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Side 36
By unwinding the length of line you wish to throw from the reel , and then pulling
it through the large rings , until only a few yards hang down with the appended
bait , you can jerk it out something after the manner of an English troller , with this
...
By unwinding the length of line you wish to throw from the reel , and then pulling
it through the large rings , until only a few yards hang down with the appended
bait , you can jerk it out something after the manner of an English troller , with this
...
Side 38
But the river salmon - fisher is more indebted to bait than either par or minnow ,
and for this reason , that salmon will take a worm when the river is so low that
they refuse all other kinds of prey . In riverangling a large hook should be used ,
and ...
But the river salmon - fisher is more indebted to bait than either par or minnow ,
and for this reason , that salmon will take a worm when the river is so low that
they refuse all other kinds of prey . In riverangling a large hook should be used ,
and ...
Side 42
A succession of floods , or , as we call them , “ spates , " will gorge the fish , and
make them shy , especially of taking bait . I shall here add an instance or two of
the fastidiousness of salmon at one time , and their voracity at another ; by which
it ...
A succession of floods , or , as we call them , “ spates , " will gorge the fish , and
make them shy , especially of taking bait . I shall here add an instance or two of
the fastidiousness of salmon at one time , and their voracity at another ; by which
it ...
Side 46
This has many advantages ; you bait quickly and easily , the appearance of the
minnow is not spoiled , and when the trout are at all greedy , they don't often miss
. There is this to be said against it , however , that when shy fish bite warily , they
...
This has many advantages ; you bait quickly and easily , the appearance of the
minnow is not spoiled , and when the trout are at all greedy , they don't often miss
. There is this to be said against it , however , that when shy fish bite warily , they
...
Side 49
When sky and water are dull , a large bright bait , such as a salmon smelt , is very
good ; but , if the loch is clear and low , bait one rod with a par instead of a burn -
trout , the ordinary bait . Never find fault with your boatmen , when the hooks ...
When sky and water are dull , a large bright bait , such as a salmon smelt , is very
good ; but , if the loch is clear and low , bait one rod with a par instead of a burn -
trout , the ordinary bait . Never find fault with your boatmen , when the hooks ...
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Side i - THE MOOR AND THE LOCH. Containing Minute Instructions in all Highland Sports, with Wanderings over Crag and Correi, Flood and Fell. By JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq. Third Edition. 8vo, with Illustrations, 12s. 6d. SALMON-CASTS AND STRAY SHOTS: Being Fly-Leaves from the Note-Book of JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq., Author of * The Moor and the Loch,
Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell" |
| Forfatter | John Colquhoun |
| Utgiver | John Murray, 1849 |
| Original fra | Princeton University |
| Digitalisert | 20. feb 2008 |
| Lengde | 185 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |