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 7
... turns , and bending with intense interest over their flies , which play so scientifically upon the dancing stream . What a splendid fish was that which Came at the red - palmer of the angler lowest down , but missed it ! And what a ...
... turns , and bending with intense interest over their flies , which play so scientifically upon the dancing stream . What a splendid fish was that which Came at the red - palmer of the angler lowest down , but missed it ! And what a ...
Side 8
... turn out of pockets , and a spread is laid upon the turf of sandwiches , cold fowl , and so forth , together with " pocket- pistols " duly charged , and one of the party gathers in the rivulet aforesaid a heap of water cress , green and ...
... turn out of pockets , and a spread is laid upon the turf of sandwiches , cold fowl , and so forth , together with " pocket- pistols " duly charged , and one of the party gathers in the rivulet aforesaid a heap of water cress , green and ...
Side 30
... turn , upon them , while they are also the prey of all larger fishes , even those of their own species . " - A new theory of the spawning of salmon , and we suppose of all other fishes - a theory totally at variance with all received ...
... turn , upon them , while they are also the prey of all larger fishes , even those of their own species . " - A new theory of the spawning of salmon , and we suppose of all other fishes - a theory totally at variance with all received ...
Side 34
... turns and eddies , where insects are carried by the stream , and many other places , a knowledge of which is indispens- able to successful practice . Indeed , it is a fact which we would earnestly impress upon the as- pirant to ...
... turns and eddies , where insects are carried by the stream , and many other places , a knowledge of which is indispens- able to successful practice . Indeed , it is a fact which we would earnestly impress upon the as- pirant to ...
Side 49
... turns to an inactive pupa , which is a further step towards its perfect state , the rudiments of which , indeed , now become clearly perceptible . In a few days it issues from its outer case , rises to the surface of the water , and ...
... turns to an inactive pupa , which is a further step towards its perfect state , the rudiments of which , indeed , now become clearly perceptible . In a few days it issues from its outer case , rises to the surface of the water , and ...
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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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