Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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Page 452
... hackle into the bend of the hook with the hollow , which is the palest side , upwards , and whip it very fast to its place : in doing whereof , be careful not to tie in many of the fibres ; or if you should chance to do so , pick them ...
... hackle into the bend of the hook with the hollow , which is the palest side , upwards , and whip it very fast to its place : in doing whereof , be careful not to tie in many of the fibres ; or if you should chance to do so , pick them ...
Page 454
... hackle dubbed with ; a dun hackle requires yellow silk ; a black hackle , sky blue ; a brown or red hackle , red silk ; and in constructing other flies , dub with silk that resembles the colour most predominant in the fly ; always ...
... hackle dubbed with ; a dun hackle requires yellow silk ; a black hackle , sky blue ; a brown or red hackle , red silk ; and in constructing other flies , dub with silk that resembles the colour most predominant in the fly ; always ...
Page 470
... hackle , be proportioned in length to its size . Another mode of dressing flies is thus recommended . For a Hackle or Palmer , having selected materials , shorten the su- perfluous parts of the Hackle , so as to have no use for the Scis ...
... hackle , be proportioned in length to its size . Another mode of dressing flies is thus recommended . For a Hackle or Palmer , having selected materials , shorten the su- perfluous parts of the Hackle , so as to have no use for the Scis ...
Contents
Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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