B 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 UC SOUTHE 
 
 III 
 
 RN REGIONAL 
 
 li 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 LIBRARY 
 
 ill 
 
 7 
 2 
 
 FACILITY 
 
 11 
 
 4 

 
 <:); 
 ■^ 
 
 'o. 
 
 t^^ ANGi^^^^ C 
 

 
 
 
 -^^-j^ 
 
 1
 
 CHARLES FARIOW, 
 
 Fishing-Rod, Hook, Fly, Net, and Tackle 
 Manufacturer, 
 
 191, STRAND, 
 
 OPPOSITE TO SAINT CLEMENT'S DANES, NEAR 
 TEMPLE BAR, 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 Time brings changes of all sorts— good, bad, 
 and indifferent. Happily, those it has wrought 
 in fishing-tackle are various and important. 
 The trade in it has greatly increased during 
 the last twenty years, and the improvements 
 in its manufacture have more than kept pace 
 with augmented sale. My stock, in the large 
 variety designated by the words " fishing- 
 tackle," has for its accommodation and display 
 ample and well-lit premises, that the purchaser 
 may be able to examine tlie workmanship of 
 each article, and that he may not be hampered 
 by confined space from testing the balance of 
 rods. 
 
 I have, and I most thankfully and gratefully 
 acknowledge it, hitherto enjoved most liberal 
 
 ' 2067G31
 
 2 
 
 patronage at the hands of the nobility, gentry, 
 and public at large. Whilst I express my 
 thankfulness and gratitude for past favours, I 
 promise, in order to insure a continuance of 
 them, watchful and increased exertion to insure 
 the perfected production of all articles I manu- 
 facture and sell. 
 
 In no branch of the art of angling have so 
 many improvements taken place as in the very 
 highest branch of it, viz., artificial fly-fishing, 
 particularly for trout and salmon. I have 
 closely studied these improvements, and carried 
 the best of them into eftect. I have consulted 
 the best modern writers, and advised with the 
 most celebrated living fly-fishers, and the result 
 is that I have now an extensive collection of 
 fly-rods, for trout and salmon, made of the 
 very best woods, and most accurately fitted 
 and balanced according to the most approved 
 of models; with an inexhaustible variety of 
 artificial flies for salmon and trout, &c., dressed 
 by experienced and practical fly-fishers, em- 
 bracing general and local patterns, and, above 
 all, those recommended for trout and grayling 
 in Konalds's "Fly-fisher's Entomology," and in 
 Ephemera's " Handbook of Angling ;" and 
 those for salmon, grilse, and sea-trout, for 
 every river in the Empire, depicted by the 
 pencil and described by the pen in " The Book 
 of the Salmon," that " Bridgewater " angling 
 treatise written by our friendly piscatorial 
 sapper and miner, Ephemera, of Belrs Life.
 
 In presenting the following Catalogue to the 
 Brotherhood of Anglers, I wish it to be well 
 understood that its prices are for articles of the 
 best description, as all my rods and tackle are 
 manufactured on the premises, under my own 
 superintendence, to suit the various purposes 
 required, and finished as they ought to be; and 
 that they difler materially from the slop- 
 rubbish vended by persons professing to be 
 makers, and sold to disappoint, disgust, and 
 take in unwary purchasers, instead of taking 
 out wary fish. 
 
 I flatter myself that the quality of my stock 
 will speak for itself ; and, whilst doing so, take 
 the opportunity of respectfully inviting my 
 brother anglers to inspect it, convinced that in 
 price it is most economical, in make faultless, 
 in execution and durable power for capturing 
 all sorts of river and lake fish, unsurpassed. 
 
 Merchants, Country Dealers, and the trade 
 supplied on the most reasonable terms for cash. 
 — N.B. A choice selection of tackle, specially 
 suited for England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, 
 the whole European Continent, America, Nor- 
 way, Sweden, and the East Indies. Tackle 
 Cases, completely fitted for any part of the 
 world, from £o to £100. . 
 
 Silkworin Gut, Bamboo Canes, etc. 
 
 BOUGHT, IF GOOD, IN AlTiT QUANTIir. 
 
 RODS. WINCHES, ETC., MADE TO ORDER.
 
 ALL ORDERS from the COUNTRV 
 must be accompanied with a RE- 
 
 naiTTANCz: or referencx: in 
 
 TOWN. 
 
 Post Office Orders to be made payable to 
 Charles Farlow, at the Strand Office. 
 Stamps received for small amounts. 
 
 BANKERS. 
 MESSRS. TWINING. 
 
 Foreign and Export Orders executed with 
 accuracy and despatch. 
 
 RODS AND TACKLE REPAIRED. 
 
 TROUT, GRAYLING, CHUB, AND 
 
 SALMON FLIES 
 DRESSED TO ANY PATTERN, 
 
 iaRMI>Y AND PRECISELY, 
 AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
 
 CHARLES FARLOWS 
 
 OATALOeUE OF FRIGES. 
 
 Bottom Rods. 
 
 Two joint hazel, tin ferrules ... 
 
 Three ditto 
 
 Two ditto, whalebone tops 
 
 Three ditto 
 
 Two ditto, brass ferrules 
 
 Three ditto 
 
 Four ditto 
 
 Five ditto 
 
 Three ditto, hazel, superior butts 
 
 Four ditto 
 
 Five ditto 
 
 Three ditto, for trolling, ringed 
 
 Four ditto 
 
 Hickory Rods. 
 
