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As in the first sight of the herd there is more excitement , and more satisfaction when you bring down the stag than any other game , so in salmon - fishing , compared with all other kinds , the interest is greater when you rise a fish ...
As in the first sight of the herd there is more excitement , and more satisfaction when you bring down the stag than any other game , so in salmon - fishing , compared with all other kinds , the interest is greater when you rise a fish ...
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certain may sometimes deceive , while there are particular nooks , perhaps the least attractive even to an experienced eye , where a fish is pretty likely to rise ; this is especially the case when the river is swollen .
certain may sometimes deceive , while there are particular nooks , perhaps the least attractive even to an experienced eye , where a fish is pretty likely to rise ; this is especially the case when the river is swollen .
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In the deep rocky parts of the river , especially at the beginning of the season , put on your largest fly , trying a smaller should you not get a rise . In the rapid Highland streams , where I have said before a small fly should be ...
In the deep rocky parts of the river , especially at the beginning of the season , put on your largest fly , trying a smaller should you not get a rise . In the rapid Highland streams , where I have said before a small fly should be ...
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When the diminishing water prevents the salmon from rising at the par , you may still succeed with minnow , in the streams , especially about dusk . Very large trout , also , that scarcely ever rise to a fly , dash freely after the ...
When the diminishing water prevents the salmon from rising at the par , you may still succeed with minnow , in the streams , especially about dusk . Very large trout , also , that scarcely ever rise to a fly , dash freely after the ...
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When foam is thick upon the water , fish rise badly to a fly . A succession of floods , or , as we call them , " spates , " will gorge the fish , and make them shy , especially of taking bait . I shall here add an instance or two of the ...
When foam is thick upon the water , fish rise badly to a fly . A succession of floods , or , as we call them , " spates , " will gorge the fish , and make them shy , especially of taking bait . I shall here add an instance or two of the ...
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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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