The TroutLongmans, Green, 1899 - 272 pages |
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Page 29
... caught these fish by casting up - stream and letting the fly sink just above where they were feeding . It cannot , of course , be expected that as good a basket can be obtained when trout are ' tailing , ' as when they are rising ...
... caught these fish by casting up - stream and letting the fly sink just above where they were feeding . It cannot , of course , be expected that as good a basket can be obtained when trout are ' tailing , ' as when they are rising ...
Page 51
... caught by spinning , either with a phantom or a natural minnow . In Ireland , on the Westmeath lakes , ' dapping , ' or using the blow line with the natural Mayfly , accounts yearly for the great majority of the big trout captured in ...
... caught by spinning , either with a phantom or a natural minnow . In Ireland , on the Westmeath lakes , ' dapping , ' or using the blow line with the natural Mayfly , accounts yearly for the great majority of the big trout captured in ...
Page 54
... caught them 4 , 5 , 6 , and 7 lbs . each . 66 ' The largest trout ever caught was by rod and line and spoon bait in Lake Ennel near the shore of Belvedere demesne , by Mr. Willie Meares of Mullingar , on July 15 , 1894. It weighed 26 ...
... caught them 4 , 5 , 6 , and 7 lbs . each . 66 ' The largest trout ever caught was by rod and line and spoon bait in Lake Ennel near the shore of Belvedere demesne , by Mr. Willie Meares of Mullingar , on July 15 , 1894. It weighed 26 ...
Page 58
... a single hook , but naturally you get more often caught up in the hundred and one things which seem to be placed in a river principally for the purpose of testing the measure of the angler's temper . But taking it all round 58 THE TROUT.
... a single hook , but naturally you get more often caught up in the hundred and one things which seem to be placed in a river principally for the purpose of testing the measure of the angler's temper . But taking it all round 58 THE TROUT.
Page 61
... caught in more southern waters . FIG . 6. - Double - hooked Stewart tackle . And thus you go on fishing , always up - stream , till you arrive at the inner recesses of the moor , where the scenery grows wilder , where you feel yourself ...
... caught in more southern waters . FIG . 6. - Double - hooked Stewart tackle . And thus you go on fishing , always up - stream , till you arrive at the inner recesses of the moor , where the scenery grows wilder , where you feel yourself ...
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