Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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Page 450
... hand , take the silk with the right , and twisting it betwixt the finger and thumb of that hand , the dubbing will spin itself about the silk , which , when it has done , whip it about the armed hook backward , to the set- ting on of ...
... hand , take the silk with the right , and twisting it betwixt the finger and thumb of that hand , the dubbing will spin itself about the silk , which , when it has done , whip it about the armed hook backward , to the set- ting on of ...
Page 451
... hand , and having a fine bristle and other materials , lying ready , take half a yard of fine red marking silk , well waxed , and with the right hand , give it four or five turns about the shank of the hook , inclining the turns to the ...
... hand , and having a fine bristle and other materials , lying ready , take half a yard of fine red marking silk , well waxed , and with the right hand , give it four or five turns about the shank of the hook , inclining the turns to the ...
Page 452
... hand , with those of the right stroke the fibres the contrary way to that which they naturally lie ; and taking the hook , and holding it as before , lay the point of the hackle into the bend of the hook with the hollow , which is the ...
... hand , with those of the right stroke the fibres the contrary way to that which they naturally lie ; and taking the hook , and holding it as before , lay the point of the hackle into the bend of the hook with the hollow , which is the ...
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Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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