Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 363
... fasten ; then take the feather , and , making one lap close to another , pass the hackle , carrying it up near the end of the shank , and fasten it ; then with the silk rib it at a small equal distance as high up as the other , and fasten ...
... fasten ; then take the feather , and , making one lap close to another , pass the hackle , carrying it up near the end of the shank , and fasten it ; then with the silk rib it at a small equal distance as high up as the other , and fasten ...
Page 365
... fasten down the stem close to the feather , by lapping it round with the silk two or three times ; cut away what remains of it , and then fasten and cut off the silk . It now remains to put the fly in natural order ; which is done , by ...
... fasten down the stem close to the feather , by lapping it round with the silk two or three times ; cut away what remains of it , and then fasten and cut off the silk . It now remains to put the fly in natural order ; which is done , by ...
Page 368
... fasten the end of the gut by three turns of the silk ; then hold the hook by the bent , and whip it neatly up to the top of the shank , where it should be whipped two turns around the gut alone ; to prevent its galling , place the ...
... fasten the end of the gut by three turns of the silk ; then hold the hook by the bent , and whip it neatly up to the top of the shank , where it should be whipped two turns around the gut alone ; to prevent its galling , place the ...
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Account of Rivers in England Scotland and Ireland | 57 |
TABLE FOR BAITS | 199 |
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