A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ...Longmans, Green, 1865 - 312 páginas |
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... close firmly with the thumb turned over your knuckles , as if you were about to strike a blow . Your fingers must simply entwine the rod , not squeeze it , and your thumb must lie straight with your arm on the upper part of the butt ...
... close firmly with the thumb turned over your knuckles , as if you were about to strike a blow . Your fingers must simply entwine the rod , not squeeze it , and your thumb must lie straight with your arm on the upper part of the butt ...
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... them nattily on the surface of the water , or ever so little beneath it , obliquely to your left , bringing them round at a civil distance below you , and close under the bank . 24 HUMOURING THE FLIES . Repeat your cast , moving.
... them nattily on the surface of the water , or ever so little beneath it , obliquely to your left , bringing them round at a civil distance below you , and close under the bank . 24 HUMOURING THE FLIES . Repeat your cast , moving.
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... close upon it . Striking a fish should be done with a smart , but not a violent effort . The ardent angler will often strike with such force as to tear away his hold on the fish , or to become minus gut and fly , which snap by the ...
... close upon it . Striking a fish should be done with a smart , but not a violent effort . The ardent angler will often strike with such force as to tear away his hold on the fish , or to become minus gut and fly , which snap by the ...
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... close under the bank . If you cannot reach him whilst holding your rod in either hand , wind up tightly , and put the stop on your winch . Then stick the spear or spike in the ground , your rod inclining backwards from the river , and ...
... close under the bank . If you cannot reach him whilst holding your rod in either hand , wind up tightly , and put the stop on your winch . Then stick the spear or spike in the ground , your rod inclining backwards from the river , and ...
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... close by them . Well , birds are continually de- ceived by the artificial fly of the angler . Swallows , martins , swifts , goldfinches , have darted at arti- ficial flies as the wind blew them about on the line , and have hooked ...
... close by them . Well , birds are continually de- ceived by the artificial fly of the angler . Swallows , martins , swifts , goldfinches , have darted at arti- ficial flies as the wind blew them about on the line , and have hooked ...
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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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