A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ...Longmans, Green, 1865 - 312 páginas |
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... twist or slight sweep of the wrist and arm . Hitherto you have been throwing from right to left , and that is the proper and most com- mon way . But circumstances will arise , caused by the direction of the wind , your position with ...
... twist or slight sweep of the wrist and arm . Hitherto you have been throwing from right to left , and that is the proper and most com- mon way . But circumstances will arise , caused by the direction of the wind , your position with ...
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... twisted in the shape of a spindle or a porcupine's quill - thick in the middle and tapering off in nice gradation at each end . A line so shaped has this advan- tage - when you have nearly worn out one end , you can have recourse to the ...
... twisted in the shape of a spindle or a porcupine's quill - thick in the middle and tapering off in nice gradation at each end . A line so shaped has this advan- tage - when you have nearly worn out one end , you can have recourse to the ...
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... twist the gut round roots , & c . , and break away . To 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 ...
... twist the gut round roots , & c . , and break away . To 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 ...
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... twists , and one winding will be sufficient to fasten safely your hook and gut together . If you only wind your silk as far as you see it wound on the hook before you , a very small portion of the end of the shank will be bare , and ...
... twists , and one winding will be sufficient to fasten safely your hook and gut together . If you only wind your silk as far as you see it wound on the hook before you , a very small portion of the end of the shank will be bare , and ...
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... twist and lap it at regular intervals over the body up to the wings ; fasten and cut away the remaining parts of the twist and dub- bing ; then wind your hackle a couple of turns over twist and dubbing in the direction of the tail , and ...
... twist and lap it at regular intervals over the body up to the wings ; fasten and cut away the remaining parts of the twist and dub- bing ; then wind your hackle a couple of turns over twist and dubbing in the direction of the tail , and ...
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