The TroutLongmans, Green, 1899 - 272 pages |
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Page 11
... appear beautiful creations for his attention , and if he be wise , for his careful study . The masses of orange celandine ; the iris , stand- ing in bold relief , with its yellow spikes of flowers uplifting themselves among their ...
... appear beautiful creations for his attention , and if he be wise , for his careful study . The masses of orange celandine ; the iris , stand- ing in bold relief , with its yellow spikes of flowers uplifting themselves among their ...
Page 13
... appear that as yet there are many floating on the water . Before launching it on its voyage of deception , however , one more ceremony has to be observed ; not in this instance a libation , but a very slight touch of refined scentless ...
... appear that as yet there are many floating on the water . Before launching it on its voyage of deception , however , one more ceremony has to be observed ; not in this instance a libation , but a very slight touch of refined scentless ...
Page 18
... appear- ing in mid - stream and the nearer bank , his assiduity is apparently rewarded . Surely that is a good fish which has just been hooked . Ye gods ! that was an up- stream rush indeed ! But the aforementioned weed- growth looks ...
... appear- ing in mid - stream and the nearer bank , his assiduity is apparently rewarded . Surely that is a good fish which has just been hooked . Ye gods ! that was an up- stream rush indeed ! But the aforementioned weed- growth looks ...
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... appear above the surface of the water . Under circumstances such as these it is no use whatever trying for them with the dry fly . I have , nevertheless , frequently seen considerable execution done amongst trout when in this humour by ...
... appear above the surface of the water . Under circumstances such as these it is no use whatever trying for them with the dry fly . I have , nevertheless , frequently seen considerable execution done amongst trout when in this humour by ...
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... appear in force - not that they are even then clearly visible to the eye of man - seem to deprive the trout of the power of attending to the charms of any other insect . After a toilsome hot day's fishing , when but little success has ...
... appear in force - not that they are even then clearly visible to the eye of man - seem to deprive the trout of the power of attending to the charms of any other insect . After a toilsome hot day's fishing , when but little success has ...
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&c.-continued alevins ALEXANDER INNES ALEXANDER INNES SHAND ANDREW LANG angler artificial artificial fly bait basket C. J. LONGMAN Cabinet Edition casting line caught clean CO.'S STANDARD colour Cookery Crown 8vo Derbyshire down-stream eggs England English ESSAYS Fario feeding fish-culturist fisherman flies fly fishing Francis Frank Buckland Froude's J. A. grayling Haggard's H. R. hatching hatching-boxes History hook Illus Illustrations inches insect killed length LL.D Loch Loch Leven LONGMANS & CO.'S Lord M.A. Crown 8vo Maps MARQUESS OF GRANBY Mayfly natural food perforated zinc Plates POEMS Popular Edition Portrait Proctor's R. A. R. A. PROCTOR rainbow trout rearing-boxes rise river salmon screens season side spawning sport stocking Story stream supply tail taken temperature Text tions Translated trations travelling tray trout fishing trout weighing two-year-olds up-stream vols weed wind worm yearlings
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