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 vii
... materials it is to be made ; of what size and shape it is to be ; and I describe the winch and lines best suited for it . I tell him then how to use it , whether for casting the fly , humouring the fly on the water , or striking ...
... materials it is to be made ; of what size and shape it is to be ; and I describe the winch and lines best suited for it . I tell him then how to use it , whether for casting the fly , humouring the fly on the water , or striking ...
Page ix
... materials that enter into the composition of salmon - flies , and given recipes for the dyeing of wools , furs , silk , and feathers of all those various colours required by the fly - dresser . I have had a plate of salmon - hooks ...
... materials that enter into the composition of salmon - flies , and given recipes for the dyeing of wools , furs , silk , and feathers of all those various colours required by the fly - dresser . I have had a plate of salmon - hooks ...
Page xiii
... Material - Winches - Salmon - lines- Of what Material , and in what Way , they should be made - Their length — Gut Casting - lines- A model one -The Quality of Gut - Caution about Winch and Cast- ing - lines Page 1 - CHAPTER II ...
... Material - Winches - Salmon - lines- Of what Material , and in what Way , they should be made - Their length — Gut Casting - lines- A model one -The Quality of Gut - Caution about Winch and Cast- ing - lines Page 1 - CHAPTER II ...
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... MATERIAL , AND MANUFACTURE . I HAVE many times written about angling apolo- getically . I have frequently written in its de- fence , and very often in praise of it . I was chiefly induced to do so , because the art was de- fined as the ...
... MATERIAL , AND MANUFACTURE . I HAVE many times written about angling apolo- getically . I have frequently written in its de- fence , and very often in praise of it . I was chiefly induced to do so , because the art was de- fined as the ...
Page 6
... material , and so forth . No salmon fly - rod need ever be longer than seventeen and a 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 ...
... material , and so forth . No salmon fly - rod need ever be longer than seventeen and a 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 ...
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