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 Published in London in 1851, this informative volume contains a complete practical treatise onthe art of angling, with plain and copious instructions for the manufacture of artificial flies. |
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Side 29
... appear that the eggs can be hatched in water that is distilled , or in any other manner deprived of air , or in that which is impregnated with lime , or any other ingredient that is deleterious to the fish in a grown state . Some have ...
... appear that the eggs can be hatched in water that is distilled , or in any other manner deprived of air , or in that which is impregnated with lime , or any other ingredient that is deleterious to the fish in a grown state . Some have ...
Side 32
... appear dispropor- tionally large , and their bodies acquire a dusky and disagreeable hue , little resembling their usual bright and beautiful tints , the contemplation of which induced our patriarch , the enthusiastic Izaac , to exclaim ...
... appear dispropor- tionally large , and their bodies acquire a dusky and disagreeable hue , little resembling their usual bright and beautiful tints , the contemplation of which induced our patriarch , the enthusiastic Izaac , to exclaim ...
Side 38
... appear- ance of being a living insect , whose species is quite unimportant , as all insects are equally welcome ... appears to have forgotten what he had just said about " colours and forms . " The " routine system " is very ingeniously ...
... appear- ance of being a living insect , whose species is quite unimportant , as all insects are equally welcome ... appears to have forgotten what he had just said about " colours and forms . " The " routine system " is very ingeniously ...
Side 42
... appears to us that the simple fact of fishes being , as a class , almost , if not entirely , mute , is of itself a logical ground for believing that their perceptions of sound are extremely dull . " The voracity and omniverous ...
... appears to us that the simple fact of fishes being , as a class , almost , if not entirely , mute , is of itself a logical ground for believing that their perceptions of sound are extremely dull . " The voracity and omniverous ...
Side 46
... of the - - - - " head , and appear like horns are very long ; and the legs are long , dark , and slender . The females lay their eggs upon the leaves of overhanging trees and bushes , to which they adhere till 46 THE PHRYGANIDÆ .
... of the - - - - " head , and appear like horns are very long ; and the legs are long , dark , and slender . The females lay their eggs upon the leaves of overhanging trees and bushes , to which they adhere till 46 THE PHRYGANIDÆ .
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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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