Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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Page 242
... silk downwards al- most to the bend of the hook : the colour of the arming silk should be as near that of the baits used as may be , and its size be regulated by the thick- ness of the wire , hair , or gut , to which it is joined . In ...
... silk downwards al- most to the bend of the hook : the colour of the arming silk should be as near that of the baits used as may be , and its size be regulated by the thick- ness of the wire , hair , or gut , to which it is joined . In ...
Page 450
... silk twice or thrice about both hook and line , as hard as the strength of the silk will permit : this being done , strip the feather for the wings proportionable to the bigness of the fly , placing that side downwards which grew ...
... silk twice or thrice about both hook and line , as hard as the strength of the silk will permit : this being done , strip the feather for the wings proportionable to the bigness of the fly , placing that side downwards which grew ...
Page 479
... silk : wing , of a hen pheasant . SAND FLY . Body , dark brown foal's hair , a little bloa squir- rel's fur , and the whitish yellow of the same ; warp with yellow silk wing , the light part of a fieldfare's feather . MAY . The nine ...
... silk : wing , of a hen pheasant . SAND FLY . Body , dark brown foal's hair , a little bloa squir- rel's fur , and the whitish yellow of the same ; warp with yellow silk wing , the light part of a fieldfare's feather . MAY . The nine ...
Contents
Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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