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 vi
... opinion that the instructions in many other works are not so complete as to render such an addition uncalled for , he was the more anxious to supply the omission . The defect in other works , it was imagined , might arise from the ...
... opinion that the instructions in many other works are not so complete as to render such an addition uncalled for , he was the more anxious to supply the omission . The defect in other works , it was imagined , might arise from the ...
Side x
... Opinion on Vision in Fishes.- An Experiment on the Hearing of Fishes . - Professor James Wilson's Opinion . - Voracity of Trout . - Intellectuality of Fly - fishing Page 13 to 44 CHAPTER III . Entomology . - The Flies eaten by Trout ...
... Opinion on Vision in Fishes.- An Experiment on the Hearing of Fishes . - Professor James Wilson's Opinion . - Voracity of Trout . - Intellectuality of Fly - fishing Page 13 to 44 CHAPTER III . Entomology . - The Flies eaten by Trout ...
Side xi
... Opinion . - Size , Colour , and Form the " main Points " of Imitation . - Occasional Necessity for Imitation of Natural Flies . - Caution against over - fastidiousness . Imitation of Action highly im- portant . - The " Sporting Review ...
... Opinion . - Size , Colour , and Form the " main Points " of Imitation . - Occasional Necessity for Imitation of Natural Flies . - Caution against over - fastidiousness . Imitation of Action highly im- portant . - The " Sporting Review ...
Side 14
... opinion ; for he tells us that " the chief knowledge required by a skilful angler is the thorough acquaintance with the food and habits of the fish he wishes to catch . " With these views of the importance of this subject , we shall ...
... opinion ; for he tells us that " the chief knowledge required by a skilful angler is the thorough acquaintance with the food and habits of the fish he wishes to catch . " With these views of the importance of this subject , we shall ...
Side 15
... opinion that there exists but one species ; the difference of form , size , and colour in the trout of different localities being accounted for by the operation of their food and of the water they inhabit . Some naturalists , however ...
... opinion that there exists but one species ; the difference of form , size , and colour in the trout of different localities being accounted for by the operation of their food and of the water they inhabit . Some naturalists , however ...
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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: Being a Complete Practical Treatise ... George Philip Rigney Pulman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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