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... nearly all the rivers of Scotland , Mr. Dunbar , of Loch - Inver , has made me the best patterns , and described the rivers for which they are suited , and the fit season for using them ; PREFACE . ix and Mr. Flinn , of Worcester ,
... nearly all the rivers of Scotland , Mr. Dunbar , of Loch - Inver , has made me the best patterns , and described the rivers for which they are suited , and the fit season for using them ; PREFACE . ix and Mr. Flinn , of Worcester ,
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... nearly to the bottom of the water , and there , working to and fro with head and tail , endea - ́ vour to reject the hook , or break from it ; or I see the hooked fish , still more impatient , throw somer- set after somerset high above ...
... nearly to the bottom of the water , and there , working to and fro with head and tail , endea - ́ vour to reject the hook , or break from it ; or I see the hooked fish , still more impatient , throw somer- set after somerset high above ...
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... nearly impassable cliff - paths impede the foot - and the weapons of conquest a frail rod , of fairy , wand- like joints , a casting line , and hook , of despicable fineness and size ! Great and suggestive of good is the wonder in which ...
... nearly impassable cliff - paths impede the foot - and the weapons of conquest a frail rod , of fairy , wand- like joints , a casting line , and hook , of despicable fineness and size ! Great and suggestive of good is the wonder in which ...
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... nearly perpen- dicularly up before you- the forward and up- ward slanting direction being very slight indeed— the point of the rod is swept to the left , and with it the line , to its entire development ; then the hands , -no , not both ...
... nearly perpen- dicularly up before you- the forward and up- ward slanting direction being very slight indeed— the point of the rod is swept to the left , and with it the line , to its entire development ; then the hands , -no , not both ...
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... nearly the last 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 ...
... nearly the last 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 ...
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