Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 357
... HACKLE may be fished with either as stretcher or dropper ; Has no wings ; the body , a little lead - coloured mohair or silk , with a smoky - dun cock's hackle . It is made by fastening the hackle at the bottom , where it is finished ...
... HACKLE may be fished with either as stretcher or dropper ; Has no wings ; the body , a little lead - coloured mohair or silk , with a smoky - dun cock's hackle . It is made by fastening the hackle at the bottom , where it is finished ...
Page 366
... hackle over it . This is principally an evening fly , in the month of July only , and is very eagerly taken by the Chub . In making it , whip in the ends of the twist and hackle together at bottom , and lap the silk back again up to ...
... hackle over it . This is principally an evening fly , in the month of July only , and is very eagerly taken by the Chub . In making it , whip in the ends of the twist and hackle together at bottom , and lap the silk back again up to ...
Page 368
... hackle be proportioned in length to its size . Another mode of dressing flies is thus recommended . For a Hackle or Palmer , having selected materials , shorten the superfluous parts of the hackle , so as to have no use for the scissars ...
... hackle be proportioned in length to its size . Another mode of dressing flies is thus recommended . For a Hackle or Palmer , having selected materials , shorten the superfluous parts of the hackle , so as to have no use for the scissars ...
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TITLE PAGE | 1 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland and Ireland | 57 |
TABLE FOR BAITS | 199 |
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