The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Being a Complete Practical Treatise on that Branch of the Art of Angling : with Plain and Copious Instructions for the Manufacture of Artificial Flies, Illustrated by Numerous EngravingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 - 186 sider |
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... taken of five or six pounds . Occasionally the capture of some veritable monster becomes the subject of record , as , for instance , a specimen taken in 1824 in the river Clist , near Topsham , Devon , by a Mr. Hall of that town , which ...
... taken of five or six pounds . Occasionally the capture of some veritable monster becomes the subject of record , as , for instance , a specimen taken in 1824 in the river Clist , near Topsham , Devon , by a Mr. Hall of that town , which ...
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... taken with the net within two years after its construction ; and one was found dead on the bank , about the same period , which weighed more than a dozen pounds . These fish must have been supplied from the neighbouring tributary ...
... taken with the net within two years after its construction ; and one was found dead on the bank , about the same period , which weighed more than a dozen pounds . These fish must have been supplied from the neighbouring tributary ...
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... taken of superior size to that of the salmon itself , and with generative functions maturely developed , as if a distinct species . In the Axe and other western streams , salmon , perfectly matured , are , to our knowledge , often taken ...
... taken of superior size to that of the salmon itself , and with generative functions maturely developed , as if a distinct species . In the Axe and other western streams , salmon , perfectly matured , are , to our knowledge , often taken ...
Side 32
... taken two female salmon in the act of spawning . The ova of one he impregnated with milt from a male ; the ova of the other he did not impregnate . He covered in each under equal conditions , apart , in the same spawning - bed . The ova ...
... taken two female salmon in the act of spawning . The ova of one he impregnated with milt from a male ; the ova of the other he did not impregnate . He covered in each under equal conditions , apart , in the same spawning - bed . The ova ...
Side 48
... at hand . " The larvæ feed principally on tender aquatic plants , but some species are carnivorous — preying on smaller insects , even of their own kind . Taken out of their cases , the larvæ are often used 48 THE PHRYGANIDÆ .
... at hand . " The larvæ feed principally on tender aquatic plants , but some species are carnivorous — preying on smaller insects , even of their own kind . Taken out of their cases , the larvæ are often used 48 THE PHRYGANIDÆ .
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