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 Published in London in 1851, this informative volume contains a complete practical treatise onthe art of angling, with plain and copious instructions for the manufacture of artificial flies. |
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... principles of the art which he advocates , because he believes them to be true ; and , in justice to himself , he desires that they may be fully and fairly tested by those who are inclined to adopt them . This can be done only by ...
... principles of the art which he advocates , because he believes them to be true ; and , in justice to himself , he desires that they may be fully and fairly tested by those who are inclined to adopt them . This can be done only by ...
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... principle , perhaps , in life , is to have a pursuit , - a useful one if possible , and at all events an innocent one . Though I do not expect , like our arch - patriarch Walton , to number ninety years and past , yet I hope , as long ...
... principle , perhaps , in life , is to have a pursuit , - a useful one if possible , and at all events an innocent one . Though I do not expect , like our arch - patriarch Walton , to number ninety years and past , yet I hope , as long ...
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... principle that the best naturalist is , à priori , the best sportsman ; although we should not shrink from maintaining that a good naturalist , or even an indifferent one , is already three - fourths a sportsman , inasmuch as he pos ...
... principle that the best naturalist is , à priori , the best sportsman ; although we should not shrink from maintaining that a good naturalist , or even an indifferent one , is already three - fourths a sportsman , inasmuch as he pos ...
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... principle . The fish appear to seize upon an artificial fly , because , when drawn along the water , it has the appear- ance of being a living insect , whose species is quite unimportant , as all insects are equally welcome . The aim of ...
... principle . The fish appear to seize upon an artificial fly , because , when drawn along the water , it has the appear- ance of being a living insect , whose species is quite unimportant , as all insects are equally welcome . The aim of ...
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... principles on which a rod ought to be constructed . This may be called an ungenerous remark , but it is induced by our own experience and that of older and better anglers than ourselves — and the truth is not always ill - naturedly told ...
... principles on which a rod ought to be constructed . This may be called an ungenerous remark , but it is induced by our own experience and that of older and better anglers than ourselves — and the truth is not always ill - naturedly told ...
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Side 1 - Indeed, my good scholar, we may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries, " Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did ; " and so, if I might be judge, " God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.
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