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 20
... light upon the formation of species and varieties , by showing the probability of the Great Lake Trout , which sometimes reaches thirty or forty pounds , being traceable to an equally humble ancestry - increased in size , and altered in ...
... light upon the formation of species and varieties , by showing the probability of the Great Lake Trout , which sometimes reaches thirty or forty pounds , being traceable to an equally humble ancestry - increased in size , and altered in ...
Side 63
... light and free in using . Such a rod is - to use a figurative phrase a rara avis a thing so seldom met with as to become a curiosity — a piscatory treasure - ever - - to be valued by its fortunate possessor . One cause THE ROD . 63.
... light and free in using . Such a rod is - to use a figurative phrase a rara avis a thing so seldom met with as to become a curiosity — a piscatory treasure - ever - - to be valued by its fortunate possessor . One cause THE ROD . 63.
Side 65
... same rod tried by a third person , possessing still greater strength , may handle light and airy as an en- chanter's wand , and , therefore , will be to him , F comparatively speaking , powerless . may determine by a very THE ROD . 65.
... same rod tried by a third person , possessing still greater strength , may handle light and airy as an en- chanter's wand , and , therefore , will be to him , F comparatively speaking , powerless . may determine by a very THE ROD . 65.
Side 71
... likely to scare the fish particularly in sunshine . One thing , however , and it is important , must be said in favour of light varnish , namely , that it renders visible all knots and other imperfections in the wood , F 4 THE ROD . 71.
... likely to scare the fish particularly in sunshine . One thing , however , and it is important , must be said in favour of light varnish , namely , that it renders visible all knots and other imperfections in the wood , F 4 THE ROD . 71.
Side 76
... London patent lines , which are very evenly and beautifully spun . But for the style of rod which we recommend — namely , a light and stiff one there is perhaps nothing - better adapted than a hair line , if its extreme 76 THE LINE .
... London patent lines , which are very evenly and beautifully spun . But for the style of rod which we recommend — namely , a light and stiff one there is perhaps nothing - better adapted than a hair line , if its extreme 76 THE LINE .
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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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