The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's RecreationWiley & Putnam, 1847 - 249 pages |
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Page 138
... roach and dace and most other fish do ; and bold , because he fears not a shadow , or to see or be seen of anybody , as the trout and chub and all other fish do . And it is observed by Gesner , that the jawbones and hearts and galls of ...
... roach and dace and most other fish do ; and bold , because he fears not a shadow , or to see or be seen of anybody , as the trout and chub and all other fish do . And it is observed by Gesner , that the jawbones and hearts and galls of ...
Page 141
... roach or dace is , I think , best and most tempting , and a perch is the longest lived on a hook ; and having cut off his fin on his back , which may be done with- out hurting him , you must take your knife , which cannot be too sharp ...
... roach or dace is , I think , best and most tempting , and a perch is the longest lived on a hook ; and having cut off his fin on his back , which may be done with- out hurting him , you must take your knife , which cannot be too sharp ...
Page 144
... roach , and moving it up and down the water , is too easy a thing to take up any time to direct you to do it and yet , be- cause I cut you short in that , I will commute for it , by telling you that that was told me for a secret , it is ...
... roach , and moving it up and down the water , is too easy a thing to take up any time to direct you to do it and yet , be- cause I cut you short in that , I will commute for it , by telling you that that was told me for a secret , it is ...
Page 158
... roaches will mix their eggs and melt together , and so there is in many places a bastard breed of breams , that never come to be either large or good , but very numerous . The baits good to catch this Bream J.W.ORR.SC. * This story is ...
... roaches will mix their eggs and melt together , and so there is in many places a bastard breed of breams , that never come to be either large or good , but very numerous . The baits good to catch this Bream J.W.ORR.SC. * This story is ...
Page 162
... roach , or gudgeon , and bait it , and set it alive among your rods two feet deep from the cork , with a little red worm on the point of the hook ; then take a few crumbs of white bread , or some of the ground - bait , and sprinkle it ...
... roach , or gudgeon , and bait it , and set it alive among your rods two feet deep from the cork , with a little red worm on the point of the hook ; then take a few crumbs of white bread , or some of the ground - bait , and sprinkle it ...
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The Complete Angler, Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Vol. 2 (Classic ... Izaak Walton No preview available - 2017 |
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