A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ...Longmans, Green, 1865 - 312 páginas |
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... requiring the most skilful and delicate manipulation . The fly - dresser is a modeller of no mean attributes . He has to ... requires the handling of nothing that will soil the best - bred hand . The composition of his bait extracts pain ...
... requiring the most skilful and delicate manipulation . The fly - dresser is a modeller of no mean attributes . He has to ... requires the handling of nothing that will soil the best - bred hand . The composition of his bait extracts pain ...
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... require to shorten the line . But if he run in towards the bank upon which the fisher- man stands , it will be necessary for him to ap- proach the edge of the water as nearly as possible , holding the rod with an outstretched arm in ...
... require to shorten the line . But if he run in towards the bank upon which the fisher- man stands , it will be necessary for him to ap- proach the edge of the water as nearly as possible , holding the rod with an outstretched arm in ...
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... requires a more delicate hand , a quicker eye , and the use of smaller flies upon the finest gut . The strike must be made on the instant of the rise . The fish may be sometimes seen , if he be of a good size and the water bright , a ...
... requires a more delicate hand , a quicker eye , and the use of smaller flies upon the finest gut . The strike must be made on the instant of the rise . The fish may be sometimes seen , if he be of a good size and the water bright , a ...
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... require to know is , the best sort of tackle and the best baits for the several fishing months . When I come to the chapter on Salmon , I shall accurately describe the mode of throwing the fly for him - how to humour the flies he takes ...
... require to know is , the best sort of tackle and the best baits for the several fishing months . When I come to the chapter on Salmon , I shall accurately describe the mode of throwing the fly for him - how to humour the flies he takes ...
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... require cloudless skies and genial warmth to draw them from their seclusion . The whirling dun thus frolics in the gale , the red spinner dances in the sunny beam , and the blue- 64 ADVANTAGES OF ENTOMOLOGY . blow braves the chilling day.
... require cloudless skies and genial warmth to draw them from their seclusion . The whirling dun thus frolics in the gale , the red spinner dances in the sunny beam , and the blue- 64 ADVANTAGES OF ENTOMOLOGY . blow braves the chilling day.
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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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