 Three joint 
 
 Four ditto 
 
 Three ditto, ringed 
 
 Four ditto 
 
 Three ditto, braized 
 
 Four ditto 
 
 Five ditto 
 
 Three ditto, winch fittings and bag 
 
 Four ditto 
 
 Five ditto 
 
 Four ditto, Thames or Barbel Rods, 2 
 
 tops, braized, winch fittings and bag 
 
 Five ditto 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 4. 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 6 
 
 15 
 
 6 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 20 
 

 
 6 CHARLES FARLOW'S, I9l, STRAND, 
 
 Bamboo Rods. 
 
 Three joint, with brass ferrules 
 
 Four ditto 
 
 Fire ditto 
 
 Six ditto 
 
 Three ditto, spliced bamboo 
 
 Four ditto 
 
 Five ditto 
 
 Six ditto 
 
 Three ditto, ringed 
 
 Four ditto 
 
 Five ditto 
 
 Six ditto 
 
 Three ditto, braized and ringed 
 
 Four ditto 
 
 Five ditto 
 
 Six ditto 
 
 Four do, best bamboo, braized & ringed, 
 spliced top, and winch fittings,bag,&c. 
 
 Five ditto 
 
 Six ditto 
 
 Trolling and Bottom Rods. 
 
 Four joint hickory, two tops ... 
 Four ditto, best plain ringed ... 
 Five ditto 
 
 Four ditto, braized 
 
 Five ditto 
 
 Four ditto, winch fittings 
 
 Four dojwinch fittings, socket spear& bag 21 
 
 Four ditto ditto, upright rings 
 
 Bamboo, Trolling, and other Mods in every variety. 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 
 
 25 
 

 
 CATALOGUE OF PRICES. 
 
 Trolling Rods. 
 
 Three joint hickory, ringed 
 
 7 
 
 Four ditto 
 
 10 
 
 Five ditto 
 
 12 6 
 
 Three ditto, braized 
 
 9 6 
 
 Four ditto 
 
 12 C 
 
 Five ditto 
 
 14 
 
 Four ditto, ■winch fittings 
 
 16 
 
 Five ditto 
 
 18 6 
 
 Four ditto, superior ... 
 
 ... 20 
 
 Five ditto 
 
 22 G 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 35 
 
 
 
 East India Cane Spinning and 
 Trolling Rods. 
 
 Three joint, winch fittings, braized and 
 
 ringed 
 
 Four ditto 
 
 Four ditto, two tops 
 Four ditto, stand-up rings 
 Four ditto, superior 
 
 Also a large assortment of superior Trolling 
 Rods in every variety. 
 
 Bamboo Pocket Rods. 
 
 Six joint, best make, double 
 
 braized 
 
 Seven ditto 
 
 Eight ditto 
 
 Nine ditto 
 
 Ten ditto 
 
 20 to 
 
 28 
 
 
 
 24 to 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 26 to 
 
 32 
 
 
 
 28 to 
 
 35 
 
 
 
 30 to 
 
 40 
 

 
 8 CHARLES FARI.OW'S, 191, STRAND, 
 
 
 Fly Rods. 
 
 
 (J 
 
 Three join 
 
 hickory 
 
 .. 7 
 
 6 
 
 Four 
 
 ditto 
 
 .. 8 
 
 6 
 
 Three dittc 
 
 ), ringed 
 
 .. 9 
 
 
 
 Four 
 
 ditto 
 
 .. 10 
 
 
 
 Three ditto, braized 
 
 .. 10 
 
 6 
 
 Four 
 
 ditto 
 
 .. 12 
 
 
 
 Five 
 
 ditto 
 
 .. 15 
 
 
 
 Four ditto, 
 
 winch fittings and bag 
 
 .. 15 
 
 
 
 Three joint best hickory, with two tops 
 
 
 ringed. 
 
 )raized, socket spear, winch 
 
 
 fittings, 
 
 and partition bag ... 
 
 .. 20 
 
 
 
 Four 
 
 ditto 12 feet 
 
 .. 21 
 
 
 
 Four 
 
 ditto 13 feet 
 
 .. 25 
 
 
 
 Four 
 
 ditto 14 feet 
 
 .. 28 
 
 
 
 Four 
 
 ditto 15 feet 
 
 .. 30 
 
 
 
 Five 
 
 ditto 12 feet 
 
 .. 25 
 
 
 
 Six 
 
 ditto 
 
 .. 28 
 
 
 
 Seven 
 
 ditto 
 
 .. 30 
 
 
 
 Eight 
 
 ditto 
 
 .. 34 
 
 
 
 Nine 
 
 ditto, for pocket 
 
 ., 36 
 
 
 
 Ten 
 
 ditto 
 
 .. 40 
 
 
 
 Walking-stick fly rods from 20 
 
 to 42 
 
 
 
 Superior fancy Fly Rods of every description. 
 
 East India Cane, Bamboo, HicJcoi^j, Spin- 
 ning, 3Iay-f1y, Splice, White Cane, and Punt 
 Rods of every description. Rods made to 
 order, and manufactured on the premises tmth 
 dispatch.
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 35 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 45 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 55 
 
 
 
 63 
 
 
 
 70 
 
 
 
 80 
 
 
 
 OAT ALOGUE OF PRICES. 9 
 
 Salmon Rods. 
 
 Four joint hickory, ringed, braized, wincli 
 fittings, socket spear, and bag, 16 feet 
 
 Ditto, 17 feet 
 
 Ditto, 18 feet ..'. _ ... 
 
