Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 357
... mohair or silk , with a smoky - dun cock's hackle . It is made by fastening the hackle at the bottom , where it is finished , whipping on the hook No. 5 ; then with a bit of the mohair make the body very thin all the way up , or with ...
... mohair or silk , with a smoky - dun cock's hackle . It is made by fastening the hackle at the bottom , where it is finished , whipping on the hook No. 5 ; then with a bit of the mohair make the body very thin all the way up , or with ...
Page 359
... mohair ; the fork at the tail , the ends of two fine hairs that grow next the skin of a monkey , where the outer ends are yellowish : take them out so gently as not to break them , and they will be nearly of a fine ash - colour ...
... mohair ; the fork at the tail , the ends of two fine hairs that grow next the skin of a monkey , where the outer ends are yellowish : take them out so gently as not to break them , and they will be nearly of a fine ash - colour ...
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... mohair , gold twist , a large black cock's hackle , and a red one a little larger ; and for the head , a bit of deep red mohair . To make this fly , proceed as in the first , until opposite the point of the hook ; then lay in the ends ...
... mohair , gold twist , a large black cock's hackle , and a red one a little larger ; and for the head , a bit of deep red mohair . To make this fly , proceed as in the first , until opposite the point of the hook ; then lay in the ends ...
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