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 52
... a bad habit to be a good one , he was continually missing rises , or " scratching fish by his " rough and ready " way of striking . I was determined to cure him . We came to a 99 SUCCESS OF GENTLE STRIKING SHOWN . 53 pool where we.
... a bad habit to be a good one , he was continually missing rises , or " scratching fish by his " rough and ready " way of striking . I was determined to cure him . We came to a 99 SUCCESS OF GENTLE STRIKING SHOWN . 53 pool where we.
Page 53
... pool where we always killed fish , and where , from an impending rock , I could plainly see the fly . I gave the young man my rod , and desired him not to strike until I gave him the word . He soon had a rise ; I saw the fish and said ...
... pool where we always killed fish , and where , from an impending rock , I could plainly see the fly . I gave the young man my rod , and desired him not to strike until I gave him the word . He soon had a rise ; I saw the fish and said ...
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... pool free of obstructions , will more probably at first struggle with you in it , and then finding he cannot beat you in open plain , he will be off , if you let him , for any aquatic fastness he may be 58 HOW TO ARREST SALMON IN THEIR ...
... pool free of obstructions , will more probably at first struggle with you in it , and then finding he cannot beat you in open plain , he will be off , if you let him , for any aquatic fastness he may be 58 HOW TO ARREST SALMON IN THEIR ...
Page 60
... pool or stream than at the head . If you begin at the head of a pool , there are many chances to one that , if you hook a salmon there , he will take you down stream , and disturb all the fish that come in his way , all the fish in the ...
... pool or stream than at the head . If you begin at the head of a pool , there are many chances to one that , if you hook a salmon there , he will take you down stream , and disturb all the fish that come in his way , all the fish in the ...
Page 61
... pools are usually the best , and should therefore be fished whilst as yet in an un- disturbed state . By fishing a river upwards , much time is spared , for you proceed straight from pool to pool , and are not obliged continually to ...
... pools are usually the best , and should therefore be fished whilst as yet in an un- disturbed state . By fishing a river upwards , much time is spared , for you proceed straight from pool to pool , and are not obliged continually to ...
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