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 35
... experience , for the peculiari- ties of every river render it impossible to give general instructions . 66 It is thought probable - and the opinion is supported by Buffon , Yarrell , and many other emi- nent naturalists - that fishes ...
... experience , for the peculiari- ties of every river render it impossible to give general instructions . 66 It is thought probable - and the opinion is supported by Buffon , Yarrell , and many other emi- nent naturalists - that fishes ...
Side 38
... experienced anglers ; yet , at the same time , I am well aware that the facts are certain upon which they found the fancy , but are to be ac- counted for on a totally different principle . The fish appear to seize to seize upon an ...
... experienced anglers ; yet , at the same time , I am well aware that the facts are certain upon which they found the fancy , but are to be ac- counted for on a totally different principle . The fish appear to seize to seize upon an ...
Side 41
... experience had long before induced . Who ever dreamed of imputing his piscatory success to the observance of taciturnity , admirable quality though it be- a quality of which we would not say a syllable in disparagement ? We remember on ...
... experience had long before induced . Who ever dreamed of imputing his piscatory success to the observance of taciturnity , admirable quality though it be- a quality of which we would not say a syllable in disparagement ? We remember on ...
Side 64
... experience and that of older and better anglers than ourselves — and the truth is not always ill - naturedly told . In our opinion , fly - rods for the generality of trout streams in this country we mean not , of course , the few rivers ...
... experience and that of older and better anglers than ourselves — and the truth is not always ill - naturedly told . In our opinion , fly - rods for the generality of trout streams in this country we mean not , of course , the few rivers ...
Side 67
... experience suggests , so long as it is in conformity with the principles which we lay down . When he shall have When he shall have gone through the book , and applied and mastered its instruc- tions , one by one - when he is thus fairly ...
... experience suggests , so long as it is in conformity with the principles which we lay down . When he shall have When he shall have gone through the book , and applied and mastered its instruc- tions , one by one - when he is thus fairly ...
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The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Beings a Complete Practical ... George Philip Rigney Pulman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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