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 5
... surface of the glittering stream , in quiet nooks under sheltered banks and overhanging bushes , was occasionally broken by the rising of some hungry trout at the grannams and hare's flaxes which were thus early called into existence ...
... surface of the glittering stream , in quiet nooks under sheltered banks and overhanging bushes , was occasionally broken by the rising of some hungry trout at the grannams and hare's flaxes which were thus early called into existence ...
Side 16
... surface of the skin immediately beneath them , and is probably a secretion easily affected by the health of the animal . " The soil , the season , and the water undoubtedly exer- cise considerable influence on the colours of fish , and ...
... surface of the skin immediately beneath them , and is probably a secretion easily affected by the health of the animal . " The soil , the season , and the water undoubtedly exer- cise considerable influence on the colours of fish , and ...
Side 36
... surface , well knowing that they can approach much nearer the objects of their pursuit , and carry on their various deceptions with a much better chance of success . " Professor Rennie , Professor Wilson , and some other modern writers ...
... surface , well knowing that they can approach much nearer the objects of their pursuit , and carry on their various deceptions with a much better chance of success . " Professor Rennie , Professor Wilson , and some other modern writers ...
Side 43
... surface of the water , is called , in angling phraseology , “ rising . ” We shall appropriate the following chapter to a brief account- obtained from the best sources - of some of the principal flies , concluding the present chapter ...
... surface of the water , is called , in angling phraseology , “ rising . ” We shall appropriate the following chapter to a brief account- obtained from the best sources - of some of the principal flies , concluding the present chapter ...
Side 49
... surface of the water , and , bursting its pupa skin , appears in its last and perfect form of a beau- tiful fly . The time at which this class of flies appears on the water depends on the temperature of the season . If it be mild , the ...
... surface of the water , and , bursting its pupa skin , appears in its last and perfect form of a beau- tiful fly . The time at which this class of flies appears on the water depends on the temperature of the season . If it be mild , the ...
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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: Beings a Complete Practical ... George Philip Rigney Pulman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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