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 v
... shape- a mere outline of the present edition encouraged the hope that a more extensive and complete treatment of the subject , on the founda- tion already laid , might more deserve the appro- bation of the angling public . The writer ...
... shape- a mere outline of the present edition encouraged the hope that a more extensive and complete treatment of the subject , on the founda- tion already laid , might more deserve the appro- bation of the angling public . The writer ...
Side vii
... shape , will not be without interest and use to his " brethren of the angle , " and that it will be received with an indulgence for which an enthusiastic love of the art , and an earnest desire for the diffusion of its precepts , that ...
... shape , will not be without interest and use to his " brethren of the angle , " and that it will be received with an indulgence for which an enthusiastic love of the art , and an earnest desire for the diffusion of its precepts , that ...
Side 25
... shape , habits , and markings , is that of fully developed milt and roe being found in the smallest individuals of the three former kinds , in parr as small as two ounces we mean not the fish in the graveling or smoult , but the parr ...
... shape , habits , and markings , is that of fully developed milt and roe being found in the smallest individuals of the three former kinds , in parr as small as two ounces we mean not the fish in the graveling or smoult , but the parr ...
Side 26
... shape is much less perfect . Not observing these marks of distinc- tion has led to the confounding of salmon - fry with parr , calling them , indeed , ' parr , ' as Mr. Shaw and his followers do ; whereas the parr is a distinct adult ...
... shape is much less perfect . Not observing these marks of distinc- tion has led to the confounding of salmon - fry with parr , calling them , indeed , ' parr , ' as Mr. Shaw and his followers do ; whereas the parr is a distinct adult ...
Side 32
... shape and colour undergo great alterations . They be- come lank and lean , their heads appear dispropor- tionally large , and their bodies acquire a dusky and disagreeable hue , little resembling their usual bright and beautiful tints ...
... shape and colour undergo great alterations . They be- come lank and lean , their heads appear dispropor- tionally large , and their bodies acquire a dusky and disagreeable hue , little resembling their usual bright and beautiful tints ...
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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: 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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