 Four joint hickory, ditto, 2 tops, ringed, 
 braized, wincli littin;^s, socket spear, 
 and partition bag, 16 feet 
 
 Ditto 17 feet 
 
 Ditto 18 feet 
 
 Four ditto, best, 3 tops, 16 feet 
 
 Ditto 17 feet 
 
 Ditto 18 feet 
 
 Ditto 19 feet 
 
 Five ditto 20 feet 
 
 Spliced and East India Cane, and a great variety 
 
 of highly finished Salmon Rods. 
 
 The above rods are icarranted. 
 Gentlemen supplied with the necessary Tackle for 
 
 India, Norway or Canada, at a moment's notice, of 
 
 superior manufacture and at moderate prices. 
 
 Walking-Stick Rods. 
 
 Three-joint bamboo, hazel top ... 2 6 
 
 Four ditto 4 
 
 Three ditto, screw ferrules 3 6 
 
 Four ditto 5 6 
 
 Three ditto, best spliced tops ... 5 
 
 Four ditto 7 
 
 Three ditto, ringed ... 7 
 
 Four ditto 10 
 
 Three ditto, ash butt ... 10 to 15 
 
 Four ditto ... 14 to 21 
 
 Five ditto ... 21 to 30 
 
 Superior fancy ditto, up to £2 2s. a*
 
 10 CHARLES FARLOW'S, 191, STRAND, 
 
 General Rods. 
 
 Four joint best hickory general rods, s. d. 
 with 2 tops, winch fittings, socket 
 spear, and partition bag 
 
 Four ditto, 3 tops ... " 
 
 Four ditto, 4 tops 
 
 Four ditto, 5 tops 
 
 Five ditto, 4 tops 
 
 Five ditto, 5 tops 
 
 Six ditto, 5 tops 
 
 Superior finished general rods up to £3 10s. 
 
 Winches. 
 
 1^ inch diameter. Town-made plain ... 
 
 11 do. PLAIN 2 MULTIPLIERS 
 
 ll 
 
 ditto 
 
 2 6 
 
 ditto 
 
 2 
 
 ditto 
 
 3 
 
 ditto 
 
 n 
 
 ditto 
 
 3 6 
 
 ditto 
 
 n 
 
 ditto 
 
 4 
 
 ditto 
 
 2f 
 
 ditto 
 
 5 
 
 ditto 
 
 3 
 
 ditto 
 
 6 
 
 ditto 
 
 3i 
 
 ditto 
 
 7 
 
 ditto 
 
 3* 
 
 ditto 
 
 8 
 
 ditto 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 28 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 35 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 Os. 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 G 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 6 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 The check winches are fid. less than the multi- 
 pliers. The multiplying nnd check *2s. extra. 
 
 N.B Superior winches, witli spring reverse and 
 
 improved plate handles, and all the latest improve- 
 ments. j^ggjg^ 
 
 For one line in boxwood, 4d. ; ditto two lines, 
 6d. ; ditto three lino.'^, OJ.; ditto four lines, Is.; 
 ditto five lines. Is. 3d. ; ditto six lines, Is. 6d. 
 
 Keels for two lines, with box in centre, to 
 contain shot, caps, plummet, &c., Is. 6d. ; ditto 
 for four lines, 2s. ; ditto for six ditto, 2s. Gd. 
 
 An assortment fitted with Lines from Is. to 30s.
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 CATALOGUE OF PRICES. 11 
 
 Artificial Flies. 
 
 The best Trout flies, on Limerick hooks, 
 
 or to pattern per doz. 
 
 Ditto Chub or May-flies ... 3s. to 
 
 Ditto Sea Trout or Lake ... 3s. to 
 
 Ditto Salmon 5s. to 
 
 Ditto Pike each Is. to 
 
 A large and superior assortment of Salmon, 
 Grilse, and Mahseer flies, suitable for India, 
 Norway, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, and the 
 European and American Continents, made by 
 a practical salmon-fisher. Flies dressed to any 
 pattern. Materials for Fly dressing, pig's down, 
 seal's and other furs, mohair, silk, feathers, 
 tinsel, &c. 
 
 Trout and Salmon Fly Lines. 
 
 Twenty yards patent taper best s. d. s, d. 
 
 silk and hair Trout fly lines, 
 
 warranted 1 6 to 3 
 
 Thirty ditto 2 6 to 5 
 
 Forty 3 6 to 6 6 
 
 Fifty 4 to 8 
 
 Fifty ditto, for Salmon 8 to 12 6 
 
 Sixty ditto 10 to 15 
 
 Seventy ditto 12 to 18 
 
 Eighty ditto 14 to 20 
 
 One hundred ditto 16 to 25 
 
 Plaited Silk and Hair, cable laid, plaited taper 
 silk waterproofed, Welsh taper, and a variety 
 of other lines, of superior manufacture.
 
 12 CHARLES FARLOW'S, 191, STRAND, 
 
 Fly Tackle and Trolling Cases. 
 J s. d."-- '^s.-a: 
 
 Fly cases A. 9 to 20 
 
 Bottom ditto 1 to 10 
 
 Universal ditto 5 to 20 
 
 Trolling 2 to 10 6 
 
 Spinning 4 6 to 20 
 
 Dubbing 5 to 20 
 
 Also a large assortment in Morocco and 
 Russia leather. 
 
 Lines for Trolling. 
 
 Twenty yards 6-tliread water cord ... 4 
 
 Thirty ditto 6 
 
 Forty ditto 8 
 
 Twenty yards of Derby silk line ... 1 
 
 Thirty ditto 1 6 
 
 Twenty ditto best ditto 1 6 
 
 Thirty ditto 2 
 
 Forty ditto 3 
 
 Twenty ditto, patent 8-plait silk ... 3 4 
 
 Thirty ditto 5 
 
 Forty ditto .., ... 6 G 
 
 Fifty ditto 8 
 
 Sixty ditto 9 6 
 
 The prepared 8-plait waterproof trolling line 
 at one penny per yard extra. 
 
