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Side 34
In the deep rocky parts of the river , especially at the beginning of the season , put
on your largest fly , trying a smaller should you not get a rise . In the rapid
Highland streams , where I have said before a small fly should be if you need any
...
In the deep rocky parts of the river , especially at the beginning of the season , put
on your largest fly , trying a smaller should you not get a rise . In the rapid
Highland streams , where I have said before a small fly should be if you need any
...
Side 43
He would never have wasted so much time had he not known that , from the low
state of the river , there was little chance of another rise all day . On the other
hand , a shepherd lad was looking dreamily over the Brig of Turk , upon the large
...
He would never have wasted so much time had he not known that , from the low
state of the river , there was little chance of another rise all day . On the other
hand , a shepherd lad was looking dreamily over the Brig of Turk , upon the large
...
Side 54
I only got one rise , and secured a fish of about a pound . There are few days in
the year that they rise well in this loch , and bait is more acceptable than fly . The
other little tarns are upon the tops of the hills . Two of them contain no fish , and ...
I only got one rise , and secured a fish of about a pound . There are few days in
the year that they rise well in this loch , and bait is more acceptable than fly . The
other little tarns are upon the tops of the hills . Two of them contain no fish , and ...
Side 151
The river is so small , and the wind is so bad an airt , that unless it changes you
would not get a rise , ” says old James McNicol . Seeing me rather incredulous ,
he added , “ I will come down at one o'clock , and should the wind change we
may ...
The river is so small , and the wind is so bad an airt , that unless it changes you
would not get a rise , ” says old James McNicol . Seeing me rather incredulous ,
he added , “ I will come down at one o'clock , and should the wind change we
may ...
Side 152
More for the sake of instructing my boy in the mystery of throwing a long line than
any sánguine hopes of a rise , I swept my fly twice over this bit of water . At the
second throw up came a famous fellow . He turned his head down stream , and ...
More for the sake of instructing my boy in the mystery of throwing a long line than
any sánguine hopes of a rise , I swept my fly twice over this bit of water . At the
second throw up came a famous fellow . He turned his head down stream , and ...
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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,
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 |