A Book on Angling: Being a Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling in Every Branch with Explanatory Plates, EtcLongmans, Green, 1867 - 472 páginas |
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... inches or two feet in length . I have used this rod for twenty years , and it is as straight as ever it was . For solid rods hickory is the best wood . For bank - fishing the rod should be longer and larger , and it is seldom the custom ...
... inches or two feet in length . I have used this rod for twenty years , and it is as straight as ever it was . For solid rods hickory is the best wood . For bank - fishing the rod should be longer and larger , and it is seldom the custom ...
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... inches under the surface . The neighbour- of an outflowing drain is always a great spot for and the more filth that exudes from it the more ive it is . Quick striking is the order of the day , as are very sharp and active . The bleak ...
... inches under the surface . The neighbour- of an outflowing drain is always a great spot for and the more filth that exudes from it the more ive it is . Quick striking is the order of the day , as are very sharp and active . The bleak ...
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... inch . A gudgeon of six inches is a good size , of seven of unusual size , but they seldom attain to eight . Gudgeon bite best in clear water and warm weather in moderately rapid streams , where the water ranges from eighteen inches to ...
... inch . A gudgeon of six inches is a good size , of seven of unusual size , but they seldom attain to eight . Gudgeon bite best in clear water and warm weather in moderately rapid streams , where the water ranges from eighteen inches to ...
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... inches under the surface . The neighbour- hood of an outflowing drain is always a great spot for bleak , and the more filth that exudes from it the more attractive it is . Quick striking is the order of the day , as they are very sharp ...
... inches under the surface . The neighbour- hood of an outflowing drain is always a great spot for bleak , and the more filth that exudes from it the more attractive it is . Quick striking is the order of the day , as they are very sharp ...
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... inch or two up the gut . Now , when you are using very fine gut , to have to tear the gentle off it time after time is calculated to wear and fray the gut , which , as it is often drawn gut , is especially liable to such injury ; and ...
... inch or two up the gut . Now , when you are using very fine gut , to have to tear the gentle off it time after time is calculated to wear and fray the gut , which , as it is often drawn gut , is especially liable to such injury ; and ...
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