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 6
... half feet , and should never be shorter than sixteen . With two well - made rods of the above lengths , the widest and narrowest salmon - rivers may be properly fished , and salmon and salmonidæ of every size satisfactorily captured . I ...
... half feet , and should never be shorter than sixteen . With two well - made rods of the above lengths , the widest and narrowest salmon - rivers may be properly fished , and salmon and salmonidæ of every size satisfactorily captured . I ...
Page 15
... half an inch , in reels that can carry from eighty to one hundred yards of line . Multipliers are properly repudiated by practical fishermen . The well - finished check - winch is the best of all . It must not be too free in its action ...
... half an inch , in reels that can carry from eighty to one hundred yards of line . Multipliers are properly repudiated by practical fishermen . The well - finished check - winch is the best of all . It must not be too free in its action ...
Page 34
... half of these twenty - five yards being very heavy . The object of this is , that the weight of the upper part shall be such as to force forward the lighter end , with the gut and fly . The greatest weight of line being at the point of ...
... half of these twenty - five yards being very heavy . The object of this is , that the weight of the upper part shall be such as to force forward the lighter end , with the gut and fly . The greatest weight of line being at the point of ...
Page 49
... half hooks itself . Consider what a very sharp thing the point of a good hook is , and how easily it is inserted into moderately soft substances by very slight resist- ance . Now , consider the weight of a descending salmon with this ...
... half hooks itself . Consider what a very sharp thing the point of a good hook is , and how easily it is inserted into moderately soft substances by very slight resist- ance . Now , consider the weight of a descending salmon with this ...
Page 50
... half open . A fourth reason : a fish gently struck and hooked scarcely feels the opera- tion , and is less inclined to dart off in the water or out of it instantly , and give you furious battle with unimpaired vigour . On this point I ...
... half open . A fourth reason : a fish gently struck and hooked scarcely feels the opera- tion , and is less inclined to dart off in the water or out of it instantly , and give you furious battle with unimpaired vigour . On this point I ...
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