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The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatoriæ, describing noted fishing-places and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing

Title
The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatoriæ, describing noted fishing-places and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing / by Thad. Norris ; illustrated with eighty engravings on wood.
Author
Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877
Publication
Philadelphia : Published by E.H. Butler & Co. ; London : Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1864.

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Additional Authors
E.H. Butler & Co., publisher.
Description
xxiii, 604 p. illus.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Fishing > North America
  • Fishes > North America
  • Pêche sportive > Amérique du Nord
  • Poissons > Amérique du Nord
  • Fishes
  • Fishing
  • North America
Note
  • Includes index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Angling -- General remarks on fish -- Tackle in general -- The perch family-Percidae -- The pike family-Esocidae -- The carp family-Cyprinidae -- The herring family-Clupeidae -- Catfish and eels -- The salmon family-Salmonidae -- Salt-water fish and fishing -- Trout fly-fishing outfit and tackle -- Trout fly-fishing the stream -- Salmon fishing -- Salmon rivers of the British provinces -- Repairs, knots, loops, and receipts -- Fly making -- Rod making -- Fish breeding -- Dies Piscatoriae
LCCN
12022877
OCLC
  • ocm00401416
  • 401416
  • SCSB-582235
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library