The Complete Angler, Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing, Volume 2Nattali and Bond, 1860 - 129 pages |
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Page 135
... hair , thus fitted up . About ten inches from the end , fasten a small cleft shot ; then make a hole through a pistol or musket bullet , according to the swiftness of the stream you fish in ; and put the line through it , and draw the ...
... hair , thus fitted up . About ten inches from the end , fasten a small cleft shot ; then make a hole through a pistol or musket bullet , according to the swiftness of the stream you fish in ; and put the line through it , and draw the ...
Page 138
... hair , some none : some have sixteen feet , some less , and some have none : but , as our Topsel hath with great diligence observed , ' those which have none , move upon the earth , or upon broad leaves , their motion being not unlike ...
... hair , some none : some have sixteen feet , some less , and some have none : but , as our Topsel hath with great diligence observed , ' those which have none , move upon the earth , or upon broad leaves , their motion being not unlike ...
Page 146
... hairs twisted , for the uppermost part ; and a line of two hairs and two silks twisted , for the lower part - with a good large hook . I baited my hook with two lob - worms , the four ends hanging as meet as I could guess them in the ...
... hairs twisted , for the uppermost part ; and a line of two hairs and two silks twisted , for the lower part - with a good large hook . I baited my hook with two lob - worms , the four ends hanging as meet as I could guess them in the ...
Page 147
... hairs at the most ; though you may fish a little stronger above , in the upper part of your line : but if you can attain to angle with one hair , you shall have more rises , and catch more fish . Now you must be sure not to cumber ...
... hairs at the most ; though you may fish a little stronger above , in the upper part of your line : but if you can attain to angle with one hair , you shall have more rises , and catch more fish . Now you must be sure not to cumber ...
Page 148
... hair , or the hair of a brown or sad - coloured heifer , hackles of a cock or capon , several coloured silk and crewel to make the body of the fly , the feathers of a drake's head , black or brown sheep's wool , or hog's wool , or hair ...
... hair , or the hair of a brown or sad - coloured heifer , hackles of a cock or capon , several coloured silk and crewel to make the body of the fly , the feathers of a drake's head , black or brown sheep's wool , or hog's wool , or hair ...
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angler Art of Angling artificial fly Ashbourn bait Barbel Beggars belly better betwixt bite body bottom Bream bred breed brown called camlet Carp cast catch caught Chap CHARLES COTTON colour Dace discourse dubbing edition excellent feed fish flies frog gentles Gesner give Grayling Green-drake ground-bait Gudgeon hackle hair hath head hook inches kind let me tell live lob-worms London mallard master meat minnow mixt month mouth never night NOTE continued observed Perch Phineas Fletcher Pike PISCATOR pond pounds river river Dove Roach Salmon season shew silk Sir Francis Bacon sometimes song spawn sport Stone-fly stream sweet swim tackle tail taken Tench Thames thee thou told Trout Trout and Grayling usually VARIATION VENATOR VIATOR Walton weeds wind wings winter wool worm yellow