The Joy Of Angling In Scotland A Selection Of Classic Articles On The Best Fishing Locations In Scotland Angling Series

Author : Thomas Tod Stoddart
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330078655
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Angling written by Thomas Tod Stoddart and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Art of Angling: As Practised in Scotland The very limited number, if not total want, of dissertations upon the subject of Angling in Scotland, and the necessity for having something like an index to our lochs and streams, have induced us to throw together the following chapters. In character and produce, our waters differ very essentially from those of England; we have clear and rapid rivers - torrents black with mosses, or pellucid as diamond - lakes large, and gleaming - tarns deep, still, and terrible, and of these, some are stored with prime, subtle trout, and others are frequented by the active salmon, "the monarch of the flood." On the other hand, the English waters are generally flat and muddy, affording few fish, except those which delight in dead, calm places, such as pike, carp, roach, bream, and perch. The trout they may happen to contain are also very unlike those in Scotland, becoming large and lazy, dainty in their tastes, and capricious as to their feeding hours. Accordingly, a very different and more ingeniously varied method of capturing them, is employed by the southern angler from that practised by us. The fancy is excercised to compound tackles and artifices, which appear altogether superfluous to the eyes of Scotsmen. Insects also are constructed, which, however closely they resemble nature, are seldom if ever preferred by our countrymen to their own simple undazzling materials. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.