The Book of the Salmon: In Two Parts... Usefully Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings of Salmon-flies, and Salmon-fry |
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... hooks engraved , to show their shapes and sizes , from the largest to the smallest , and have named the best maker of them . THE SECOND part of the volume is occupied with the natural history of the Salmon , including a minute detail of ...
... hooks engraved , to show their shapes and sizes , from the largest to the smallest , and have named the best maker of them . THE SECOND part of the volume is occupied with the natural history of the Salmon , including a minute detail of ...
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... hook , is taught in " The Complete Angler , or Contempla- tive Man's Recreation . " The poet made the amende honorable to Anglers , when the harmless- ness and charms of fly - fishing were explained to him , and the great common - sense ...
... hook , is taught in " The Complete Angler , or Contempla- tive Man's Recreation . " The poet made the amende honorable to Anglers , when the harmless- ness and charms of fly - fishing were explained to him , and the great common - sense ...
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... hook , or break from it ; or I see the hooked fish , still more impatient , throw somer- set after somerset high above the water , in order to break from the bit and bridle that hamper the freedom of its motions . I see the lusty fish ...
... hook , or break from it ; or I see the hooked fish , still more impatient , throw somer- set after somerset high above the water , in order to break from the bit and bridle that hamper the freedom of its motions . I see the lusty fish ...
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... hook , of despicable fineness and size ! Great and suggestive of good is the wonder in which we gaze at the silver - sided salmon its strength wasted and its struggles o'er - lying there upon that gravelly or rocky shore , seduced by a ...
... hook , of despicable fineness and size ! Great and suggestive of good is the wonder in which we gaze at the silver - sided salmon its strength wasted and its struggles o'er - lying there upon that gravelly or rocky shore , seduced by a ...
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... hook , were it suffered to fly back instead of being kept aloof over his head , would frequently find its anchorage behind , and thus endanger the safety of rod and tackle , as well as try the patience of the thrower . But there is no ...
... hook , were it suffered to fly back instead of being kept aloof over his head , would frequently find its anchorage behind , and thus endanger the safety of rod and tackle , as well as try the patience of the thrower . But there is no ...
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