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 75
... fur are used for the bodies ; but pig's wool ... hair or down , and mo- hair dyed every colour , and floss silk of various hues , are the most common materials for the con- struction of the tags , bodies , and heads of salmon- flies . Pig's ...
... fur are used for the bodies ; but pig's wool ... hair or down , and mo- hair dyed every colour , and floss silk of various hues , are the most common materials for the con- struction of the tags , bodies , and heads of salmon- flies . Pig's ...
Page 76
... pig's hair or wool , or mohair , each must be scoured of its grease and dirt by immersion and boiling for half an hour in strong soap - lees . Feathers , the chief ones used being hackles , must be also cleansed by washing them with ...
... pig's hair or wool , or mohair , each must be scoured of its grease and dirt by immersion and boiling for half an hour in strong soap - lees . Feathers , the chief ones used being hackles , must be also cleansed by washing them with ...
Page 77
... pig's hair , hackles , or mohair , taking care that they have been previously thoroughly cleansed as already directed , and rinsed in hot water , and then wrung out just before you put them into the pipkin . Let the whole boil slowly ...
... pig's hair , hackles , or mohair , taking care that they have been previously thoroughly cleansed as already directed , and rinsed in hot water , and then wrung out just before you put them into the pipkin . Let the whole boil slowly ...
Page 79
... fur , & c . , and boil them for another half hour . Rinse and dry as usual . For cinnamon and fiery brown colours , dye in the above fluid hackles , pig's hair , and so forth , that have been already dyed yellow . The fiery brown will ...
... fur , & c . , and boil them for another half hour . Rinse and dry as usual . For cinnamon and fiery brown colours , dye in the above fluid hackles , pig's hair , and so forth , that have been already dyed yellow . The fiery brown will ...
Page 86
... fur . By dressing it in this manner it will not be so gaudy as before . No. 2. THE BRITANNIA . -Body , orange pig's hair , ribbed with gold and silver twist ; tag , black ostrich harl ; over the body a scarlet or blood - red hackle ...
... fur . By dressing it in this manner it will not be so gaudy as before . No. 2. THE BRITANNIA . -Body , orange pig's hair , ribbed with gold and silver twist ; tag , black ostrich harl ; over the body a scarlet or blood - red hackle ...
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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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