 Paniers. 
 
 First size, each, 3s. Gd. ; second ditto, 4s.; 
 third ditto, 5s. ; fourth ditto, 6s. ; fifth ditto, 
 7s. Gd, ; sixth ditto, 9s.; seventh ditto, lOs. Gd.; 
 outsize, 14s. Brass mounted, 7s. extra.
 
 CATALOGUE OF PRICES. 13 
 
 Artificial Gudgeon and Minnows. 
 
 Archimedian, Pectoral, Colonel 
 
 s. d. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Hawkers 
 
 2 6 
 
 and 3 
 
 Ditto Gudgeon 
 
 4 
 
 and 5 
 
 Phantom Minnows 
 
 2 6 
 
 and 3 6 
 
 Ditto Gudgeon 
 
 4 
 
 and 6 
 
 India-rubber and Gutta-percha 
 
 
 
 Gudgeon 
 
 3 
 
 and 5 
 
 Spoon Baits 
 
 1 
 
 to 2 6 
 
 Ditto Gudgeon size 
 
 3 
 
 to 6 
 
 Glass Minnows 
 
 2 6 
 
 to 3 6 
 
 Ditto Gudgeon 
 
 4 
 
 to 7 6 
 
 Brass Minnows 
 
 2 
 
 to 3 6 
 
 Ditto Gudgeon 
 
 3 6 
 
 to 6 
 
 Gilt ditto 
 
 3 
 
 to 5 
 
 Gudgeon 
 
 Pearl ditto _ ., 
 
 6 
 
 to 10 
 
 2 6 
 
 to 5 
 
 Artificial Mice 
 
 
 ... 2 6 
 
 Ditto Frogs 
 
 Flexible Fly Minnows 
 
 ... 
 
 ... 1 
 
 ... each 6 
 
 Artificial Worms and Gentles 
 
 
 ... 3 
 
 Ditto BeetIes,Wasps, Bees, Grasshoppers, 
 
 and Cockchafers, &c., per dozen 4 to GO 
 
 Upioards of fifty different sorts of Minnows on hand. 
 
 SILKWORM GUT— Per Hank, 4d., 6d., and 9d. 
 Ditto, good, Is., Is. 6d., and 2s. Superior, 2s. 6d,, 
 3s., 4s., and 5s. Salmon ditto, irom Ss. to 15s. 
 
 Picked links of extra fine strong Salmon and Trout 
 gut in dozens. 
 
 BAITS. — Live Minnows, per doz., 6d. ; Live Gud- 
 geon, Is.; Prepared Salmon Roe, per pot, Is., 2s., 
 and 3s.
 
 14 CHARLES FARLOW'S, 191, STRAND, 
 
 Hooks. S. d. 
 
 Best gut hooks, per doz. 6d., 9d., and 1 
 
 Super ditto, extra fine or stout 1 6 
 
 Ditto, single hair, Id. each, or per doz... 9 
 
 Eel hooks to wire 9 
 
 Ditto double, small size 1 
 
 Ditto, large size 2 
 
 Best gimp hooks 2 
 
 Ditto double 3 
 
 Kirby hooks, per hundred 1 
 
 Superfine Trout hooks, per hundred ... 1 6 
 
 Ditto Salmon 3s. to 6 
 
 Ditto Limerick bend, 2s.; Salmon, 4s. to 10 
 
 Ditto Eel hooks 10 
 
 Gorge hooks with gimp per doz. 4s. to 6 
 
 Double braized hooks ditto ... 1 6 
 
 Treble ditto ditto 2s., 2s. 6d.j and 3 
 
 Carlisle, sneck, Lip, Kendal, fine wire ... 2 
 
 Whiting, Mackerel, Cod, and large sea hooks. 
 Shark hooks, with chain and swivel. 
 
 Sole agent in London for Phillip's Dublin 
 Hooks. 
 
 Landing Handles. 
 
 Hazel Landing Handles, each 
 
 Bamboo ditto 1 G 
 
 Superior ditto, 4ft. long 2s. to 2 G 
 
 Two joint bamboo, telescope handle 
 
 with brass screw ferrules 4s. 6d. to 7 G 
 
 Three joint ditto Gs. 6d. to 10 
 
 Two joint ditto, with caps 4 
 
 Three joint ditto G
 
 CATALOGUE OF PRICES. 15 
 
 Gut and Sundry Lines. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Gut lines, per yard 2d., 3d., and 4 
 
 Extra stout or fine 4 
 
 Salmon ditto ... 6d., 9d., and 1 
 
 Twisted Salmon gut 8 
 
 Three yards single hair lines 3d. or 6 
 
 Ditto with twisted top 6 
 
 Seven yards best and finest China twist 4 
 
 Hank o"f ditto Is. 1 6 
 
 Twisted h&ir line, with float, hook, and 
 
 winder Id. to 4 
 
 China twist lines, ditto 6 
 
 Best silk lines, ditto ... 9d. or 1 
 
 Gut ditto, mounted from 1 
 
 Eel lines, with 20 yards of water cord, 
 
 10 hooks, bullet, and winder ... G 
 
 Ditto 40 yards, with 20 hooks ... 1 
 
 Ditto on "bank runner ... Is. 6d. to 2 G 
 
 Floats, 
 
 Best bound quill floats Id., 2d., 3d. and 4 
 
 Thames floats, various 6d., 9d., and 1 
 
 Reed ditto 3d., 4d., and G 
 
 Large ditto 9d. to 2 
 
 Best small cork floats 2 
 
 Ditto Perch ' 3 
 
 Largo ditto 4d. and G 
 
 Ditto Jack ditto 9d. and 2 
 
 Thames porcupine cork from Gd. to 2 G 
 Patent taper quill floats for roach 
 
 fishing Gd. to 5
 
 16 CHARLES FARLOW'S, 191, STRAND, 
 
 Casting and other Nets. s. d. 
 
