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 vii
... tackle making and fly tying . Each illustration of tackle is really needed , and the flies shown are not a mere selection of gorgeous and pretty subjects , or I should have chosen very differently ; but each fly is a specimen of some ...
... tackle making and fly tying . Each illustration of tackle is really needed , and the flies shown are not a mere selection of gorgeous and pretty subjects , or I should have chosen very differently ; but each fly is a specimen of some ...
Página xiii
... TACKLE FOR MINNOW SPINNING , ETC. IX . - IMITATIONS OF GRUBS AND BEETLES 159 22 253 " 263 X. - SALMON FLIES : THE GOLDFINCH , ETC. 307 -- XII . SALMON FLIES : THE TARTAN , SNOW FLY , AND SPEY DOG 341 XIII . TROUT FLY DRESSING , ETC. 387 ...
... TACKLE FOR MINNOW SPINNING , ETC. IX . - IMITATIONS OF GRUBS AND BEETLES 159 22 253 " 263 X. - SALMON FLIES : THE GOLDFINCH , ETC. 307 -- XII . SALMON FLIES : THE TARTAN , SNOW FLY , AND SPEY DOG 341 XIII . TROUT FLY DRESSING , ETC. 387 ...
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... companion , we question , if he revisited the scenes of his former ex- ploits , with the same tackle he used then , whether he would not find rather more difficulty in ' pleasuring some POND - FISHING . 3 poor body ' with the.
... companion , we question , if he revisited the scenes of his former ex- ploits , with the same tackle he used then , whether he would not find rather more difficulty in ' pleasuring some POND - FISHING . 3 poor body ' with the.
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... tackle should be suited to it . The float should be proportioned to the depth and weight of the water , and should be also so weighted that it should sail steadily along , carrying the hook just touching the bottom without being sucked ...
... tackle should be suited to it . The float should be proportioned to the depth and weight of the water , and should be also so weighted that it should sail steadily along , carrying the hook just touching the bottom without being sucked ...
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... tackle used in bank - fishing is lighter , and the point of the rod being al- ways just over the float , and usually scarcely a foot or so from it , there is no long length of loose line on the water to strike up , as there is in punt ...
... tackle used in bank - fishing is lighter , and the point of the rod being al- ways just over the float , and usually scarcely a foot or so from it , there is no long length of loose line on the water to strike up , as there is in punt ...
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