A Book on Angling: Being a Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling in Every BranchLongmans, Green & Company, 1867 - 429 páginas |
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... comes , on the next morning , some ten hours after , the chances are that he finds the fish have only just done feeding upon the bait he threw in the night before . The fish are then full , quite indis- posed to feed , and a tame faint ...
... comes , on the next morning , some ten hours after , the chances are that he finds the fish have only just done feeding upon the bait he threw in the night before . The fish are then full , quite indis- posed to feed , and a tame faint ...
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... comes between the water and the sky frightens the fish instantly , whereas if there is a high bank , a tree , a plan- tation , or what not , at the angler's back , provided he does not make too violent motion so as to attract attention ...
... comes between the water and the sky frightens the fish instantly , whereas if there is a high bank , a tree , a plan- tation , or what not , at the angler's back , provided he does not make too violent motion so as to attract attention ...
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... comes into favour as gentles go out . A piece of the size of a big pea should be put on the hook , and the angler should be careful not to strike too violently , or he will constantly have to renew his bait . Some mix a little wool with ...
... comes into favour as gentles go out . A piece of the size of a big pea should be put on the hook , and the angler should be careful not to strike too violently , or he will constantly have to renew his bait . Some mix a little wool with ...
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... come on again . unless left to themselves for an hour or more , when he may come back and renew his attentions with success . The best baits for daping are cockchafer , humblebee , grasshopper , large flies of various kinds , and the ...
... come on again . unless left to themselves for an hour or more , when he may come back and renew his attentions with success . The best baits for daping are cockchafer , humblebee , grasshopper , large flies of various kinds , and the ...
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... comes into the swim . In this kind of fishing , which is called traveller ' fishing ( the float being the traveller ) , a long swim is made if the bottom admits of it , and it is common enough to strike fish forty or even fifty yards ...
... comes into the swim . In this kind of fishing , which is called traveller ' fishing ( the float being the traveller ) , a long swim is made if the bottom admits of it , and it is common enough to strike fish forty or even fifty yards ...
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