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 74
... turkey tail - feathers of nearly all colours ; large common cock's hackles of every hue ; wood - duck's feathers , those tipped with black and white lines , and found on each side , just above the tail ; back - feathers , down to the ...
... turkey tail - feathers of nearly all colours ; large common cock's hackles of every hue ; wood - duck's feathers , those tipped with black and white lines , and found on each side , just above the tail ; back - feathers , down to the ...
Page 87
... turkey and guinea - fowl feathers ; feelers , blue and yellow and red macaw ; small black ostrich head . Hook , No. 7. and 8 . This is a favourite general fly of mine at low water . I have killed well with it in Sutherland- shire . In ...
... turkey and guinea - fowl feathers ; feelers , blue and yellow and red macaw ; small black ostrich head . Hook , No. 7. and 8 . This is a favourite general fly of mine at low water . I have killed well with it in Sutherland- shire . In ...
Page 87
... turkey tail and peacock's wing - feathers , golden pheasant neck , teal , guinea- hen and light brown turkey or kite feathers , with a topping surmounting the whole ; blue and yellow macaw feelers , and black ostrich head . Hook , No. 6 ...
... turkey tail and peacock's wing - feathers , golden pheasant neck , teal , guinea- hen and light brown turkey or kite feathers , with a topping surmounting the whole ; blue and yellow macaw feelers , and black ostrich head . Hook , No. 6 ...
Page 87
... turkey ; feelers , blue macaw ; and blue or blood - red head . Hook , No. 4 . This fly is called " the jackass , " and is a cele- brated killer at Lismore , on the Blackwater , co . Cork . I look upon it as a general fly . If dressed on ...
... turkey ; feelers , blue macaw ; and blue or blood - red head . Hook , No. 4 . This fly is called " the jackass , " and is a cele- brated killer at Lismore , on the Blackwater , co . Cork . I look upon it as a general fly . If dressed on ...
Page 93
... turkey tail - feather ; feelers , blue and yellow macaw ; head , bronze peacock harl . Hook , No. 5 . This is an ... turkey's tail , tipped with white ; head , crimson mohair . Hook , No. 5 , 6 , and 7 . This is a standard Tweed - fly ...
... turkey tail - feather ; feelers , blue and yellow macaw ; head , bronze peacock harl . Hook , No. 5 . This is an ... turkey's tail , tipped with white ; head , crimson mohair . Hook , No. 5 , 6 , and 7 . This is a standard Tweed - fly ...
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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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