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A male henharrier was flitting stealthily above the heather , seeking his breakfast where it would be easily found , with small chance of human company at his morning meal . Now and then an Alpine hare would canter lazily away ...
A male henharrier was flitting stealthily above the heather , seeking his breakfast where it would be easily found , with small chance of human company at his morning meal . Now and then an Alpine hare would canter lazily away ...
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The resorts of salmon , however , are much more easily detected when the river is low . This state of the water also requires considerable difference in the fly , chiefly in size . In my opinion , most salmonfishers use too large hooks ...
The resorts of salmon , however , are much more easily detected when the river is low . This state of the water also requires considerable difference in the fly , chiefly in size . In my opinion , most salmonfishers use too large hooks ...
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The cast is easily learned , and must be seen to be thoroughly understood . Large rivers require a large rather than a gaudy fly , which must decrease in size as the river narrows . Rapid brawling streams , on the contrary , take a ...
The cast is easily learned , and must be seen to be thoroughly understood . Large rivers require a large rather than a gaudy fly , which must decrease in size as the river narrows . Rapid brawling streams , on the contrary , take a ...
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When the river is broad and you require to throw , you can make far casts , as the par is tough and not easily spoiled . Swing it gently back as far as you can , and then bring it forward in the same way . I have seen a man with only ...
When the river is broad and you require to throw , you can make far casts , as the par is tough and not easily spoiled . Swing it gently back as far as you can , and then bring it forward in the same way . I have seen a man with only ...
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In rapid running water , a good lump of bait is more easily seen from a distance , and if a fresh worm be put on the point of the hook the imposture cannot well be detected in the moving stream . Lead the line to reach within a yard or ...
In rapid running water , a good lump of bait is more easily seen from a distance , and if a fresh worm be put on the point of the hook the imposture cannot well be detected in the moving stream . Lead the line to reach within a yard or ...
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Page i - THE MOOR AND THE LOCH. Containing Minute Instructions in all Highland Sports, with Wanderings over Crag and Correi, Flood and Fell. By JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq. Third Edition. 8vo, with Illustrations, 12s. 6d. SALMON-CASTS AND STRAY SHOTS: Being Fly-Leaves from the Note-Book of JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq., Author of * The Moor and the Loch,
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| Title | Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell" |
| Author | John Colquhoun |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1849 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 20 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 185 pages |
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