semy clam of Iron a bender a payre of longe and smal tonges and an harde knyfe somedele thycke and an anuyâ—de and a lytle hammer ¶ HaÌ„mer Knife Pinsons Clame Wedge File 〈◊〉 â—â—nnelde WHeÌ„ ye haue made your hookes theÌ„ must ye set them on your lynes according in greatnes strength in thys wyse ye shal take small red sylke and if it be for a great hooke theÌ„ double it not twined And els for smal hookes let it be single and therewith frete thicke the line there as the one ende of youre hooke shal syt a straw brede Then set there your hooke and frete him with the same threde the two partes of y e lengthe that shal be fret in all And when ye come to the thirde part theÌ„ turne the ende of your lyne agayne vppon the frete double and frete it so double at the other thirde parte then put your threde in at the hole twies or thryse and let it goe eche tyme round aboute the yerde of your hooke then wete the hole and drawe it tyll it be faste and looke that your line lie euermore within your hookes and not without then cut of the lynes ende and the threde as nigh as ye may sauyng the frete ⧠So ye know wyth how great hookes ye shall angle to euery fishe now I wyll tel you with how many heares ye shall Angle to euery fishe Fyrst for the Menow with a line of one heare For the waryng roche y e bleke the Gogyn the Ruf with a line of two heares for the Darse and the great roche with a line of thre heares For the Perch with Flounder and bremet with foure heares For the Cheuyn chubbe the Breme the TeÌ„che and the Eele with six heares For the troute graysyng barbyl the great cheuyn with nyne heares For the great wyth twelue heares For the Samon with .xv. heares and for the pike with a chalke lyne made browne with your browne colour aforesayd armed with a line as ye shall heare hereafter whan I speake of the pyke â—our lynes must be plummed with lead And ye shal wete that the next plumbe to the hooke shal be therfro a large fote more and euery pluÌ„be a quantitie vnto the greatnes of the lyne There be thre maner of pluÌ„bes for a ground lyne rennyng And for the flote set vpon the grouÌ„d line lyeng .x. pluÌ„bes ioynyng al together on the ground line renning nyne or ten smal The flote pluÌ„be shal be heuy y t the first plucke of any fysshe may pul it downe into y e water and make your plumbes round and smothe y t they sticke not on stones or on weedes and for the more vnderstandyng lo they be here in fygures ⧠The ground lyne renning and lieng ☞ The Flote lyne and the lyne for Perche or Tench ⧠The lyne for a pyke pluÌ„be corke and armed w t wire THen shall ye make your flotes in this wyse Take a fayre corke that is clene wtout any holes and bore it throughe with a small hote yron and put therin a pen iuste and streyght euer more note the greater pen and the greater hole Than shape it greate in the middes and small at bothe endes specially sharp in the nether ende and lyke vnto the figures folowyng and make theym smothe on a grindinge stone or on a tyle stone and looke that flote for one heare be no more theÌ„ a pese for two hearê as a beane for .xii. heares as a walnut so eueri line must haue according to his porcion ¶ Al maner lines that be not for the ground must haue flotes and the renninge ground line muste haue a flote the lieng ground lyne must haue a flote NOw I haue lerned you to make al your harâ—eys Here I wyl tell you how ye shall angle ⧠Ye shal vnderstand that there is syxe maner of anglyng That one is at y e ground for the troute and other fisshe An other is at the ground at an arche or a stange where it ebbeth and floweth for blâ—ke roche and Darse y e thirde is with a flote for al maner of fysshe The fourthe with a menow for the Troute without plumbe or flote The fifth is renning in the same for the Roche darse with one or two heares and a flye The sixt is a dubbed hooke for the Troute or graylyng And for the first and principal poynt in angling kepe the euer from the water for the syght of the fisshe eyther ferre vpon y e lande or els behinde a bushe that the fishe se you not For yf they doo they will not bite And looke that ye shadow not the water as muche as ye may For it is that thing that wyl soone fraye the fishe And if a fyshe be a frayde he wilâ— not byte longe after For all maner of fyshe that feed by the grounde ye shall angle for them to the botome so that your hooke shal renne or lye on the grounde And for all other fyshe y â— fedeth aboue ye shall angle for them in the middes of the water or soÌ„dele beneth or somdele aboue for euer the greater fisshe the nerer he lyeth to the botome of y e water And euer the smaler fyshe the more he swimmeth aboue The third good poynte is whan the fishe biteth that ye be not to hasty to smyte nor to late For ye must abyde tyll ye suppose that the bayte be fer in the mouth of the fishe then abyde no lenger this is for the ground And for the flote when ye se it pulled softly vnder the water or els caryed softly vpon y e water then smyte And looke that ye neuer ouersmite the strenght of your lyne for breking And yf it fortune you to smite a great fyshe with a smal harneis then ye must lede him in y e water labour him there tyl he be drowned ouercome â–ª Then take him as wel as ye caÌ„ or may and euer beware that ye holde not ouer the strengthe of your lyne And as much as ye may let him not com out of your lines ende streyght from you but kepe him euer vnder the rod euermore holde him streyght so y t youre line may susteyne and beare his leapes and his pluÌ„ges with the helpe of your croppe and of your hande HEere I wil declare vnto you in what place of the water ye shall angle ye shall angle in a poole or in a standing water in euery place where it is any thing deep ☞ There is no great choyse of any place where it is any thyng deep in a poole For it is but a pryson vnto all fyshes therfore it is the lesse maystry to take theÌ„ But in a riuer ye shall angle in euery place where it is depe and clere by the grouÌ„d as grauell or clay without mud or wedes and in especiall if that there be a maner whyrling of water or a couert As an holowe banke or great rootes of trees
