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1 SALMON ANGLING . · Its fascination to men of genius . - Stately rivers . - Highland salmon streams . - Rivers in flood . - When fallen low . - General directions as to the size and colour of the fly to suit the different states of the ...
1 SALMON ANGLING . · Its fascination to men of genius . - Stately rivers . - Highland salmon streams . - Rivers in flood . - When fallen low . - General directions as to the size and colour of the fly to suit the different states of the ...
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Worm angling for salmon . - Daintiness of salmon . Their occasional greediness . - Causes which prevent fish from rising to a fly . " IT'S A FAR CRY TO LOCH OW . " Haunts of the salmo - ferox . - Level shores . - Steep rocky banks.
Worm angling for salmon . - Daintiness of salmon . Their occasional greediness . - Causes which prevent fish from rising to a fly . " IT'S A FAR CRY TO LOCH OW . " Haunts of the salmo - ferox . - Level shores . - Steep rocky banks.
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Salmon fishing at the falls of the Urchay . — A gowk's errand . The otter's whistle . - Sea eagle's eyrie . - Large pike at Kilchurn . - Voracity of pike . - Gourmand cod THE OTTER . Otter hounds . - Terriers .
Salmon fishing at the falls of the Urchay . — A gowk's errand . The otter's whistle . - Sea eagle's eyrie . - Large pike at Kilchurn . - Voracity of pike . - Gourmand cod THE OTTER . Otter hounds . - Terriers .
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My reveries were now broken by Sandy pointing out the nest of the " salmon - tailed gled , " and there are the owners wheeling their graceful circles . Two roes were also looking at us from the shore , and another a little further on .
My reveries were now broken by Sandy pointing out the nest of the " salmon - tailed gled , " and there are the owners wheeling their graceful circles . Two roes were also looking at us from the shore , and another a little further on .
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I had killed in Loch Vennacher , the year before , with single gut , a clean salmon which weighed seventeen pounds when brought home . This salmon did not make near so fierce a run as the Loch Awe trout ...
I had killed in Loch Vennacher , the year before , with single gut , a clean salmon which weighed seventeen pounds when brought home . This salmon did not make near so fierce a run as the Loch Awe trout ...
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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,