Angler's Guide

T. F. Salters The Anglers Guide, abridged for the Use of Young Anglers, was first published in 1816, and advertised as being a complete practical treatise on Angling: The art of trolling and fishing for Jack & Pike, flyfishing and making, also bottom and float fishing and trimmer angling with directions how to plumb the Depth, to bait the Hooks, to make Paste, How to lay NightLines and sniggle for Eels, and the best method of making ground bait etc. Embellished with twenty wood engravings.