A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ...Longmans, Green, 1865 - 312 páginas |
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... say very little more . Five years have elapsed since I read this angling treatise through and through . Recently I have done so twice in preparing this third edition . The book appeared to me as if it had been written by another like a ...
... say very little more . Five years have elapsed since I read this angling treatise through and through . Recently I have done so twice in preparing this third edition . The book appeared to me as if it had been written by another like a ...
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... say , most elegant modes of pursuing and capturing their game , be it the produce of field or flood , they call to their aid several ancillary studies , amongst which stands prominent one of the pleasantest of all , viz . that of the ...
... say , most elegant modes of pursuing and capturing their game , be it the produce of field or flood , they call to their aid several ancillary studies , amongst which stands prominent one of the pleasantest of all , viz . that of the ...
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... says of another , he is the best " whip " in Eng- land . ' We understand by this little phrase that he is vaunted to be the best driver and manager of horses in harness in the kingdom . So when we say ' he throws a line or a fly better ...
... says of another , he is the best " whip " in Eng- land . ' We understand by this little phrase that he is vaunted to be the best driver and manager of horses in harness in the kingdom . So when we say ' he throws a line or a fly better ...
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... say nothing of throwing with the left hand , because you may , if you like , become able to do so , when you have learned to throw over- hand and underhand with the right arm . It is not by any means a necessary accomplishment . You ...
... say nothing of throwing with the left hand , because you may , if you like , become able to do so , when you have learned to throw over- hand and underhand with the right arm . It is not by any means a necessary accomplishment . You ...
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... say , Begin at the head of a stream and fish it downwards with the current . Others say , By no means : --commence at the tail of a stream and fish upwards to its head . Who is to decide , when adhuc sub judice lis est ? Will the ...
... say , Begin at the head of a stream and fish it downwards with the current . Others say , By no means : --commence at the tail of a stream and fish upwards to its head . Who is to decide , when adhuc sub judice lis est ? Will the ...
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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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