when they ben dry make the yerde meet vnto the hole in the staffe vnto halfe the length of the staffe and to perfourme y e other half of y e crop take a fayre shote of blacke thorne crab tree medler or els of Ienepre cut in the same season well bethed and streyght set theym together fetely so that the crop may iustlye entre all into the sayd hole Then shaue your staffe and make hym tapre waye then vyrell the staffe at bothe endes wyth longe hoopes of yron or laton in y e clennest wise a pike in y e nether ende fastened w t a renning vice to take in out your crop Than set your crop an handfull within the ouer ende of your staffe in such wise y t it be as bygge there as in any other place aboue then arme your crop at y e ouer ende downe to the fret w t a line of syx heares double the line frete it fast in the toppe with a bowe to fasten on your line And thus shal ye make you a rod so pryuy that ye may walke therewith and there wyll neuer any man wete what thyng ye go about It wyll be very lyght nymble to fishe with at your pleasure for the more redines lo here a figure therof in example AFter ye haue thus made your rod ye muste lerne for to colour your lines of heare in this wise first ye must take of a whyte horse tayle y e loÌ„gest heare fayrest y t ye can fynde euer the rounder that it be the better it is Departe it in syxe partes and euery part ye shall coloure by him self in diuerse coloures as yelowe greene browne tawny russet duske colour And for to make good greene coloures on youre heare ye shall doo take smale ale a quarte and put it into a lytle pan and put therto halfe a pound of Alum and put therto your heare let it boyle softlye halfe an houre Than take out your heare and let it dry than take a pottel of faire water and put it in a pan and put therin two handes full of Wyxene and presse it with a tyle stone and let it boyle softly y e space of an houre And whan it is yelowe on the scumme put therin your heare wyth halfe a pound of coperose beaten in pouder and let it boyle halfe a myle waye And than set it downe and let it kele fyue or sixe houres Than take out the heare and drye it and it is than the finest greene that is possible to be hadde for the water And euer the more that ye put thereto of coperose the better it wyll be or elles in the stede of it vertgrese ✚ And another way may ye make a brighter greene as thus Lette wod your heare in a woden fat of lyght plunket coloure and than set him in olde or wyxen like as I haue shewed you before sauing ye shall not putte therin neither coperose or vertgrees ⧠For to make your heare seme yelow dight it with Alum as I haue sayd before and after that with oldes or wixen without coperose or vertgrece ✚ An other yelowe ye shal make thus Take smale ale a pottell and stampe thre handful of walnut leues put it togither and put in your heare till that it be as deep as ye wyll haue it ¶ For to make russet heare ⧠Take a pynte of strong lye a half pounde of soote and a litle iuce of walnut leues and a quart of Alum put them all together in a pan and boile them wel and whan it is colde put in your heare till it be as darke as ye wyll haue it ¶ For to make a browne coloure ⧠Take a pounde of soote a quarte of ale and seeth with as many walnut leues as ye may and whan thei be blacke set it from the fyre and put their in heare let it lye styll til it be as browne as ye wyll haue it ¶ For to make an other browne ¶ Take stronge ale and soote and tempre theÌ„ together and put there to your heare two dayes and two nightes and it shal be a right good coloure â–ª ¶ For to make a tawny coloure ⧠Take lyme and water put them together and also put your heare therin foure or fiue houres ThaÌ„ take it out and put it into a tanners ose one day and it shal be as fine a tawny colour as any nedeth to our purpose ⧠The syxte parte of your heare ye shal kepe styl white for lynes for the double hooke to fisshe for the troute grasynge and for small lynes for to lye for the roche the Dase WHan your heare is thus coloured ye must know for whiche waters and for whiche seasons they shal serue The greene colour in all cleere waters from Aprill vnto SepteÌ„bre The yelow colour in euery clere water from Septembre to Nouembre for it is lyke to the wedes and other maner of grasse whiche groweth in the waters and ryuers whan they be broken ⧠The russet colour serueth al the winter vnto the ende of Apryll as well in riuets as in pooles or lakes The browne colour serueth for that water y t is black dedish in riuers or other waters The tawni colour for these waters that ben hethy or morysh NOw must ye make your lynes in this wise First looke ye haue an instrument like vnto this figure portrayed folowing Than take your heare and cut of the ende an handfull large or more For it is neyther stronge nor sure Than turne the top to the tayle euery one lyke muche and departe it into three partes Than knyt euerye