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The Angler's Instructor; A Treatise on the Best Modes of Angling in English Rivers, Lakes, and Ponds, and on the Habits of the Fish

The Angler's Instructor; A Treatise on the Best Modes of Angling in English Rivers, Lakes, and Ponds, and on the Habits of the Fish

Bailey, William

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ISBN10: 115146354X
ISBN13: 9781151463548
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 38
Weight: 0.19
Height: 0.08 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857. Excerpt: ... THE BAEBEL This ia a handsome well made fish, but he has got a bad name, in consequence of his coarseness, and many Anglers do not consider him worth fishing for. His flesh is certainly coarse, and bad food, but gentlemen Anglers do not fish Barbel for eating, they fish them for pleasure and sport, and Barbel is just the fish, when hooked with fine tackle, to give the Angler any amount of sport and excitement. When a Barbel is hooked with fine tackle it requires no ordinary amount of care and skill to kill him, and herein lies the delight of gentlemen Anglers. I know hundreds who prefer angling for Barbel than for any other fish. The great Izaak Walton was very partial to Barbel fishing, but whether he ate them when caught is another thing. But let me tell you who are so prejudiced against Barbel and Barbel fishing that you are duffers --excuse my freedom--for it makes me wroth to hear Barbel fishing run down by those who do not understand the art. For my part, when Barbel is in season, I would rather angle for him than for any other fish. So enamoured am I of Barbel fishing, that I found myself once inspired to give vent to the following poetical effusion--listen and be edified: --The Barbel is a handsome fish, As you may plainly see, But that his flesh is very coarse, With me you will agree. Yet fights he hard, and dies right game, And thinks of getting free, But then he finds it is no go When once hooked fair by me. Barbel deposit their spawn in May, under weeds, and in a gentle stream with a gravelly bottom. After spawning they lie in a weak, sickly, and torpid state for a week or two, but they should not be molested for a month. I am sorry to say I know that many are taken in this state by the net, spear, and other foul means; but the genuine Angler...

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