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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... usually the first essay of the tyro , and with that we shall commence our instructions . Still - water or pond - fishing may be practised under various circumstances , and the tackle used must depend upon the fish to be fished for . The ...
... usually the first essay of the tyro , and with that we shall commence our instructions . Still - water or pond - fishing may be practised under various circumstances , and the tackle used must depend upon the fish to be fished for . The ...
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... usually sufficiently visible to point out the desirable spot . none of these serve , then he must rely upon his own judg- ment , choosing a swim neither too deep nor too shallow as regards the water , nor too swift nor sluggish for the ...
... usually sufficiently visible to point out the desirable spot . none of these serve , then he must rely upon his own judg- ment , choosing a swim neither too deep nor too shallow as regards the water , nor too swift nor sluggish for the ...
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... usually moored across the stream by means of heavy poles , shod with sharp irons , being thrust into the bed of the river , and the head and stern of the punt fastened thereto . Sometimes , however , and more particularly when the ...
... usually moored across the stream by means of heavy poles , shod with sharp irons , being thrust into the bed of the river , and the head and stern of the punt fastened thereto . Sometimes , however , and more particularly when the ...
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... 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 - fishing , and the strike , there- fore , when there is a bite , is much lighter , being a mere twitch ...
... 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 - fishing , and the strike , there- fore , when there is a bite , is much lighter , being a mere twitch ...
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... usually in the month of May . It delights in warm summer weather , when the surface of the water is often dotted all over with their risings . In winter they do not show so much , but get nearer the bottom , and are much less active ...
... usually in the month of May . It delights in warm summer weather , when the surface of the water is often dotted all over with their risings . In winter they do not show so much , but get nearer the bottom , and are much less active ...
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