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 86
... gold colour , tin- sel and hackle as before ; no blue jay or kingfisher's feather , and head light puce 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 colour , tin- sel and hackle as before ; no blue jay or kingfisher's feather , and head light puce 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 ...
Page 86
... gold colour , tin- sel and hackle as before ; no blue jay or kingfisher's feather , and head light puce 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 colour , tin- sel and hackle as before ; no blue jay or kingfisher's feather , and head light puce 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 ...
Page 87
... ribbed with gold tinsel and joints of green peacock harl from tag to wings ; tag , light yellow and deep orange silk ; over body , a dark green or black hackle ; round the shoulder deep orange hackle ; wings , two toppings mixed with ...
... ribbed with gold tinsel and joints of green peacock harl from tag to wings ; tag , light yellow and deep orange silk ; over body , a dark green or black hackle ; round the shoulder deep orange hackle ; wings , two toppings mixed with ...
Page 87
... ribbed with broad silver tinsel and gold twist ; a lightish blue hackle , stripped on one side , over body ; blue jay under shoulder ; head , seal's fur dyed yellow ; tag , orange silk ; above it another tag of fur of deeper orange hue ...
... ribbed with broad silver tinsel and gold twist ; a lightish blue hackle , stripped on one side , over body ; blue jay under shoulder ; head , seal's fur dyed yellow ; tag , orange silk ; above it another tag of fur of deeper orange hue ...
Page 87
... gold tinsel rolled close , and ribbed with silver twist and yel- low hackle ; tag of black ostrich , tipped with gold tinsel ; tail , small topping and small jungle cock's feather ; a little blue jay at shoulder ; wings , two small ...
... gold tinsel rolled close , and ribbed with silver twist and yel- low hackle ; tag of black ostrich , tipped with gold tinsel ; tail , small topping and small jungle cock's feather ; a little blue jay at shoulder ; wings , two small ...
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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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