Complete Fisher's Manual for the United StatesH. Long & Bro., 1849 - 332 pages |
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... REEL , & c .. LIMERICK AND GRISWOLD SPRING SNAP HOOKS . BLACK FISH , VIRGINIA , SPRING SNAP HOOKS , & c . ARTIFICIAL MINNOW . BAIT , OR LANDING NET PAGE X xli SANDWICH 12 19 • PLATE 1 PLATE 2 . . 26 28 45 51 THE SALMON ARTIFICIAL SALMON ...
... REEL , & c .. LIMERICK AND GRISWOLD SPRING SNAP HOOKS . BLACK FISH , VIRGINIA , SPRING SNAP HOOKS , & c . ARTIFICIAL MINNOW . BAIT , OR LANDING NET PAGE X xli SANDWICH 12 19 • PLATE 1 PLATE 2 . . 26 28 45 51 THE SALMON ARTIFICIAL SALMON ...
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... silk - worm gut , India grass ; and hemp , or flax lines for trolling or sea fishing . Reels or Winches , small and large , for light or heavy fishing . Hooks of various patterns , from No. 0 to 12. CHAPTER I-On the Materials used in ...
... silk - worm gut , India grass ; and hemp , or flax lines for trolling or sea fishing . Reels or Winches , small and large , for light or heavy fishing . Hooks of various patterns , from No. 0 to 12. CHAPTER I-On the Materials used in ...
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... observe that it is perfectly straight , tight in the joints , without shaking , a grad ual tapering from butt to end , and that it springs equally in all its parts . REELS . Many old - fashioned Anglers think that this. RODS . 23.
... observe that it is perfectly straight , tight in the joints , without shaking , a grad ual tapering from butt to end , and that it springs equally in all its parts . REELS . Many old - fashioned Anglers think that this. RODS . 23.
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... reel , because they can wind up much faster , and consequently enjoy more sport in the same length of time ; some prefer the plain reel on account of its simplicity , and object to the multiplier on opposite grounds , and also reason ...
... reel , because they can wind up much faster , and consequently enjoy more sport in the same length of time ; some prefer the plain reel on account of its simplicity , and object to the multiplier on opposite grounds , and also reason ...
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... reel , with six hundred feet of line , should be used . The line adapted to the reel should be either of silk , hair , silk and hair , or grass . The two former descriptions are most in use , but the latter is now preferred by many on ...
... reel , with six hundred feet of line , should be used . The line adapted to the reel should be either of silk , hair , silk and hair , or grass . The two former descriptions are most in use , but the latter is now preferred by many on ...
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Common terms and phrases
angler angling artificial fly attached bait basse fishing beautiful bite black basse black hackle black-fish Blaine blue-fish boat body bottom brown carp caudal fin caught clam color crab dorsal dorsal fin eels fastened favorite feather feet in length finny fins flies float fly-fishing fresh water game fish gently gimp give ground hackle hand head Hofland hook kind lake trout lakes lateral line legs light Limerick Long Island loop minnow mode mohair months mouth New-York perch pickerel pike pleasure ponds pounds procured quantities red hackle reel rivers rock salmon salt water says season shank sheepshead shore shrimp side silk sinker sometimes spawn species sport sportsman spots squeteague squid streams strike striped basse strong success swivel tackle tail taken tautog trolling trout twisted Walton weak-fish weight wind worm yards yellow yellow perch
Popular passages
Page 108 - To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride : Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art.
Page 221 - Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement ; but angling or float fishing, I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end, and a, fool at the other.
Page 15 - Whilst some men strive ill-gotten goods t' embrace, And others spend their time in base excess Of wine, or worse, in war and wantonness. Let them that list, these pastimes still pursue, And on such pleasing fancies feed their fill ; So I the fields and meadows green may view, And daily by fresh rivers walk at will, Among the daisies and the violets blue, Red hyacinth and yellow daffodil, Purple narcissus like the morning rays, Pale gander-grass, and azure culverkeys.
Page 108 - Oft have I seen a skilful angler try The various colours of the treacherous fly ; When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook, He shakes the boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw, When if an insect fall, (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling tide, Examines well his form with curious eyes, His gaudy vest, his wings, his horns, and size; Then round his hook the chosen fur he winds, And on the...
Page 95 - He rolls and wreaths his shining body round; Then headlong shoots beneath the dashing tide, The trembling fins the boiling wave divide; Now hope exalts the fisher's beating heart, Now he turns pale, and fears his dubious art; He views the tumbling fish with longing eyes; While the line stretches with th...
Page 230 - The bright-ey'd perch with fins of Tyrian dye. The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold, Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains, And pikes, the tyrants of the wat'ry plains. Now Cancer glows with Phoebus...
Page 108 - ... fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art So the gay lady, with expensive care, Borrows the pride of land, of sea, and air ; Furs, pearls, and plumes, the glittering thing displays, Dazzles our eyes, and easy hearts betrays.
Page 48 - Tis neither good for man nor beast ; When the wind is in the north, The skilful fisher goes not forth ; When the wind is in the south, It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth ; When the wind is in the west, Then 'tis at the very best.
Page 150 - And if myself have leave to see, I need not their light, having thee. Let others freeze with angling reeds, And cut their legs, with shells and weeds, Or treacherously poor fish beset, With strangling snare, or windowy net: Let coarse bold hands, from slimy nest The bedded fish in banks out-wrest, Or curious traitors, sleave-silk flies Bewitch poor fishes
Page 15 - I count it higher pleasure to behold The stately compass of the lofty sky ; And in the midst thereof, like burning gold, The flaming chariot of the world's great eye : The watery clouds that in the air up-roll'd With sundry kinds of painted colours fly; And fair Aurora, lifting up her head, Still blushing, rise from old Tithonus