A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ...Longmans, Green, 1865 - 312 páginas |
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... appearing above the surface of the water . Practise in these difficult spots assiduously until you can surmount the obstructions , and are generally able to avoid getting entangled amongst them . Practical observation is better than any ...
... appearing above the surface of the water . Practise in these difficult spots assiduously until you can surmount the obstructions , and are generally able to avoid getting entangled amongst them . Practical observation is better than any ...
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... appear skimming the surface ; the other two , if properly proportioned and attached to the casting- line , being ever so little under water . If you allow your upper dropper to be under water , all the flies below that dropper will be ...
... appear skimming the surface ; the other two , if properly proportioned and attached to the casting- line , being ever so little under water . If you allow your upper dropper to be under water , all the flies below that dropper will be ...
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... appears the best artificial imitation ever dressed . The microscope , they cry , proves this . An unjaundiced human eye proves quite another thing . The eyes of birds are , I believe , pretty good . At any rate , they can see at an ...
... appears the best artificial imitation ever dressed . The microscope , they cry , proves this . An unjaundiced human eye proves quite another thing . The eyes of birds are , I believe , pretty good . At any rate , they can see at an ...
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... appears about the middle of March , and is strongly recommended as a good killer from eleven until three o'clock . Large numbers of these beautiful insects sail down the streams in succession , and invite the trout to action . Their 6 6 ...
... appears about the middle of March , and is strongly recommended as a good killer from eleven until three o'clock . Large numbers of these beautiful insects sail down the streams in succession , and invite the trout to action . Their 6 6 ...
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... appears in exquisite orange bars over the abdomen , but they derive their character from the yellow being more strictly predominant . In some may be perceived a slight mixture of bright yellow with a larger of ashy dun . When both ...
... appears in exquisite orange bars over the abdomen , but they derive their character from the yellow being more strictly predominant . In some may be perceived a slight mixture of bright yellow with a larger of ashy dun . When both ...
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A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-Fishing, Trolling, Bottom-Fishing, and ... Edward Fitzgibbon Sin vista previa disponible - 2013 |
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