Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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Page 238
... shot are better ; and for fine fishing have a number of small in preference to a few large shot on the line ; the lowest of either ought to be nine or ten inches from the hook . Quill floats are thus made : the barrel part is cut off ...
... shot are better ; and for fine fishing have a number of small in preference to a few large shot on the line ; the lowest of either ought to be nine or ten inches from the hook . Quill floats are thus made : the barrel part is cut off ...
Page 402
... shot while thus basking themselves the Marksman aims directly under them ; from the deception there is in the water , and its causing the shot to rise much when fired into , he would otherwise miss his object . The Longevity of the Pike ...
... shot while thus basking themselves the Marksman aims directly under them ; from the deception there is in the water , and its causing the shot to rise much when fired into , he would otherwise miss his object . The Longevity of the Pike ...
Page 427
... shot ; to the extremity of the line fasten a grass or silk - worm gut , with a large hook : some use only four large shot eight inches from the hook . Another kind of running line is , at the end , where the hook is looped in a common ...
... shot ; to the extremity of the line fasten a grass or silk - worm gut , with a large hook : some use only four large shot eight inches from the hook . Another kind of running line is , at the end , where the hook is looped in a common ...
Contents
Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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