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Vlll CONTENTS. THE BKEAM THE CAEP AND TENCH CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. PAGE 152 THE DACE . . .157 EELS AND FLOUNDEKS CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. 160 THE BLEAK, GUDGEON, RUFFE, AND MINNOW . . .168 CHAPTER XIV. FEESHWATBE FISHEEIES ACT, 1878 ... . APPENDIX . ... INDEX 176 172 179
BOTTOM PISHING IN THE NOTTINGHAM STYLE. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. AN old fisherman tells me that thirty years ago, you might count the anglers of my native place on the fingers of one hand, while at the present moment they may be counted by hundreds and the same ; may be said of the other towns and districts in the kingdom. We may safely say that anglers have increased a thousandfold during the last half-century ; and there is no other branch of sport or pastime that has made such rapid strides in the same time, and 'tis well that it is so. Civilization in its onward strides has not even spared the fish ; and they, as time has rolled on, have become cunning and crafty, and so craft and cunning have now to be resorted to in order to capture them. Fifty years ago it was comparatively easy to make a good bag of fish but now in ; such well-fished rivers as the Trent and Thames, it is only an artist in the craft that can do so. Then, an angler was a rarity, met only occasionally, and looked upon as a sort of rara-avis ; now we see him upon every length and reach, from the youngster with his cheap rod and primitive tackle, to the grey-haired patriarch who sits silently ledgering for roach, and yet the vast army of British anglers are steadily increasing, as is shown by the ever-growing demand for rods, lines, hooks, and gut. The great majority of our anglers belong to the working class. Thousands who toil in our workshops and factories,
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THE CHUB. 47 In England the chub se
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THE CHUB. 49 minious fate ; for he
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THE CHUB. 51 Very small chub, of sa
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THE CHUB. 53 bush or its roots will
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THE CHUB. 55 the hole full and pack
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THE CHUB. 57 some hanging in a bag
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THE CHUB. cake over every day, i.e.
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THE CHUB. 61 be extravagant in this
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THE CHUB. 63 ever, and therefore th
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THE CHUB. 65 tion that he cannot he
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THE CHUB. 67 needle, and then push
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THE EOACH. 99 Sometimes I have mana
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THE ROACH. 10 L worked the float to
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THE ROACH. 103 August. We don't exp
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THE ROACH. 105 especially in the wi
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THE PIKE. 107 CHAPTER VI. THE PIKE.
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THE PIKE. 109 eaglo ; the eagle, it
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THE PIKE. Ill of fifteen pounds or
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THE PIKE. 113 The reel described an
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THE PIKE. 115 gimp, which in turn a
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THE PERCH. 145 few inches from the
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THE BREAM. 147 namely, very dark fi
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THE BREAM. 149 Charlie Hudson, who
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THE BEEAM. 151 hanging down), and t
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THE CAEP AND TENCH. 153 nine feet l
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THE CAEP AND TENCH. 155 The rod, re
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THE DACE. 157 CHAPTER XL THE DACE.
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IX. The TENCH. The PERCH and GCDGEO
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APPENDIX. BELOW will be found a few
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178 APPENDIX. Wax, hard. If at any
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180 INDEX. Dead gorge fishing
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182 INDEX. Spawning of chub
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KING'S "NATURAL" BAIT (REGISTERED).
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THE GOLDEN PERCH, 4OS, OXFORD STREE
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