 Bait kettle, or gold-fisli nets Q 
 
 Landing Nets 6 
 
 Ditto larger 9d. and 1 
 
 Ditto small mesh ... 1 6 to 3 6 
 
 Salmon landing nets ... 1 6 to 5 
 
 Live bait or drum nets, 1 9, 2 6, 3 G, & 5 
 
 Minnow wonders, 18-inch 3 6 
 
 Ditto 20-inch 5 6 
 
 Ditto 22-inch 7 6 
 
 Eight-yard gudgeon cast net 18 
 
 Ten yards ditto 24 
 
 Twelve ditto 28 
 
 Fourteen ditto 32 
 
 Sixteen ditto 36 
 
 Six-yard minnow 24 
 
 Eight ditto _ 30 
 
 Other nets equally moderate. Netting for 
 preserving fruit trees, 3d. per yard, two yards 
 wide ; or Id. per square yard ; or 6d. per yard, 
 four yards wide. 
 Silk Casting nets, and waterproof nets, in variety. 
 
 Landing Rings. 
 
 Iron landing rings, each 9d. and 1 
 
 Ten-inch folding ditto 2 
 
 Twelve-inch ditto 2 G 
 
 Fourtcen-inch ditto 3 6 
 
 Sixteen-inch ditto 4 G 
 
 Gimp, 
 
 Common, per yard 2d. I Best 3d. 
 
 Stout 4d. Stoutest Cd.
 
 CATALOGUE OF PRICES. 17 
 
 Sundries connected with Fishing. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Panier Straps from Is. 2 6 
 
 Best Swivels, 3d. each ... per doz. 2 6 
 
 Farlow's patent ditto, 4d. each, per doz. 3 
 
 X Clearing rings 2 
 
 *>■ Brass jointed ditto, mounted 2s. to 4 
 
 Twisting engines from 5 
 
 Ledger lines Is. to 1 6 
 
 Bank runners ... 6d., 9d., and 1 
 Ditto furnished with 20 yards of water 
 
 cord, double hook, bullet & swivel, Is. to 2 6 
 
 Baiting needles 2 
 
 y^ Dis^orgers 2 
 
 ^ Rod bags from 6d. to 2 
 
 Ditto, with partitions 2 6 
 
 Shot pliers 1 6 
 
 Ditto cutters 1 6 
 
 Five pronged eel spears 2 6 
 
 Seven ditto 3 6 
 
 Nine ditto 4 6 
 
 Gimp traces with two box swivels, 9d. to 1 
 
 Gut ditto 9d. to 1 
 
 Dittto for the Thames ... 2s. to 4 
 
 Trout spinning tackle ... 9d. to 1 
 
 Jack or Pike ditto ... 9d. to 1 
 
 Paternosters 1 6 
 
 /Best bound fiat caps, 2d. per doz., gross 1 6 
 
 y\ Eod rings 2d. per doz, per gross 1 6 
 
 Tin bait boxes Id. to 1 G 
 
 Japanned ditto 4d. to 2 
 
 Ditto spinning tackle boxes 2s. to 4 
 
 Bait kettles Is. 6d. to 10 G
 
 18 CHARLES FARLOW'S CATALOGUE. 
 
 Landing and Gaflf Hooks. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Trout landing liooks each 1 6 
 
 Trout landing hooks and folding knife... 2 
 
 Ditto folding hook and knife 3 6 
 
 Salmon gatfs 2s. to 6 
 
 Steelyards for 3 to 40 lbs., 4s. to 15s. 
 
 A VARIETY OF WORKS ON ANGLING. 
 
 Amongst others, Ephemera's "Handbook of 
 Angling," hi^ " Book of the Salmon," and his 
 illustrated edition of Walton ; Ronalds's " Fly- 
 Fishers Entomology ;" Holland's " British 
 Angler's Manual ;" Wheatley's " Rod and the 
 Line," &c. C. Farlow can procure for his 
 customers every work extant upon angling. 
 
 Worm and ground-bait bags, plummets, split 
 shot, fishing baskets and bags, stools, spliced 
 tops, pierced bullets, barrel and ledger leads, 
 minnow caps, perch leads, sandwich boxes, 
 liquor flasks. — Charles Farlow, sole agent in 
 London for Brown's Pliantom Minnow, and for 
 Allies' patent Archimedian Minnow. The above 
 baits are strongly recommended to anglers on 
 account of their transparency, the evenness with 
 which they revolve, and the extraordinary life- 
 like ai)pearance when used lor trolling baits 
 for salmon, trout, and other fish of prey ; 2s. 6d. 
 and 3s., forwarded by post on receipt of a Post- 
 office order. Extra large size, mounted, 6s. 
 and Gs.
 
 THE SALMON. 
 
 INSTRUCTIONS 
 
 FOR 
 
 THE YOUNG ANGLER. 
 
 DESCRIPTION OF TACKLE. 
 
 The ROD I should recommend for Fly-fishing 
 for Trout and Grayling is a 4-joint one ; butt 
 ash, middle pieces hickory, with a spliced bam- 
 boo top ; the whole twelve feet long, gradually 
 tapering from butt to top, with winch fittings, 
 rings not too small, of practical balance, and 
 so not top-heavy. 
 
