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 10
... sufficiently conspicuous to assure them of its modern date . This they naturally contrast with the architecture of a more medieval age , of which the remains of an interesting speci- men are visible at their right . Opposite them is an ...
... sufficiently conspicuous to assure them of its modern date . This they naturally contrast with the architecture of a more medieval age , of which the remains of an interesting speci- men are visible at their right . Opposite them is an ...
Side 29
... sufficient for the hatching of the eggs , but that depends a good deal on the situation and the weather - the eggs in a shallow mountain stream , which is apt to freeze , being supposed to remain unhatched till the ice be cleared away ...
... sufficient for the hatching of the eggs , but that depends a good deal on the situation and the weather - the eggs in a shallow mountain stream , which is apt to freeze , being supposed to remain unhatched till the ice be cleared away ...
Side 49
... sufficient time in the larva state to arrive at the proper degree of maturity , the insect fastens its case to the stem of some water plant , or other substance , and , closing it at each extremity with a kind of grating , through which ...
... sufficient time in the larva state to arrive at the proper degree of maturity , the insect fastens its case to the stem of some water plant , or other substance , and , closing it at each extremity with a kind of grating , through which ...
Side 62
... sufficiently simple and com- plete to effect an object so much oftener attempted than attained , namely , that of enabling a person of ordinary intelligence to acquire from them alone , with moderate application , a practical know ...
... sufficiently simple and com- plete to effect an object so much oftener attempted than attained , namely , that of enabling a person of ordinary intelligence to acquire from them alone , with moderate application , a practical know ...
Side 71
... sufficient thinness at the point to dis- pense with whalebone , which is heavy and other- wise objectionable . We need not say that what- ever kinds of wood are used , it is of paramount importance that it be well seasoned , and that ...
... sufficient thinness at the point to dis- pense with whalebone , which is heavy and other- wise objectionable . We need not say that what- ever kinds of wood are used , it is of paramount importance that it be well seasoned , and that ...
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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: Being a Complete Practical Treatise ... George Philip Rigney Pulman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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