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Side 37
Should the water be confined , and the streams narrow and rapid , every inch
may be searched by standing at the pool - head , and letting out line by yard -
lengths , shifting the bait alternately from one side to the other until all the reel be
...
Should the water be confined , and the streams narrow and rapid , every inch
may be searched by standing at the pool - head , and letting out line by yard -
lengths , shifting the bait alternately from one side to the other until all the reel be
...
Side 39
There are four pools at the top of the Echaig , a little separated from the other
casts . As the season ... In the autumn of 1847 , I rose a salmon in the bottom pool
, at the first throw , gave him a rest , and rose him again . Another ten minutes '
rest ...
There are four pools at the top of the Echaig , a little separated from the other
casts . As the season ... In the autumn of 1847 , I rose a salmon in the bottom pool
, at the first throw , gave him a rest , and rose him again . Another ten minutes '
rest ...
Side 40
Sometimes he would sulk , and when with great trouble I shook him off the bottom
, he would rush up or down the pool , terminating his vagaries by a fair somerset .
Half past two o'clock , and my arm quite tired . I looked often to the road for ...
Sometimes he would sulk , and when with great trouble I shook him off the bottom
, he would rush up or down the pool , terminating his vagaries by a fair somerset .
Half past two o'clock , and my arm quite tired . I looked often to the road for ...
Side 41
sea - trout , in the next pool I fished . No sooner had I dropped it into my bag ,
than a five - pound grilse sucked down the same fly , as eagerly as the trout did ,
and shared the same fate . I had no more time to spare , but , if I could have ...
sea - trout , in the next pool I fished . No sooner had I dropped it into my bag ,
than a five - pound grilse sucked down the same fly , as eagerly as the trout did ,
and shared the same fate . I had no more time to spare , but , if I could have ...
Side 152
The next pool was a long black whirling lyn , but we fished it blank ; not a break or
boil from top to bottom . We now came to a dangerous but very good cast . It was
also deep and black , full of sunk rocks ; and , should I hook a fish , it would ...
The next pool was a long black whirling lyn , but we fished it blank ; not a break or
boil from top to bottom . We now came to a dangerous but very good cast . It was
also deep and black , full of sunk rocks ; and , should I hook a fish , it would ...
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Side 1 - Fortunately for mankind, as some counterbalance to that wretched love of novelty which originates in selfishness, shallowness, and conceit, and which especially characterizes all vulgar minds, there is set in the deeper places of the heart such affection for the signs of age that the eye is delighted even by injuries which are the work of time...
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,