Lake Brooks 
Science of Fishing 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Of angling, for I consider them the cleanest, most satis factory, and most pleasant styles of fishing. Some might not look on it this way, as a little story that I heard just recently will illustrate. An old colored woman wanted ‘to purchase one of the late pattern artificial baits, and the dealer, knowing that she did not know how to use a bait of this kind proceeded to explain. Now see here, he said, you can’t use this like you do an ordinary baited hook; you must keep it moving all the time – wiggle it. And she replied, AW gwan; take vo wiggle; I don’t want no wiggle. I wants a bait that I can fro out, and sit still and fish. And so it may be with others. And now I leave you to peruse this work, and I trust that you will enjoy it; that it may help you to make better catches of nicer fish; and perhaps, if you are an amateur, even teach you better and more enjoyable ways Of fishing.