Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 356
... feather , ( being cut across near the point a little way on each side near the stem ) , and whip in the point of it , letting the rest hang down- wards , with the right side of the feather uppermost , and giving one or two laps with ...
... feather , ( being cut across near the point a little way on each side near the stem ) , and whip in the point of it , letting the rest hang down- wards , with the right side of the feather uppermost , and giving one or two laps with ...
Page 365
... feather , accord- ing to the size of the fly , so that it may show ; and , bringing the silk neatly back again , continue so lapping ( passing the feather ) to the top , and there wax it ready for fastening : taking the feather by ...
... feather , accord- ing to the size of the fly , so that it may show ; and , bringing the silk neatly back again , continue so lapping ( passing the feather ) to the top , and there wax it ready for fastening : taking the feather by ...
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... feather . The season varying in different rivers , and the Salmon being so unsteady a fish in his feeding , the dating the time of using each fly with precision is almost impossible ; those which follow are ar- ranged as they make their ...
... feather . The season varying in different rivers , and the Salmon being so unsteady a fish in his feeding , the dating the time of using each fly with precision is almost impossible ; those which follow are ar- ranged as they make their ...
Contents
TITLE PAGE | 1 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland and Ireland | 57 |
TABLE FOR BAITS | 199 |
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