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 15
... latter category , they are , perhaps , suffi- * A remarkable peculiarity of the gillaroo trout is the construction of its stomach , which has been likened to the gizzard of a bird , and accounted for from the circum- stance of the ...
... latter category , they are , perhaps , suffi- * A remarkable peculiarity of the gillaroo trout is the construction of its stomach , which has been likened to the gizzard of a bird , and accounted for from the circum- stance of the ...
Side 21
... latter description . It is not the close and bushy river , however , which forms the perfect trout stream- veriest tyro in fly - fishing can testify . as the It is our most earnest wish to press upon the attention of our readers the ...
... latter description . It is not the close and bushy river , however , which forms the perfect trout stream- veriest tyro in fly - fishing can testify . as the It is our most earnest wish to press upon the attention of our readers the ...
Side 23
... latter is right as regards the changes and successive stages of salmon development , yet he is mistaken in point of time ; that instead of remaining in the parr and smoult state for two years before migrating to the sea for the first ...
... latter is right as regards the changes and successive stages of salmon development , yet he is mistaken in point of time ; that instead of remaining in the parr and smoult state for two years before migrating to the sea for the first ...
Side 28
... latter push upwards and into the still smaller brooks with which the tributaries also have communication , selecting on their way the proper places for their purpose . The important operation of spawning is thus described by Mr. Mudie ...
... latter push upwards and into the still smaller brooks with which the tributaries also have communication , selecting on their way the proper places for their purpose . The important operation of spawning is thus described by Mr. Mudie ...
Side 34
... latter . It is true that in early spring , when food is scarce and the fish are obliged to depart in some measure from their usual stationary habits , in order to pro- cure a meal , his random - thrown flies may some- times fall in the ...
... latter . It is true that in early spring , when food is scarce and the fish are obliged to depart in some measure from their usual stationary habits , in order to pro- cure a meal , his random - thrown flies may some- times fall in the ...
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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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