A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling [etc.]T. Plummer, 1808 - 186 pages |
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... head Sticklebach Guinniad Red Charr , or Welch Torgoch The Guilt , or Gilt Charr . CHAP . VI . The most scientific Method of making Fish - Ponds , Stews , & c .; to which are added , several Arcana in the Art of Angling . PART II . CHAP ...
... head Sticklebach Guinniad Red Charr , or Welch Torgoch The Guilt , or Gilt Charr . CHAP . VI . The most scientific Method of making Fish - Ponds , Stews , & c .; to which are added , several Arcana in the Art of Angling . PART II . CHAP ...
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... head or Miller's Thumb . 16. Thymallus , the Gragling , Gray- ling , or Umber . 17. Salmo , the Salmon . 18 . Trutta fluviatilis duum generum , the Trout . 19 . Albula Salmoni similis , the Guinniad . 23. Trutta Salmonata , the Salmon ...
... head or Miller's Thumb . 16. Thymallus , the Gragling , Gray- ling , or Umber . 17. Salmo , the Salmon . 18 . Trutta fluviatilis duum generum , the Trout . 19 . Albula Salmoni similis , the Guinniad . 23. Trutta Salmonata , the Salmon ...
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... heads in treating of each particular spe- cies of fish . Fish , considered as a food , make a consider- able addition to the furniture of the table ; and the breeding , feeding , & c . thereof , is a peculiar art , and very necessary ...
... heads in treating of each particular spe- cies of fish . Fish , considered as a food , make a consider- able addition to the furniture of the table ; and the breeding , feeding , & c . thereof , is a peculiar art , and very necessary ...
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... head of the stream , and letting the bait run downwards , as far as the rod and line will permit , the lead dragging and rolling on the ground . No more of the line must be in the water than will permit the lead to 22 BEST'S ART OF ...
... head of the stream , and letting the bait run downwards , as far as the rod and line will permit , the lead dragging and rolling on the ground . No more of the line must be in the water than will permit the lead to 22 BEST'S ART OF ...
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... head lies ; but if you can , the contrary way from where it does ; first allowing the fish , by a little slackening the line , a small time to pouch the bait . This is called angling by hand , and is very killing for trout , grayling ...
... head lies ; but if you can , the contrary way from where it does ; first allowing the fish , by a little slackening the line , a small time to pouch the bait . This is called angling by hand , and is very killing for trout , grayling ...
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