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Throw a stone at her ! " Peter had too much generalship for that . He selected a small pebble , and threw it on the steep , directly above the eyrie . I watched every hop of the stone , lower and lower , till I saw that it must drop ...
Throw a stone at her ! " Peter had too much generalship for that . He selected a small pebble , and threw it on the steep , directly above the eyrie . I watched every hop of the stone , lower and lower , till I saw that it must drop ...
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Take an instance ; and suppose a man to be expert in the knack of throwing a line ; he is angling down a fine salmon stream , followed by a finished master of the fly , and has just completed his last throw of a promising pool .
Take an instance ; and suppose a man to be expert in the knack of throwing a line ; he is angling down a fine salmon stream , followed by a finished master of the fly , and has just completed his last throw of a promising pool .
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To throw a very long line , and to search the casts properly with the fly , are no doubt indispensable requisites ; but a river fly angler , ( for I don't here speak of either bait or loch fishing , ) who can work his hooked fish ...
To throw a very long line , and to search the casts properly with the fly , are no doubt indispensable requisites ; but a river fly angler , ( for I don't here speak of either bait or loch fishing , ) who can work his hooked fish ...
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After being thoroughly shown the casts of the river when swollen , it may be as well to have recourse to the guide again , when it becomes small and clear ; as some pools that are excellent in flood , are not worth a throw when the ...
After being thoroughly shown the casts of the river when swollen , it may be as well to have recourse to the guide again , when it becomes small and clear ; as some pools that are excellent in flood , are not worth a throw when the ...
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Some anglers who throw the longest line make it swirl out upon the water , the hook appearing to alight last . Others cause the fly to hover for a moment , and touch the water before any part of the line . These last appear the neater ...
Some anglers who throw the longest line make it swirl out upon the water , the hook appearing to alight last . Others cause the fly to hover for a moment , and touch the water before any part of the line . These last appear the neater ...
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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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