J. W. Martin 
Days Among the Pike and Perch [PDF ebook] 
Being a Practical Treatise on Angling for Pike and Perch in River, Lake, and Stream; By Float, Leger, and Paternoster, Together With Chapters on the Personal Experiences of the Author During the Forty-Six Years of His Angling Career

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. In these pages you will not find an elaborate list of tackle and goods recommended, but only what I know by many years’ experience to be exactly suitable for the sport described. N 0 college training or book learning have I had, but simply an education in the hard world of experience and the open book of Nature herself. With confidence I leave this with you, and thank my hundreds of friends for the kindly words and the cordial reception they gave my last volume of personal experiences. I trust this will meet with a similar reception.