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
... head . The trout of the main stream ascend towards its source , and into the smaller streams which con- tribute to it ; and those in the latter push upwards and into the still smaller brooks with which the tributaries also have ...
... head . The trout of the main stream ascend towards its source , and into the smaller streams which con- tribute to it ; and those in the latter push upwards and into the still smaller brooks with which the tributaries also have ...
Side 29
... heads above the water ; but , though we have looked for this , we have not found it , neither have we found the trout adhering to the place where the spawn had been deposited . We have seen it in the case of the salmon , and thus can ...
... heads above the water ; but , though we have looked for this , we have not found it , neither have we found the trout adhering to the place where the spawn had been deposited . We have seen it in the case of the salmon , and thus can ...
Side 32
... head and body , and their flesh is soft , watery , and unwholesome . After the operation , when they return to the ... heads appear dispropor- tionally large , and their bodies acquire a dusky and disagreeable hue , little resembling ...
... head and body , and their flesh is soft , watery , and unwholesome . After the operation , when they return to the ... heads appear dispropor- tionally large , and their bodies acquire a dusky and disagreeable hue , little resembling ...
Side 37
... head , in order to defend the eye - ball , as there are no eyelids for this purpose as in other animals . This indistinctness of vision may be observed , by any one who will take the trouble , in the gold and silver fish usually kept in ...
... head , in order to defend the eye - ball , as there are no eyelids for this purpose as in other animals . This indistinctness of vision may be observed , by any one who will take the trouble , in the gold and silver fish usually kept in ...
Side 46
... - - - - " 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 .
... - - - - " 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 |
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