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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... gold fish globe out with a muslin cover on it , and a stock of lively minnows inside , under the supposition that the perch will rub their noses against the glass , like cats at a dairy window , according to the old super- stition ...
... gold fish globe out with a muslin cover on it , and a stock of lively minnows inside , under the supposition that the perch will rub their noses against the glass , like cats at a dairy window , according to the old super- stition ...
Página 115
... gold or silver foil ; and a tail of various coloured hackles ; at the head , two glass beads are strung on to represent eyes . This apparatus , which is more like a good . sized hummingbird than anything else , is cast and worked like a ...
... gold or silver foil ; and a tail of various coloured hackles ; at the head , two glass beads are strung on to represent eyes . This apparatus , which is more like a good . sized hummingbird than anything else , is cast and worked like a ...
Página 172
... gold thread ; legs , a red hackle ; tail , three wisps of the same ; wing , a dark shiny brown feather , the more brilliant and transparent the better . This is nearer to Ephemera's directions than C THE MARCH BROWN . 173 any others ...
... gold thread ; legs , a red hackle ; tail , three wisps of the same ; wing , a dark shiny brown feather , the more brilliant and transparent the better . This is nearer to Ephemera's directions than C THE MARCH BROWN . 173 any others ...
Página 174
... gold twist ; amber - red cock's hackle for legs ; two long strands of the same for the tail ; wing , the bright glassy golden feather from the wing of a thrush . It is a very elegant fly , if the fishes be discriminators of beauty . The ...
... gold twist ; amber - red cock's hackle for legs ; two long strands of the same for the tail ; wing , the bright glassy golden feather from the wing of a thrush . It is a very elegant fly , if the fishes be discriminators of beauty . The ...
Página 181
... gold wire . The hackle should be of a lighter red , not such a blood- red as the red spinner , and the wing should also be of a shade or two lighter hue . It will be found more plentiful towards the afternoon and evening . The angler ...
... gold wire . The hackle should be of a lighter red , not such a blood- red as the red spinner , and the wing should also be of a shade or two lighter hue . It will be found more plentiful towards the afternoon and evening . The angler ...
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angler bait Ballycroy bank barbel bend bite black hackle black head black heron black ostrich blue dun blue jay blue macaw ribs body bondu bottom bright brown mallard bustd carp cast chub claret coch y bondu colour dace dark darkish dressed Edition favourite feather fibres fish flies float fly-fishing gallina gentles gold tinsel green green drake greyling ground-bait gudgeon hackle at shoulder half hook inches insect jay at shoulder kill lakes light lip-hook mallard minnow mohr orange floss patterns peack perch pig's wool pike Plate pounds pounds weight reel rise river roach salmon salmon fly sea trout silk silver tinsel silver twist spinner spinning sport sprigs stream strike swim tackle tail Thames thread tippet tipt topg triangle trout turkey wing wood duck worm yards yellow yellow swan
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