Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... rise ; this is especially the case when the river is swollen . An angler must have but a poor knowledge of his craft , who , after once or twice . fishing down a stream under proper guidance , could not afterwards manage for himself ...
... rise ; this is especially the case when the river is swollen . An angler must have but a poor knowledge of his craft , who , after once or twice . fishing down a stream under proper guidance , could not afterwards manage for himself ...
Page 34
... rise . In the rapid Highland streams , where I have said before a small fly should be used , if you need any alteration , let it be in colour rather than in size . But on this point , as no invariable rule can be given , it will be ...
... rise . In the rapid Highland streams , where I have said before a small fly should be used , if you need any alteration , let it be in colour rather than in size . But on this point , as no invariable rule can be given , it will be ...
Page 35
... rising to the fly for some time , perhaps not even for that day . The Scotch peasantry have invented a substitute * This rule does not hold good with trout . Often the weather - side of a stream , even when shallow , is the surest find ...
... rising to the fly for some time , perhaps not even for that day . The Scotch peasantry have invented a substitute * This rule does not hold good with trout . Often the weather - side of a stream , even when shallow , is the surest find ...
Page 37
... 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 minnow , when the sun is down . They may SALMON ANGLING .
... 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 minnow , when the sun is down . They may SALMON ANGLING .
Page 42
... 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 . 66 I shall here add an instance or two of the fastidiousness of salmon at one time ...
... 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 . 66 I shall here add an instance or two of the fastidiousness of salmon at one time ...
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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,