A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ...Longmans, Green, 1865 - 312 páginas |
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... taken by the fish · * I am not here alluding to salmon , the flies for which must be worked ' in the water after a peculiar fashion , to be de- scribed hereafter in the chapter on that fish . 28 STRIKING AND HOOKING A FISH . for dead flies.
... taken by the fish · * I am not here alluding to salmon , the flies for which must be worked ' in the water after a peculiar fashion , to be de- scribed hereafter in the chapter on that fish . 28 STRIKING AND HOOKING A FISH . for dead flies.
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... taken cognisance of by the angler , and then is to be acted on by him through a solid line of communication of many yards in length , it will be evident that a rapidity of action is required almost equal to the thought that willed it ...
... taken cognisance of by the angler , and then is to be acted on by him through a solid line of communication of many yards in length , it will be evident that a rapidity of action is required almost equal to the thought that willed it ...
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... taken by novices ? Such a question is reasonable , but may be easily explained . Many eager and hungry fish hook themselves in taking any bait without hesitation . Their seizure of the fly , their closing their mouth on it , and the ...
... taken by novices ? Such a question is reasonable , but may be easily explained . Many eager and hungry fish hook themselves in taking any bait without hesitation . Their seizure of the fly , their closing their mouth on it , and the ...
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... when you have hooked a fish foul , that is , outside the mouth , in the fin , or in some other external portion of the body . Then a small fish may be taken for a large and strong one . There A FISH SLIGHTLY OR FIRMLY HOOKED . 35 is a.
... when you have hooked a fish foul , that is , outside the mouth , in the fin , or in some other external portion of the body . Then a small fish may be taken for a large and strong one . There A FISH SLIGHTLY OR FIRMLY HOOKED . 35 is a.
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... taken with fantastic flies than with naturally coloured and shaped ones . That is the only way I can account for the for- mer's heterodoxy . My friends , do not mind what these cracked sectarians say . They are learned philosophers ...
... taken with fantastic flies than with naturally coloured and shaped ones . That is the only way I can account for the for- mer's heterodoxy . My friends , do not mind what these cracked sectarians say . They are learned philosophers ...
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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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