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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... dark blue ocean , " into which the waters of the valley - stream are poured . * * It is a fine , fresh , April morning . The valley was full of mist when the sun peeped over the eastern hill ; but it soon gradually dispersed , like the ...
... dark blue ocean , " into which the waters of the valley - stream are poured . * * It is a fine , fresh , April morning . The valley was full of mist when the sun peeped over the eastern hill ; but it soon gradually dispersed , like the ...
Side 16
... daily with worms , another with live minnows , and the * See Salmonia , pp . 65—72 .; also , Combe's Constitution of Man ; and the Vestiges of Creation . third with those small dark - coloured water - flies 16 VARIETIES OF TROUT .
... daily with worms , another with live minnows , and the * See Salmonia , pp . 65—72 .; also , Combe's Constitution of Man ; and the Vestiges of Creation . third with those small dark - coloured water - flies 16 VARIETIES OF TROUT .
Side 17
... dark - coloured water - flies which are to be found moving about on the sur- face , under banks and sheltered places . The trout fed with worms grew slowly and had a lean appearance ; those nourished on minnows , which , it was observed ...
... dark - coloured water - flies which are to be found moving about on the sur- face , under banks and sheltered places . The trout fed with worms grew slowly and had a lean appearance ; those nourished on minnows , which , it was observed ...
Side 46
... dark - coloured wings , pervaded by numerous veins , through which the blood - or , more correctly speaking , a fluid corresponding to what in animals is called the blood is said to have been discovered to circulate . The wings are ...
... dark - coloured wings , pervaded by numerous veins , through which the blood - or , more correctly speaking , a fluid corresponding to what in animals is called the blood is said to have been discovered to circulate . The wings are ...
Side 57
... darker red in pro- portion to the yellow tint of their precursors . As the season advances , the duns , in both their winged stages , become gradually darker , and by the middle of September they acquire the same hue as on their first ...
... darker red in pro- portion to the yellow tint of their precursors . As the season advances , the duns , in both their winged stages , become gradually darker , and by the middle of September they acquire the same hue as on their first ...
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The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Beings a Complete Practical ... George Philip Rigney Pulman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Being a Complete Practical Treatise ... George Philip Rigney Pulman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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