A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ...Longmans, Green, 1865 - 312 páginas |
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... insect beauties which I painted for ' The Book of the Salmon . ' At this third time of asking , gracious Public , you shall take me absolutely for better , as the ' or for worse ' can be no longer contingent . CONTENTS CHAPTER I ...
... insect beauties which I painted for ' The Book of the Salmon . ' At this third time of asking , gracious Public , you shall take me absolutely for better , as the ' or for worse ' can be no longer contingent . CONTENTS CHAPTER I ...
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... insects in one or other of their forms . He fishes with imitations of the fly , the beetle , the grub , the caterpillar , and moth . These imitations are made of divers materials , the chief whereof are feathers , FLY - FISHING ...
... insects in one or other of their forms . He fishes with imitations of the fly , the beetle , the grub , the caterpillar , and moth . These imitations are made of divers materials , the chief whereof are feathers , FLY - FISHING ...
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... insects , often complete atomies , and of changeable shapes and hues . Extreme neatness characterises all the paraphernalia of the fly - fisher . His sport requires the handling of nothing that will soil the best - bred hand . The ...
... insects , often complete atomies , and of changeable shapes and hues . Extreme neatness characterises all the paraphernalia of the fly - fisher . His sport requires the handling of nothing that will soil the best - bred hand . The ...
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... insects that disport on the surface of clear water . There the bounding salmon tribe seek them , and in that search they encounter the fatal artificial insect of the fly- fisher , and all the deadly resources of his craft . The shape ...
... insects that disport on the surface of clear water . There the bounding salmon tribe seek them , and in that search they encounter the fatal artificial insect of the fly- fisher , and all the deadly resources of his craft . The shape ...
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... in the exact living forms of natural insects , but their appearance must be something similar . If I were to guess , I should say that the artificial flies for the common APPEARANCE OF FLIES IN THE WATER . 27 trout ,
... in the exact living forms of natural insects , but their appearance must be something similar . If I were to guess , I should say that the artificial flies for the common APPEARANCE OF FLIES IN THE WATER . 27 trout ,
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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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