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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... yards ; a light cork float ( Plate II . fig . 2 ) , carrying four or five No. 1 shot , the last of which should be a good foot from the hook ; his hook should be upon rather finer gut than the line , and the best general size he will ...
... yards ; a light cork float ( Plate II . fig . 2 ) , carrying four or five No. 1 shot , the last of which should be a good foot from the hook ; his hook should be upon rather finer gut than the line , and the best general size he will ...
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... yards from the bank , if he would not frighten and disturb the fish . At his first advent , in particular , he must be very cautious , as the bare sight of his figure suddenly moving abcut on the bank will often serve to frighten away ...
... yards from the bank , if he would not frighten and disturb the fish . At his first advent , in particular , he must be very cautious , as the bare sight of his figure suddenly moving abcut on the bank will often serve to frighten away ...
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... yards of fine line . This running or reel line should be of very fine dressed silk ; undressed , it is apt , when wet , to cling about the rod and rings , and it also rots sooner . ( In the Not- tingham style undressed lines are ...
... yards of fine line . This running or reel line should be of very fine dressed silk ; undressed , it is apt , when wet , to cling about the rod and rings , and it also rots sooner . ( In the Not- tingham style undressed lines are ...
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... yards off . I have also had some of the best roach - fishers in London down to try them , and they have had no better success . But this is rather an exceptional case ; and , seated on a stump , under the shade of an old pollard willow ...
... yards off . I have also had some of the best roach - fishers in London down to try them , and they have had no better success . But this is rather an exceptional case ; and , seated on a stump , under the shade of an old pollard willow ...
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... yards extra of line and fish farther off , and you will often get sport in that way when the fish will scarcely bite at all close to the boat . All these dodges , and any more which may suggest themselves to the angler , should be ...
... yards extra of line and fish farther off , and you will often get sport in that way when the fish will scarcely bite at all close to the boat . All these dodges , and any more which may suggest themselves to the angler , should be ...
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