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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Página 105
... medium speed , when the left hand is carried well back , is about forty draws per minute . ' This , as Mr. Pennell says , is a medium pace . To fish a stream properly , that method is the best which enables you to cover the most water ...
... medium speed , when the left hand is carried well back , is about forty draws per minute . ' This , as Mr. Pennell says , is a medium pace . To fish a stream properly , that method is the best which enables you to cover the most water ...
Página 124
... medium size for a single - handed rod , I would say that probably a rod of twelve feet , or there- abouts , will suit the generality of anglers sufficiently well . Then comes the question of pliability . Some anglers prefer a very ...
... medium size for a single - handed rod , I would say that probably a rod of twelve feet , or there- abouts , will suit the generality of anglers sufficiently well . Then comes the question of pliability . Some anglers prefer a very ...
Página 130
... medium size easily ; should be broad in the plate and not too wide between the plates . Avoid all multiplying abominations as you would swearing , for the one will be sure to produce the other by getting out of order at the most ...
... medium size easily ; should be broad in the plate and not too wide between the plates . Avoid all multiplying abominations as you would swearing , for the one will be sure to produce the other by getting out of order at the most ...
Página 155
... medium of air into the denser medium of water , the direct line of vision becomes broken on reaching the water , and takes a much more perpendicular direction . The reader will understand this by placing a coin in an empty pan , so far ...
... medium of air into the denser medium of water , the direct line of vision becomes broken on reaching the water , and takes a much more perpendicular direction . The reader will understand this by placing a coin in an empty pan , so far ...
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... medium brown mohair , with a strand or two of hare's ear and claret thrown in for the rest of the body . Hackle , dark grizzled blue dun ( cock's ) ; wing , a slip from the back of the peahen ; hook , No. 9 or 10 , or larger for rough ...
... medium brown mohair , with a strand or two of hare's ear and claret thrown in for the rest of the body . Hackle , dark grizzled blue dun ( cock's ) ; wing , a slip from the back of the peahen ; hook , No. 9 or 10 , or larger for rough ...
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