The compleat troller : or, The art of trolling, with a description of all the utensils, instruments, tackling, and materials requisite thereto : with rules and directions how to use them : as also a brief account of most of the principal rivers in England (1682)
Nobbes, Robert, 1652-1706? · London : Printed by T. James for Tho. Helder · leaf 62
d ftrike fure,yet the ordinary plain Snap-Hook will mifs al-moft as often as it hits. Of Pouch-Hooks thereare many falhions, fome with a round bent,almoft after the figure of a Perch^Hook; thatmay be very good« though I never made ufe of that The Jrt of Trolling* 37 that faihion ; for there is… … It is the beft to choofe them of a black andfomewhat blewilh colour, indifferent thick andflrong, the lead not very grofs, but neatly co-vered , without any flaws or hollows in it, youmay lead it your felf if you buy them bare; byputting your Hook into a Reed, or a piece ofElder, or any fuch holloW…
Fishing -- England Early works to 1800 · Trolling (Fishing) -- England Early works to 1800 · Rivers -- England
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