Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 170
... flies at them , to change at pleasure with those on the line ; and in two more cases , a dozen or eighteen flies dressed to silk - worm gut , or to three or four hairs . These four cases , two of which are the length of the partition ...
... flies at them , to change at pleasure with those on the line ; and in two more cases , a dozen or eighteen flies dressed to silk - worm gut , or to three or four hairs . These four cases , two of which are the length of the partition ...
Page 317
... flies upon the sur- face with the hook put into the back between the wings , the line from the middle downwards of single hairs , and a trifle longer than the rod , which ought to be eighteen feet at least , and as light as possible ...
... flies upon the sur- face with the hook put into the back between the wings , the line from the middle downwards of single hairs , and a trifle longer than the rod , which ought to be eighteen feet at least , and as light as possible ...
Page 344
... flies well to the fish : perhaps the best mode is , after contriving to let the flies touch the surface as lightly and naturally as pos- sible , to raise the rod by degrees , and sometimes with a tremulous motion , which will bring them ...
... flies well to the fish : perhaps the best mode is , after contriving to let the flies touch the surface as lightly and naturally as pos- sible , to raise the rod by degrees , and sometimes with a tremulous motion , which will bring them ...
Contents
TITLE PAGE | 1 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland and Ireland | 57 |
TABLE FOR BAITS | 199 |
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