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 Engravings |
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... denuded of their wood , although its approach is everywhere manifest . Among
them , branching away in different directions , are snug little combs into which the
eye can penetrate to the dimmest distance , and trace among 4 SUPERIORITY ...
... denuded of their wood , although its approach is everywhere manifest . Among
them , branching away in different directions , are snug little combs into which the
eye can penetrate to the dimmest distance , and trace among 4 SUPERIORITY ...
Side 20
... over a poor soil , or having their origin in poor land , or peat , produce small
and insipid trout ; while deeper streams , in a rich soil , and shaded at intervals
with marginal wood , produce trout of a large size and high 20 SIZE OF TROUT .
... over a poor soil , or having their origin in poor land , or peat , produce small
and insipid trout ; while deeper streams , in a rich soil , and shaded at intervals
with marginal wood , produce trout of a large size and high 20 SIZE OF TROUT .
Side 21
wood , produce trout of a large size and high culinary character . The difference
arises from the better shelter and greater abundance of food obtainable in
streams of the latter description . It is not the close and bushy river , however ,
which ...
wood , produce trout of a large size and high culinary character . The difference
arises from the better shelter and greater abundance of food obtainable in
streams of the latter description . It is not the close and bushy river , however ,
which ...
Side 70
... shillings in the purchase , if dealing with an honest man , who practically
understands his business . All others , for the craft's sake , thou wilt , of course ,
religiously eschew . There are several different kinds of wood used in the 70 THE
ROD .
... shillings in the purchase , if dealing with an honest man , who practically
understands his business . All others , for the craft's sake , thou wilt , of course ,
religiously eschew . There are several different kinds of wood used in the 70 THE
ROD .
Side 71
There are several different kinds of wood used in the construction of fly - rods ,
those in greatest repute being ash , willow , and fir for the butt ; lancewood ,
bamboo cane , elder , briar , and hazel for the top ; and hickory , lancewood , yew
, & c .
There are several different kinds of wood used in the construction of fly - rods ,
those in greatest repute being ash , willow , and fir for the butt ; lancewood ,
bamboo cane , elder , briar , and hazel for the top ; and hickory , lancewood , yew
, & c .
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| Tittel | 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 Engravings |
| Forfatter | George Philip Rigney Pulman |
| Utgave | 3 |
| Utgiver | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 |
| Original fra | University of California |
| Digitalisert | 4. des 2007 |
| Lengde | 186 sider |
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