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 28
... sand or gravel . The bottom of clear running water is the best adapted for the purpose , and this is the kind of ground which the trout instinctively choose for their operations . Four or five weeks are 28 SPAWNING OF TROUT .
... sand or gravel . The bottom of clear running water is the best adapted for the purpose , and this is the kind of ground which the trout instinctively choose for their operations . Four or five weeks are 28 SPAWNING OF TROUT .
Side 47
... bottom of the water these cases appear like short bits of stick , but they will be found , on examination , to be regularly and beautifully constructed of various materials - some of minute portions of the leaves and other parts of ...
... bottom of the water these cases appear like short bits of stick , but they will be found , on examination , to be regularly and beautifully constructed of various materials - some of minute portions of the leaves and other parts of ...
Side 48
... bottom for their food , and that , no doubt , is the particular place at which it can be found — the different species being of course led by instinct to select the proper and peculiar materials for their habitations . " Pro- fessor ...
... bottom for their food , and that , no doubt , is the particular place at which it can be found — the different species being of course led by instinct to select the proper and peculiar materials for their habitations . " Pro- fessor ...
Side 51
... and capable of pursuing their natural habits , their existence would have been as short as that of their companions . " The female lays her eggs on the surface of the water , and , sinking to the bottom , they E 2 THE EPHEMERIDA . 51.
... and capable of pursuing their natural habits , their existence would have been as short as that of their companions . " The female lays her eggs on the surface of the water , and , sinking to the bottom , they E 2 THE EPHEMERIDA . 51.
Side 52
... bottom , they are soon hatched . Although the life of the insect , in its perfect state , is so very short , such is by no means the case in the larval stage of its existence . In some species two or three years elapse between the ...
... bottom , they are soon hatched . Although the life of the insect , in its perfect state , is so very short , such is by no means the case in the larval stage of its existence . In some species two or three years elapse between the ...
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