A Handbook of Angling contains a detailed, illustrated guide to fishing, covering fly-fishing, trolling, bottom-fishing, salmon-fishing, and more. Accessible and beginner-friendly, it is essentially a guide to the natural history of river fish and the best ways to catch them, and sure to be of utility to anglers new and old. Contents include Angling Defined, Divided into Three Branches, Into Fly-fishing, Trolling, and Bottom-Fishing, Each Briefly Described, The Superiority and Merits of Fly-fishing, Throwing the Line and Flies, Humouring Them, Fishing a Stream, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with that in mind that we are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of fishing.