Angler's Guide

T. F. Salter's The Angler's 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, fly-fishing 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 Night-Lines and sniggle for Eels, and the best method of making ground bait etc.'