The Angler's Guide; Or, Complete London Angler. Containing the Whole Art of Angling as Practiced in the Rivers Thames and Lea with the Art of Trolling for Jack and Pike - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814. Excerpt: ... CHAP. XXV. THE RIVER THAMES, AND ITS FISHERY. The noble Thames, for ships and fishes fam'd. This river consists principally of the united streams of the Isis and Thame. The former rising on the confines of Gloucestershire, a little to the south-west of Cirencester, becomes navigable at Lechdale, near Oxford it receives the Charwel, and continuing its course by Abingdon to Dorchester unites with the Thame. After this junction, the united stream continues its course by Wallingford, Reading, Marlow, Henly, Eton, Windsor, Hampton, Richmond, Kew and Brentford, to London; and below London-bridge is covered for several miles with vast numbers of ships from all nations. Proceeding on to the sea, it passes Greenwich, Woolwich, and Gravesend, below which it becomes of vast magni tude, and receives the Medway not far from its mouth. In describing the river Thames, ami the fishery, I shall commence at Staines, a pleasent market town about seventeen miles west of London; to which place the jurisdiction of the lord mayor of London over the Thames extends, for the preservation of the river and fish. At this place, and all other parts of the Thames under the above jurisdiction, angling is prohibited from the first of March until the first of June: March, April, and May, are called fence months, during which time all fresh water fish cast their spawn, the Trout excepted (which spawns about October). These months are therefore properly held sacred, that the future fish may not be destroyed. The principal house at Staines is the Bush. Boats may be hired here, and good sport met with in angling near the bridge; between Staines and Laleham are some places suited to bank-fishing. LALEHAM is a small village, but extremely rural, and pleasantly situated; the river is very narrow...

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