A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ...Longmans, Green, 1865 - 312 páginas |
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... kill him . Having hooked a fish , your first business is to determine what may be his size , and whether he be hooked firmly or loosely . You can scarcely be mistaken with respect to size and strength , except when you have hooked a ...
... kill him . Having hooked a fish , your first business is to determine what may be his size , and whether he be hooked firmly or loosely . You can scarcely be mistaken with respect to size and strength , except when you have hooked a ...
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... I repeat again , eschew violence . Always play with a light hand , making its strength gradually felt in the ratio of the decline of that of your fish , and so follow the killing rule in playing LANDING A FISH . 39 a fish . In doing.
... I repeat again , eschew violence . Always play with a light hand , making its strength gradually felt in the ratio of the decline of that of your fish , and so follow the killing rule in playing LANDING A FISH . 39 a fish . In doing.
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... kill him , the nose must be kept up as much as possible ; and should he be very importunate and resolute , he may be lent a little more line now and then , but it must be promptly retaken with tremendous interest , and got up as short ...
... kill him , the nose must be kept up as much as possible ; and should he be very importunate and resolute , he may be lent a little more line now and then , but it must be promptly retaken with tremendous interest , and got up as short ...
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... the May - fly ( Ephemera vulgata ) or green drake is out upon the waters , fish will prefer an imitation of it to an imitation of any other fly , except indeed of mornings or evenings , E 6 50 WHEN IMITATIONS OF THE MAY - FLY KILL ,
... the May - fly ( Ephemera vulgata ) or green drake is out upon the waters , fish will prefer an imitation of it to an imitation of any other fly , except indeed of mornings or evenings , E 6 50 WHEN IMITATIONS OF THE MAY - FLY KILL ,
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... KILL , when other natural flies are out , and the May - fly is not . I will here grant , and doing so will strengthen my argument , that it is impossible to imitate well the delicate and beautiful May - fly . Still , fish will generally ...
... KILL , when other natural flies are out , and the May - fly is not . I will here grant , and doing so will strengthen my argument , that it is impossible to imitate well the delicate and beautiful May - fly . Still , fish will generally ...
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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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