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 xi
... Wings . — Wax . - Scissors . - Principal Characteristics of Artificial Flies.— Different Methods of making them , and a ... Wing - flies , also illustrated . — A Word to our Pupils 95 to 123 our own . - CHAPTER VII . Remarks on Imitation ...
... Wings . — Wax . - Scissors . - Principal Characteristics of Artificial Flies.— Different Methods of making them , and a ... Wing - flies , also illustrated . — A Word to our Pupils 95 to 123 our own . - CHAPTER VII . Remarks on Imitation ...
Side 46
... wings are longer than the body of the insect , and when at rest lie flat along its back the foremost and larger pair being folded over the hindermost pair . The shape and position of the wings , indeed , resemble those of moths , but ...
... wings are longer than the body of the insect , and when at rest lie flat along its back the foremost and larger pair being folded over the hindermost pair . The shape and position of the wings , indeed , resemble those of moths , but ...
Side 51
... wings which , in the smaller species , are very delicate and nearly transparent stand erect on their backs , like those of the butterfly . They have two pairs of wings , the hindermost of which is very much smaller than the anterior ...
... wings which , in the smaller species , are very delicate and nearly transparent stand erect on their backs , like those of the butterfly . They have two pairs of wings , the hindermost of which is very much smaller than the anterior ...
Side 53
... wings , and the likeness becomes more and more apparent after each moulting . Its last change , in the water , is into the pupa state , and when this has taken place and the atmosphere is of the proper tem- perature , the insect rises ...
... wings , and the likeness becomes more and more apparent after each moulting . Its last change , in the water , is into the pupa state , and when this has taken place and the atmosphere is of the proper tem- perature , the insect rises ...
Side 54
... wings to remove to the nearest bank or tree , where it undergoes its final metamorphosis - shedding the whole of the delicate skin with which not only its body , but its wings , legs , and whisks were covered . The cast off skin remains ...
... wings to remove to the nearest bank or tree , where it undergoes its final metamorphosis - shedding the whole of the delicate skin with which not only its body , but its wings , legs , and whisks were covered . The cast off skin remains ...
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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: Being a Complete Practical Treatise ... George Philip Rigney Pulman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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