookor Flounder. -
CHAP. XXV.
Observations on the Bleak. -
CHAP. XXVI.
Observations on the Menow, Loachand Bullheador Millers Thumb. -
CHAP. XXVII.
Various ways of Angling, and of the Running Line. -
CHAP. XXVIII.
Float ANGLING. -
CHAP. XXIX.
Angling at top with a Worm. -
CHAP. XXX.
Night-Angling. -
CHAP. XXXI.
Observations on Mid-water or Ground-Angling. -
CHAP. XXXII.
Angling with a Ledger bait. -
CHAP. XXXIII.
Natural Fly Angling. -
CHAP. XXXIV.
Artificial Fly Angling. -
CHAP. XXXV.
Artificial Fly Angling. -
Dub-flies for February. -
Dub-flies for March. -
Dub-flies for April. -
Dub-flies for May.-
1.
Dun-cut -
2.
Green Drake. - Green Drakes Season and Dubbing.
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3.
Stone-fly described. - Stone-flies Season.
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4.
Black May Fly. -
5.
Little yellow May-fly -
6.
Grey Drake -
7.
Camlet Fly. -
8.
Turky Fly, -
9.
Yellow Palmer, -
10.
Black Fly, -
11.
Light brown, -
12.
Little Dun, -
13.
White Gnat, -
14.
Peacock Fly, -
15.
Tow-Lady, -
16.
Cow-turd fly,
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1.
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Dub-flies for June. -
Dub-flies for July. -
Dub-flies for August. -
Dub-flies for September.
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CHAP. XXXVI.
Angling for Trout with a Menow or Loach. -
CHAP. XXXVII.
Various ways of Angling for Pike. -
CHAP. XXXVIII.
Of Fish - Ponds. -
CHAP. XXXIX.
Manner of Dressing Fish. - How to dress a Chub.
- Another way to dress a Chub.
- Another way to dress a Chub.
- To dress Trouts the common way.
- The best way of dressing a Trout.
- To Dress Salmon.
- To Stew Salmon or other Fish.
- The best way to boyl a Carp.
- How to Fry Eels.
- The best way of Dressing a large Eel.
- To roast Eels.
- Spitch Cock or broiled Eels.
- Stewed Eels.
- To Collar Eels.
- To Roast a Pike.
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CHAP. I.
- The TABLE.
- advert for fishing tackle