Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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Page 460
... LIGHT FOX is used as Dropper or Stretcher . The wings and fork the same as the other Foxes ; the body , light Camel's hair , and the palest straw - coloured mohair that can be got . It comes in season the end of April , continues all ...
... LIGHT FOX is used as Dropper or Stretcher . The wings and fork the same as the other Foxes ; the body , light Camel's hair , and the palest straw - coloured mohair that can be got . It comes in season the end of April , continues all ...
Page 474
... LIGHT FLAMING , or SPRING BROWN . Dub with light brown of a calf ; warp with orange 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 ...
... LIGHT FLAMING , or SPRING BROWN . Dub with light brown of a calf ; warp with orange 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 ...
Page 479
... light part of a squirrel's tail , and a hair or two of the coarse brownish part of it for feet ; warp with ash- coloured silk : wing , of a hen pheasant . SAND FLY . Body , dark brown foal's hair , a little bloa squir- rel's fur , and ...
... light part of a squirrel's tail , and a hair or two of the coarse brownish part of it for feet ; warp with ash- coloured silk : wing , of a hen pheasant . SAND FLY . Body , dark brown foal's hair , a little bloa squir- rel's fur , and ...
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Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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