parte at one ende by him selfe and at the other ende knit all three together And than put the same ende in that other ende of your instrument that hath but one clifte And than set that other ende fast with the wedge foure fyngers in all shorter than your heare ThaÌ„ twyne euery warpe one way and lyke muche and fasten them in three cleftes alyke streyght Take that out at that other ende than twine it that way that it wil desyre ynough Than strayne it a lytle and knyt it for vndoyng that is good And for to know how to make your instrumeÌ„t lo here is a fygure And it shal be made of tree sauynge the bolte vnderneth whiche shal be of yron SO whan ye haue as many of â—â—yâ—â—es as ye suppose wyll suffyse for y e length of a line than must ye knyt them together with a water knot or els a duchê knot and whan your knot is knit cut of y e voyde short endes a straw bred fro the knot Thus shal your lyues be fayre and fyne and also ryght sure for any maner of fysshe YE shall vnderstand that the moste subtyl and hardest craft in making your harneis is for to make your hookes For whose makyng ye must haue fete toles thyn and sharpe and smal beaten a
smaller bayte ⧠The Flounder is a holsome fysshe a fre a subtyl byter in his maner For commonly whaÌ„ he souketh his meat he fedeth at the grouÌ„d therfore ye must angle to him with a ground line lieng he hath but one maner of bayte that is a red worme that is most chefe for all maner of fysshe ¶ The Gogyn is a good fysshe of the mochenes he biteth wel at the ground his baytes for al the yere ben these the red worme codworme magottes ye must angle to him w t a flote and let your bayte be nere the botome or els vpon the ground ⧠The menow wheÌ„ he shineth in y e water theÌ„ he is bitter and though is body be but litle yet he is a rauenous byter egre and ye shall angle for him with the same baytes y t ye doo for y e gogin sauing they must be small ¶ The Eele is a quaysi fish a rauenour deuourer of the broode of fish the pyke also is a deuourer of fish I put theÌ„ bothe behinde al other for to aÌ„gle for this eele ye shal fiÌ„d an whole in y e grouÌ„d of water it is blew blackish there put in your hooke til y t it be a foote wtin y e hole your baite shal be a great aÌ„gleâ—wich or a menow The pike is a good fish but for he deuoureth so manye as wel of his owne kinde as of other I loue him y e lesse for to take him ye shal doo thê° Take a roche or a fresh hering a wyre with a hooke in y e ende put it in at y e mouth out at y e taile down by y e ridge of the fresh hâ—â—ring thaÌ„ put the lyne of your hooke in after and draâ— the hooke into y e cheke of the freshe hering thaÌ„ put a 〈◊〉 be of lead vpon your lyne a yerde longe from your 〈◊〉 a flote in midway betwene cast it in a pyt wherâ— the pikes vse this is the best and moste surest craft tâ— take the pike And three maner of taking him there is take a frosshe put it on your hooke at y e neck betwenâ— skin y e body on y e back half put on a flote a yerd the to cast it where the pike haunteth ye shal haue hym ✚ An other maner take the same bait put it in assafe â—ida cast it into the water w t a corde and a corke anâ— ye shall not fayle of him And if ye list to haue a good sporte thaÌ„ tie the corde to a goose foote ye shal se good haling whether the gose or the pike shal haue the better NOw ye wote with what baytes and how ye shal angle vnto euery maner of fyshe Now I wyll telâ— you how ye shall keep and feede your quicke baytes yâ— shall feede and keep them all in generall but euery maâ—ner by him selfe with suche thinges in and on whychâ— they breede And as longe as they be quicke new they be fyne But whan they be in a slâ—ugh or els dead thaâ— ben they nought Out of these ben excepted three brooâ—des that is to wyte of hornetes humblebees and wasâ—pes whome ye shal bake in breade and after dyp theiâ— heades in bloud and let them drye Also except magoâ—â—tes whiche whan they be bred great with their naturaâ— feedyng ye shal feed theÌ„ forthermore with sheeps talow And take good hede y t in going about your disportes yâ— open no maÌ„s gates but y t ye shit theÌ„ agayn Also ye shalâ— not vse this forsayd crafti disport for no couetousnê tâ— the encreasing sparing of your money only but princâ—â—pally for your solace to cause the helth of your body 〈◊〉 specyallly of your soule For whan ye purpose to go on your disportes in fisshynge ye will not desyre greatlye many persons with you whiche might let you of your game And than ye may serue god deuoutly in sayinge effectually your customable prayers And thus doyng ye shal eschew and also auoyde many vices as ydelnes whiche is principall cause to enduce man to many other vices as it is right wel knoweÌ„ Also ye shal not be to rauenous in taking of your said game as to much at one time whych ye may lightly doo yf ye doo in euery poynt as this preseÌ„t treatyse sheweth you which should lightly be the occasion to destroy your owne disportes and other mens also And whan ye haue a sufficient messe ye should coueyte no more at that time Also ye shall besye your selfe to nourish the game in al that ye may and also to distroy all suche thynges as bene deuourers of it Finis ¶ And all those that dooth after this rule shal haue the blessyng of God and saynt Peter which he them grauÌ„t that with his precious bloud vs bought Amen ¶ Heere endeth the booke of Haukyng Hunting and Fysshing with other diuers matters ⧠Imprinted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the Rose Garland by Wyllyam Copland