A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ...Longmans, Green, 1865 - 312 páginas |
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... called for in the fishing market . I obey the call , am thankful for the favour I have found , and shall say very little more . Five years have elapsed since I read this angling treatise through and through . Recently I have done so ...
... called for in the fishing market . I obey the call , am thankful for the favour I have found , and shall say very little more . Five years have elapsed since I read this angling treatise through and through . Recently I have done so ...
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... called into play , and without which other attributes are nearly valueless . You may hook a fish well , play a fish well , land a fish well , but you will not often have an opportunity of doing so unless you throw a line well . We judge ...
... called into play , and without which other attributes are nearly valueless . You may hook a fish well , play a fish well , land a fish well , but you will not often have an opportunity of doing so unless you throw a line well . We judge ...
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... called into requisition with fine free vigour , but not with so much of the latter as if you were about to strike a knock - down blow . The whole of the arm must be brought round to the right with an easy , large sweep , and the line ...
... called into requisition with fine free vigour , but not with so much of the latter as if you were about to strike a knock - down blow . The whole of the arm must be brought round to the right with an easy , large sweep , and the line ...
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... called from the interior to the surface of the body and sent through the vessels with exhilarating rapidity , and you feel a temporary access of the pleasantest sort of in- toxication , viz . that which attacks you at a sport- ing ...
... called from the interior to the surface of the body and sent through the vessels with exhilarating rapidity , and you feel a temporary access of the pleasantest sort of in- toxication , viz . that which attacks you at a sport- ing ...
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... called , as they name them , imitations . The majority of mankind are mad on one subject or another . Perhaps the majority of animals are similarly so . I deem these fly - fishers mad , and think them successful because they meet with ...
... called , as they name them , imitations . The majority of mankind are mad on one subject or another . Perhaps the majority of animals are similarly so . I deem these fly - fishers mad , and think them successful because they meet with ...
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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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