 For Trolling or Spinning, use a bamboo or 
 hickory rod, from 12 to 16 feet long, with 
 upright rings, made strong and light, so as to 
 cast the bait a long distance with ease. 
 
 For Bottom-fishing from the bank, a long 
 hickory or bamboo rod, with various tops to 
 suit all purposes.
 
 20 
 
 For Punt-fishing use one about 10 feet long ^ 
 that will strike well at the point. 
 
 The WINCH I should advise would be a 
 Multiplying Check, or plain multiplier for Fly- 
 fishing, for Trout and Grayling; to hold about 
 30 yards of line. 
 
 For Trolling, a Plain Check constructed to 
 hold about GO yards of line. 
 
 For Salmon, the same, to hold 100 yards. 
 
 Let your winch be full large in proportion to 
 the line, or it will not wind up pleasantly. 
 
 The Salmon rod should vary from 16 feet to 
 19 in length. Its butt should be of the lightest 
 best-grained and well-seasoned ash, its middle 
 pieces of strong elastic hickory, and its top of 
 lancewood, terminating with bamboo-cane. Its 
 rings should be large and strong. A Salmon 
 rod" of three joints, the top spliced, suits per- 
 sons living near Salmon rivers. 
 
 The RUNNING LINE for Fly-fishing 
 should be made of good silk and horsehair 
 plaited together ; at the end of which have a 
 loop about half an inch long to fasten your 
 gut casting-line to (which should be about three 
 yards long, taper, and strong in proportion to 
 the size of the fish you expect to catch) ; at 
 each end of the gut line you must have a loop, 
 one to slip your running line througli, and 
 another at the fine end of the gut for attaching 
 the fly link. This operation is not easily ex- 
 plained by writing, but C. Farlow will be glad 
 to show his customers how it is to be done.
 
 21 
 
 The Trolling Line should be made of plaited 
 silk, waterproofed, which, if well done, will 
 render it more durable than any other. 
 
 FLOATS are made in different ways. A 
 porcupine's quill will answer very well for still 
 water, or where there is but little stream. 
 
 A cork float is preferable for Perch or Barbel 
 fishing, and for the Thames generally. For 
 Koach, Dace, <feo., you must always use as fine 
 a tipped cap float as the stream will suffer to 
 pass steadily along. I always use a tipped cap 
 float, either of quill or reeds, for Bottom-fishing. 
 If live-bait fishing for Jack, then a large cork 
 float is necessary, so that the bait may not be 
 able to swim away in all directions. 
 
 The PLUMMET is a piece of lead, cast with 
 a ring at the top, and some cork, to stick the 
 point of the hook in, at the bottom. When 
 used, place your float so that when your plumb 
 touches the bottom, the top of the float may be, 
 for large fish, two inches above the water ; for 
 small fish, one inch. 
 
 The HOOK should be in proportion to the 
 size of the bait, taking care not to have it too 
 large, or too long in the shank. 
 
 The LINE in Bottom-fishing should be three 
 feet from the surface of the water to the rod, 
 in order that you may not have too much 
 between the top of your rod and the float. 
 
 The following articles will be found ne- 
 cessary : — Some Split Shot, large and small ; a 
 few Float Caps, and a sufficient quantity of
 
 22 
 
 spare Hooks tied on ; a Landing JNet, or Gaff, 
 a Clearing Ring, a Disgorger, a Tin Box to put 
 your Gentles in, a Bag with damp moss for 
 Worms, and a Pocket Book for the purpose of 
 holding all the smaller articles in a compact 
 form; Zinc Bait-kettle, and Baiting Needles. 
 
 BAITS. Worms and Gentles are the best. 
 Plain PASTE should be made of the crumb of 
 bread dipped in water, and well worked up into 
 a dough with clean hands. 
 
 ^ GREAVES. These should be scalded over 
 night, and the whitest pieces picked for your 
 hook. Soft yellow cheese will kill Chub. 
 
 WORMS. The small lively Marsh-worm is 
 the best for Trout, Tench, Carp, Perch; the 
 Dew-worm for Barbel and Chub. The Red- 
 worm is best for small fish ; the Blood-worm for 
 Gudgeons and Prussian Carp. The Brandling 
 is very good for Perch and Trout. Take care 
 you have not too much of the tail parts hanging 
 loose, or the fish will take them off without 
 touching the hook. 
 
 For Ground-bait, a stale loaf well soaked and 
 mixed with bran, made into small balls, is good 
 for Roach, Dace, Chub. Chopped Dew-worms, 
 mixed with clay, are the best for Barbel. 
 Gentles, mixed with Clay and Bran, or used 
 loose whore there is no stream, arc good general 
 ground-baits. Always throw your ground- 
 bait in at the top of the swim, or above your 
 punt.
 
 THE TROUT. 
 
 FLY-FISHING, 
 
 In throwing a FLY, the most common fault 
 of a young beginner is, not waiting until the 
 line takes its sweep round, and over the shoulder, 
 after lifting it off the water ; he mostly returns 
 it too quickly, which causes it either to fall in 
 the water too heavily, or smack like a whip, 
 and so lose the fly. The best thing he can do 
 is to observe one who has had experience in the 
 art ; then take a light rod, and let out 8 yards 
 of line, with a small palmer at the end, and 
 throw across or down the stream, until he can 
 feel some confidence in the direction it will fall, 
 taking care at the same time that as little reel 
 line as possible falls on the water with it ; 
 when he can manage this well, he may let out 
 another yard or two of line, and so on till he 
 can command the water he frequents. With a 
 light rod, with 10 to 12 yards of line thrown
 
 24 
 
 straight forward and lightly, lie will be more 
 likely to succeed than with a greater length 
 managed with less skill. 
 
