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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... never be without a clearing ring ( see Plate I. fig . 4 ) , or his remissness may result in his straining his line or losing it . He will do well , too , to have one of those curved hook knives in his pocket which he may screw into his ...
... never be without a clearing ring ( see Plate I. fig . 4 ) , or his remissness may result in his straining his line or losing it . He will do well , too , to have one of those curved hook knives in his pocket which he may screw into his ...
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... never made a very long run , he kept , me in constant work for three hours and a half . I hooked the fish on a November evening at five o'clock , and landed it at half - past eight , by the light of two lanterns . My arm got so tired ...
... never made a very long run , he kept , me in constant work for three hours and a half . I hooked the fish on a November evening at five o'clock , and landed it at half - past eight , by the light of two lanterns . My arm got so tired ...
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... never cheap to the angler . When not using it , always as much as possible keep your gut from the light , for damp hardly rots it sooner than sunlight . The best reels for bottom - fishing are the plain reels with a light check . Do not ...
... never cheap to the angler . When not using it , always as much as possible keep your gut from the light , for damp hardly rots it sooner than sunlight . The best reels for bottom - fishing are the plain reels with a light check . Do not ...
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... never succeeded in taking more than three or four at the same time , and those I took one evening with very fine Nottingham tackle , striking them at least fifty yards off . I have also had some of the best roach - fishers in London ...
... never succeeded in taking more than three or four at the same time , and those I took one evening with very fine Nottingham tackle , striking them at least fifty yards off . I have also had some of the best roach - fishers in London ...
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... never be neglected . In fact , a judicious dodging backwards and forwards in this respect will be found highly necessary to tickle the jaded appetites of the well - fed aldermanic roach , and by one means or the other something like a ...
... never be neglected . In fact , a judicious dodging backwards and forwards in this respect will be found highly necessary to tickle the jaded appetites of the well - fed aldermanic roach , and by one means or the other something like a ...
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