Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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Page 474
... colour ; wing of a pale grey mallard's feather . Taken chiefly before sun - set in a warm evening . - A good fly . OAK - FLY . By some called the ash - fly , ( by others , erro- neously , the hawthorn - fly . ) The head , which is large ...
... colour ; wing of a pale grey mallard's feather . Taken chiefly before sun - set in a warm evening . - A good fly . OAK - FLY . By some called the ash - fly , ( by others , erro- neously , the hawthorn - fly . ) The head , which is large ...
Page 475
... colour . Taken chiefly in an evening , when the May - fly is al- most gone . YELLOW MILLER , or Owl - FLY . The body of a yellow marten's fur , or ostrich herl dyed buff - colour : wing of the ruddy feather of a young peacock's wing ...
... colour . Taken chiefly in an evening , when the May - fly is al- most gone . YELLOW MILLER , or Owl - FLY . The body of a yellow marten's fur , or ostrich herl dyed buff - colour : wing of the ruddy feather of a young peacock's wing ...
Page 478
... colour , and two serving as a case over them , some- times of a dirty blackish colour , and sometimes of an orange colour . BLOA WATCHET . Is a small fly , and appears on the water in a cold day ( hook No. 9 or 10 ) ; the body , fur of ...
... colour , and two serving as a case over them , some- times of a dirty blackish colour , and sometimes of an orange colour . BLOA WATCHET . Is a small fly , and appears on the water in a cold day ( hook No. 9 or 10 ) ; the body , fur of ...
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Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 155 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 527 |
Angling | 539 |
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