 If you get a rise, strike quickly, hut not hard, 
 as the least motion of the hand will hook your 
 fish. If a Trout, you may both see and feel 
 him, as he often takes the fly quickly enough 
 to hook himself. Never strike at a fish until 
 jonfeel he has taken your fly. 
 
 When you hook a fish, do not lift him out 
 with your rod, but play him gently, as raising 
 a fish of one pound that way will strain it 
 more than killing by fair play a fish of seven. 
 The most likely places to succeed with a fly are 
 mill tails, weirs, scours, where two rivers join, 
 or at the edge of a bed of weeds, where the 
 water runs fast. Chub delight in deep holes 
 under trees, and rise slowly. 
 
 The most useful flies are the red fly, blue dun, 
 . March brown, cowdung fly, stone fly, grannam, 
 or green tail, spider fly, black gnat, black cater- 
 pillar, little iron blue, yellow sally, Marlow 
 buzz, yellow May fly, or cadow, grey drake, orl 
 fly, fern fly, red spinner, blue gnSf, large red 
 and black ant, hazel fly, little red and black 
 ant, whirling blue, little pale blue, willow fly, 
 moths, red, brown, and black palmers, oak fly, 
 Hofland's fancy, Carshalton cocktail, Coch-y- 
 bonddu, hare's ear-and-yellow, the "coachman," ^^^ 
 and the "governor.''^ The best days for fly- 
 fishing are sombre, warm, breezy ones, weather- 
 glass pointing to " fair."
 
 THE PERCH. 
 
 BOTTOM-FISHING. 
 
 First plumb your depth and throw in some 
 ground- bait; then let your bait fall quietly in 
 the upper part of the swim, keeping the point 
 of your rod over the float ; when it gets as far 
 as your ground-bait, let it rest a little, remove 
 it gently, and do as before. When you get a 
 bite, indicated by the float being shook or 
 snatched under water, strike immediately (which 
 is to be done by a smartish stroke, jerking the 
 point of your rod obliquely over the float). If 
 you hook a fish, and he offers little resistance, 
 you may lift him out of the water at once ; but 
 should it be a large fish, you must let him have 
 more line, until he suffers himself to be turned 
 by little force ; you must then keep him tight, 
 working him towards you, by winding up, and 
 by, when he again plunges, easing your hand 
 towards him, that he may not break your
 
 26 
 
 tackle. By following this plan, you must soon 
 tire him out ; then use your landing-net. 
 
 In Pond- fishing, the principal causes of 
 success are ground-bait, a fine bottom-line, a 
 clean, lively bait, and quiet water. If you bait 
 with a red worm, and there are Bream, Rudd, 
 and other fish in the water, use a fine wire 
 hook, No. 9 or 10. 
 
 Live Gudgeons and Dace Is. per dozen ; live 
 Minnows, 6d. Kept on the premises. 
 
 The following is another way of making 
 ground-baits. For Roach and Dace : A mixture 
 of adhesive clay and bran well worked together, 
 and pieces of the size of a small egg thrown in 
 where you fish. For Barbel and Chub : Clay, 
 bran, and meal, kneaded together; form into 
 balls the size of a cricket-ball, and in the 
 interior put as many gentles and worms as pos- 
 sible. Nearly all sorts of river fish, the coarser 
 kinds especially, are attracted by this ground- 
 bait, which is especially good in deeps where 
 heavy fish abound. Soaked greaves, mixed with 
 clay, is a good ground-bait for Barbel. See 
 page 22.
 
 TROLLING FOR PIKE. 
 
 The most easy and successful method is with 
 the gorge hook. To use this you must have a 
 haiting-needle, which enter at the mouth of 
 the bait, pass it all through the body, and bring 
 it out at the tail, dragging the gimp and hooks 
 through till they meet the corners of the mouth. 
 Let the barbs point upwards, and then tie some 
 thread round the tail to prevent its tearing 
 when it catches the weeds; now add this to 
 your trace, and all is ready. Having your bait 
 prepared, proceed to cast it forth into such 
 places as you think likely to contain a fish, 
 letting it dive to the bottom, then draw it up 
 gently, so as just to cause it to twirl round as 
 it rises, let it sink again and proceed as before, 
 till the line is close to you. 
 
 When you get a bite, which you will perceive 
 by the bait being suddenly pulled, held fast, or 
 sometimes only shook, immediately hold the
 
 28 
 
 point of your rod down, and with the left hand 
 keep two or three yards of loose line ready, that 
 the fish may not be checked when he runs. If 
 he lie still two or three minutes, shake the line, 
 and run again, you may wind in the loose line 
 and strike. When exhausted, lead him to a 
 suitable spot, and land him. Observe, when 
 the pike is on the feed, you can hardly lose him 
 by any other means than by not giving him 
 time to pouch the bait. 
 
 The LIVE BAIT is used as follows: To two 
 feet of gimp, not too coarse, whip a rather fine 
 wired double hook ; at the other end of the 
 gimp make a small loop ; then pass one of the 
 hooks between the skin and the flesh, close by, 
 the front of the back fin. A new way of fishing 
 with live bait is to place round the shoulders of 
 it an elastic, tight-fitting India-rubber band, 
 and in it afiix the hook. By baiting in this 
 way, the live bait receives no injury. A single 
 hook is used by passing it through the lips of 
 the bait, or, better, beneath the skin, close by 
 the bottom and side of the back fin. 
 
