Notes on Fishing

Acknowledgment
Translator's Introduction
    Aksakov's Notes on Fishing in Russian Context
Notes on Technical Matters
Preface
The Origin of the Fishing Outfit
The Rod
The Line
The Float
The Sinker
The Hook
The Leader
Assembly of the Fishing Outfit
The Bait
On Selecting a Swim
Groundbait
On Fishing Skill
On Fish in General
1. Minnow
2. Toppie
3. Stone Loach
4. Gudgeon
5. Bleak
6. Dace
7. Ruff
8. Roach
9. Rudd
10. Ide
11. Chub
12. Bream
13. River Carp
14. Pond Carp, or Carpia
15. Tench
16. Crucian Carp
17. Perch
18. Pike
19. Asp
20. Zander
21. Taimen, or Redling
22. Trout, or Spottle
23. Grayling
Burbot
Sheatfish
Crayfish
Boulters and Trimmers
Lures

Appendix 1: Selected Fishing Prose by Aksakov
"Floodwater and Fishing the Spring Runoff"
"Spear-Fishing"
From "A Few Words on Sportsmen's Superstitions and Signs"
From "Strange Sporting Occurrences"
From "New Notes on Sport"
"A Few Words on Angling in Early Spring and Late Autumn"
Letter to the Editor of Sporting Journal, 23 October 1858

Appendix 2: Selected Fishing Poetry by Aksakov
"There is my homeland!"
"The Fisherman's Woe: A Russian Idyll"
"To Grisha"
"Believe me, there's no greater torment"
"Swim forth with caution"
"There at last, for all our patience"
"Fisherman, fisherman, stern is your fate"
"31 October 1856"
"17 October: To A. N. Maikov"

Translator's Notes
Bibliography