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 |
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Side 46
... front of the 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 46 THE PHRYGANIDE .
... front of the 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 46 THE PHRYGANIDE .
Side 49
... legs , which are in- stantly withdrawn on the slightest alarm , and their hinder parts are furnished with two hook- like appendages , with which they are attached to their cases , and thus can draw them along as a snail does its shell ...
... legs , which are in- stantly withdrawn on the slightest alarm , and their hinder parts are furnished with two hook- like appendages , with which they are attached to their cases , and thus can draw them along as a snail does its shell ...
Side 53
... legs , and what are regarded by some writers as a row of fins on each side of the body . These fin - like appendages , however , are , with greater probability , considered by other writers to be the organs of breathing - answering to ...
... legs , and what are regarded by some writers as a row of fins on each side of the body . These fin - like appendages , however , are , with greater probability , considered by other writers to be the organs of breathing - answering to ...
Side 54
... legs , and whisks were covered . The cast off skin remains behind , re- taining for a short time the exact form of the insect . After this final change the fly is brighter in colour , its wings are more shining and trans- * * This ...
... legs , and whisks were covered . The cast off skin remains behind , re- taining for a short time the exact form of the insect . After this final change the fly is brighter in colour , its wings are more shining and trans- * * This ...
Side 58
... legs yellow . After casting its skin it appears in the very different garb of the white or silver spinner- the imitation of which is chiefly used in summer evening fishing . Of the British ephemerida the largest is E. vulgata the May ...
... legs yellow . After casting its skin it appears in the very different garb of the white or silver spinner- the imitation of which is chiefly used in summer evening fishing . Of the British ephemerida the largest is E. vulgata the May ...
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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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