 Your float should be placed on your silk line, 
 just above your shots or bullet, to keep the fish 
 down the gimp. The float, of cork, should be 
 very large, to keep the fish from the bottom. 
 
 Many large pike are also taken with a live bait 
 attached to a trimmer, or large floating cork.
 
 GENERAL REMARKS. 
 
 Windy -weather (if from the west or south) 
 suits both Jack and Perch, and they like the 
 quiet parts of rivers. In January and Feb- 
 ruary Jack and Pike are in pairs ; at which 
 time, if you take one, put on a fresh bait, and 
 try close by for the other. During these months 
 they feed eagerly ; and note this, a Jack gene- 
 rally takes a bait in his mouth across the body, 
 and always swallows its head foremost. 
 
 The Trout frequents the sharpest rivers 
 near waterfalls, mill-tails, &c., and feeds upon 
 insects, worms, flies, or small fish ; for method 
 of catching them, see Fly-fishing, p. 23. 
 
 A more alluring bait cannot be had than the 
 Archimedian Minnow, or my " flesibles." 
 
 Perch are found in ponds and rivers, where 
 they will grow to four or five pounds in weight. 
 They are easily caught with a strong gut line, 
 a cork float, and a No. 6 hook, baited with a 
 minnow or worm. You should fish in mode- 
 rately quiet parts, near flood-gates or mill- 
 heads, where there is a gentle stream.
 
 30 
 
 In the East and West India Docks, many- 
 Perch are sometimes taken. 
 
 The Barbel is found in the deepest parts 
 of streams, by banks that project over the 
 water, near weirs and floodgates. When you 
 angle for barbel, you should use a ledger lead, 
 and ground-bait plentifully with worms over 
 night. You may fish with a heavy float, 
 without the ledger lead. 
 
 The Chub, when small, strongly resembles 
 the dace ; but as it grows larger, the head and 
 mouth expand, by which it loses much of its 
 beauty. The best bait during the winter is a 
 piece of bullock's pilth or brains, or soft yellow 
 cheese. In summer they rise eagerly at a fly. 
 You will then find them in deep quiet boles 
 and under trees that overhang the water; a 
 humble bee, large palmer, or, towards evening, 
 a white moth, will generally succeed. 
 
 The Roach. — In Roach-fishing have a light 
 rod and single hair or very fine gut. Bait with 
 gentles or paste, and fish moderately deep. 
 Use a patent taper quill float, hook No. 10 or 
 11, short shank. Do not have more than ten 
 or twelve inches of line between the rod and 
 the float, or you will miss a fine bite. 
 
 The Dace is a pretty, gamesome little fish, 
 and takes small artificial flies admirably, such 
 as black gnats, little red and black hackles, and
 
 small winged duns. The bottom baits it takes 
 best are small red worms, paste, and, above all, 
 gentles. It is the best fish with which the 
 young fly-fisher can begin the practice of his 
 delightful art. 
 
 The Caep is a very wary fish, and takes 
 paste, worms, boiled peas, and a variety of 
 other baits. It is necessary to ground-bait 
 for the Carp the night before you fish for it. 
 
 The Bream is a very prolific fish, and bites 
 freely at either gentles or worms. I have 
 taken them as large as seven pounds weight 
 in the West India Import Dock. It is a dull 
 and cowardly fish, and does not afi"ord much 
 sport, except to the young angler. It takes 
 the brown artificial moth well. 
 
 Te^s'ch, like Carp, are found in the most 
 still waters, but are much easier to catch than 
 the latter-named fish. Red worms are the best 
 baits for Tench, and you must fish close to the 
 bottom for them. 
 
 The Gudgeon should be angled for with 
 small bits of red worms, close to the ground, 
 and you will much increase your sport by 
 occasionally raking the bottom of the river. 
 
 The Eel, — In angling for this fish, the best 
 baits are large worms. Eels are best taken 
 with night-lines, baited with dead loaches, 
 gudgeon, or minnows.
 
 32 
 
 N.B. — C. F. is at all times happy to afford 
 to the inexperienced all the information which 
 he has gained by long study and practice, both 
 as regards the tackle required for each fish, 
 and the best way and most likely times and 
 places for using it. He knows the best trout 
 and salmon flies for all good rivers and for all 
 seasons. 
 
 PLACES FOR ANGLING NEAR LONDON. 
 
 The Thames at Richmond, Twickenham, 
 Teddington, Dittoa, and Hampton, for Roach, 
 Dace, and Barbel ; Sunbury, Walton, Wey- 
 bridge, Chertsey, Peuton-brook, and Laleham, 
 for Trout, Pike, and Barbel ; Datchet, Eton, 
 Maidenheafl, Cookham, Marlow, and Pang- 
 bourne, for Trout, Pike, Perch, Barbel, and 
 Chub. Rivers Lea, Colne, Wandle, Mole, Cray, 
 and Brent, for Pike, Barbel, Roach, Dace, and 
 Trout. The Surrey, East and West India 
 Docks, for Pike, Perch, Chub, and Bream. 
 The Surrey and Regent's Park Canals, Wan- 
 stead- Park, Dagenham Breach, &c., for divers 
 sorts of coarse fish. 
 
 LONDON : 
 JAS, WAUE, PRINTEK, BRTUGES-ST., STRAND.
 
 is 
 
 ^T 
 
 K; 
 
 In 
 
 C 
 
 > 
 
 S 
 
 ^
 
 JC southern regional LiBRARf FAClLiT 
 
 B 000 003 172 4
 
 t 
 
 %^ 
 
 V,l