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 10
... admirably " found " by the canine . favourites , and perhaps half frightened into their jaws by the almost frantic shoutings of the bipeds . w I m dh But " revenons à nous moutons " is at length 10 A DAY'S FLY - FISHING .
... admirably " found " by the canine . favourites , and perhaps half frightened into their jaws by the almost frantic shoutings of the bipeds . w I m dh But " revenons à nous moutons " is at length 10 A DAY'S FLY - FISHING .
Side 11
... length the word ; and the trio , after arranging for the final " wind - up , " resume their rods , and fall to fishing down the stream . * * It is evening . The sun , before bidding adieu for the night , and as if to compensate in some ...
... length the word ; and the trio , after arranging for the final " wind - up , " resume their rods , and fall to fishing down the stream . * * It is evening . The sun , before bidding adieu for the night , and as if to compensate in some ...
Side 13
... length of time without insensibly acquiring some knowledge of the nature and habits of his game ; but there is an immense difference in the amount of information which different individuals 14 VALUE OF THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE . will ...
... length of time without insensibly acquiring some knowledge of the nature and habits of his game ; but there is an immense difference in the amount of information which different individuals 14 VALUE OF THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE . will ...
Side 18
... length and twenty in ' girth , and weighed more than twenty - three pounds . We have seen an engraving of this portly indi- vidual , which , if faithfully represented , must have been a splendid specimen . Many other Brobdig- nagian ...
... length and twenty in ' girth , and weighed more than twenty - three pounds . We have seen an engraving of this portly indi- vidual , which , if faithfully represented , must have been a splendid specimen . Many other Brobdig- nagian ...
Side 64
... length is out of proportion to their diameter - rendering them over pliable , and therefore comparatively power- less . A moderately stiff and small rod of eleven feet long , possesses infinitely greater power , and is infinitely more ...
... length is out of proportion to their diameter - rendering them over pliable , and therefore comparatively power- less . A moderately stiff and small rod of eleven feet long , possesses infinitely greater power , and is infinitely more ...
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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: Beings a Complete Practical ... George Philip Rigney Pulman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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