The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Beings a Complete Practical Treatise on that Branch of the Art of Angling; with Plain and Copious Instructions for the Manufacture of Artificial FliesLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 - 186 sider |
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Side 7
... cast - fairly killed and basketed ! While whiz goes the reel of the third piscator , whose eagerness in striking too smartly has cost him a splendid Limerick , which has found a lodgment in the mouth of the " little peel " that carried ...
... cast - fairly killed and basketed ! While whiz goes the reel of the third piscator , whose eagerness in striking too smartly has cost him a splendid Limerick , which has found a lodgment in the mouth of the " little peel " that carried ...
Side 34
... cast the flies is nearly as important as to know how to cast them . A person ignorant of the former would have almost as little chance of suc- cess as if he were unable to perform the latter . It is true that in early spring , when food ...
... cast the flies is nearly as important as to know how to cast them . A person ignorant of the former would have almost as little chance of suc- cess as if he were unable to perform the latter . It is true that in early spring , when food ...
Side 37
... cast upon the water by having the sun in his back , will have the same effect in frightening the fish as if it were caused by a harmless sheep or a prowling otter ; and the poor fishes , being unable to dis- criminate between friends ...
... cast upon the water by having the sun in his back , will have the same effect in frightening the fish as if it were caused by a harmless sheep or a prowling otter ; and the poor fishes , being unable to dis- criminate between friends ...
Side 54
... cast off skin remains behind , re- taining for a short time the exact form of the insect . After this final change the fly is brighter in colour , its wings are more shining and trans- * This wonderful operation may be witnessed by any ...
... cast off skin remains behind , re- taining for a short time the exact form of the insect . After this final change the fly is brighter in colour , its wings are more shining and trans- * This wonderful operation may be witnessed by any ...
Side 58
... casting its skin it appears in the very different garb of the white or silver spinner- the imitation of which is chiefly used in summer evening fishing . Of the British ephemeridæ the largest is E. vulgata the May - fly . This beautiful ...
... casting its skin it appears in the very different garb of the white or silver spinner- the imitation of which is chiefly used in summer evening fishing . Of the British ephemeridæ the largest is E. vulgata the May - fly . This beautiful ...
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The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Beings a Complete Practical ... George Philip Rigney Pulman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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