The Book of the Salmon: In Two Parts... Usefully Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings of Salmon-flies, and Salmon-fry |
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Page 11
... fibre . There should not be the slightest flaw , or smallest knot in it . The old shafts of gigs , and vehicles of that sort , and the handles of old man- of - war boarding pikes , make excellent butts , be- cause they are well ...
... fibre . There should not be the slightest flaw , or smallest knot in it . The old shafts of gigs , and vehicles of that sort , and the handles of old man- of - war boarding pikes , make excellent butts , be- cause they are well ...
Page 36
... fibres would be sometimes all of a heap , and some- times spreading and sprawling in the water , ter- rifying rather than attracting fish . The cast I have been just commenting on is practised , but somewhat differently , by London fly ...
... fibres would be sometimes all of a heap , and some- times spreading and sprawling in the water , ter- rifying rather than attracting fish . The cast I have been just commenting on is practised , but somewhat differently , by London fly ...
Page 41
... fibres of the feathery or fur material of which wings , body , and legs , are made . When by the next motion , a sinking one , of the rod and line , the fly goes downwards against the water , the resistance it meets with from beneath ...
... fibres of the feathery or fur material of which wings , body , and legs , are made . When by the next motion , a sinking one , of the rod and line , the fly goes downwards against the water , the resistance it meets with from beneath ...
Page 42
... fibres of the wing and hackle feathers , and of the hairs , be they of mohair , or pig's wool , or fur , of which the body is made . By this compression shades of colour are hidden , and nearly all the beauties of the most seductively ...
... fibres of the wing and hackle feathers , and of the hairs , be they of mohair , or pig's wool , or fur , of which the body is made . By this compression shades of colour are hidden , and nearly all the beauties of the most seductively ...
Page 43
... gently . I have seen the same salmon rise again , follow the fly with moderate haste and opened mouth , and as the bait descended , and as it was moving away with collapsing , not 44 A FASCINATING MANEUVRE . collapsed , fibres , seize.
... gently . I have seen the same salmon rise again , follow the fly with moderate haste and opened mouth , and as the bait descended , and as it was moving away with collapsing , not 44 A FASCINATING MANEUVRE . collapsed , fibres , seize.
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angler angling Argus pheasant Ballyshannon bittern black hackle black head black ostrich head blue and yellow blue hackle blue macaw Body brown mallard brown turkey bustard cast casting-line cloth colour dyed yellow dyeing Edition Engravings Fcap fibres fiery-brown fish flies fly-fishing fly-fishing for salmon Foolscap 8vo gold tinsel gold twist golden pheasant neck-feather grilse grouse hackle guinea-hen Invershin J. C. Loudon kill mohair months morocco orange hackle orange mohair orange tag peacock harl pig's hair pig's wool Plates pool Post 8vo red ibis ribbed with gold ribbed with silver river river Shin rod and line salmon-fishing salmon-fly season Shannon Shin side silver pheasant silver tinsel silver twist small topping smolts spawning spawning-bed Spey spotted turkey stream Sutherlandshire throw tinsel and gold tipped topping for tail trout turkey tail turkey tail-feather TWEED-FLIES vols winch winch-line Wings and hook Wood Woodcuts yellow mohair Young
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