Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 170
... length : in the same partition , two thin square parchment covers , open on one side , contain links , about a yard and half long ; some with one , others with two flies at them , to change at pleasure with those on the line ; and in ...
... length : in the same partition , two thin square parchment covers , open on one side , contain links , about a yard and half long ; some with one , others with two flies at them , to change at pleasure with those on the line ; and in ...
Page 315
... length ( for in good water , with plenty of feed , a Pike spawned in March will , by the March following , be grown from sixteen to eighteen inches ) and propor- tionably thickens ; afterwards he will be much longer arriving at his full ...
... length ( for in good water , with plenty of feed , a Pike spawned in March will , by the March following , be grown from sixteen to eighteen inches ) and propor- tionably thickens ; afterwards he will be much longer arriving at his full ...
Page 343
... lengths , nicely whipped together , of level gut , as fine or rather smaller than that of the foot - length , with a loop at the end to fasten to it ) , is to be looped to the foot - length , and then the Drop- fly ( just above a knot ...
... lengths , nicely whipped together , of level gut , as fine or rather smaller than that of the foot - length , with a loop at the end to fasten to it ) , is to be looped to the foot - length , and then the Drop- fly ( just above a knot ...
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