Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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Page 442
... fly will certainly be whipped off . There is great art in making the line fall light on the Water and shewing the flies well to the fish : perhaps the best mode is , after contriving to let the flies touch the Surface as lightly and ...
... fly will certainly be whipped off . There is great art in making the line fall light on the Water and shewing the flies well to the fish : perhaps the best mode is , after contriving to let the flies touch the Surface as lightly and ...
Page 453
... fly ; the fourth has hackle under his wings ; and the fifth , as most flies of the Ant kind have , has a large bottle tail ; and to one or other of these figures , it is imagined , all flies are reducible . In adjusting their different ...
... fly ; the fourth has hackle under his wings ; and the fifth , as most flies of the Ant kind have , has a large bottle tail ; and to one or other of these figures , it is imagined , all flies are reducible . In adjusting their different ...
Page 514
... flies , a very small vice should be used for the purpose of holding the Hook , that both Hands may be at liberty to put in the materials , by which the flies will be more neatly , as well as more perfectly , dressed . The same sort of flies ...
... flies , a very small vice should be used for the purpose of holding the Hook , that both Hands may be at liberty to put in the materials , by which the flies will be more neatly , as well as more perfectly , dressed . The same sort of flies ...
Contents
Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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