The TroutLongmans, Green, 1899 - 272 pages |
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... necessary for the various sports and athletic competitions ac- counts of which now occupy so much space in the daily papers , and add so much interest to the lives of vast numbers of our fellow - countrymen . Take , for example , the ...
... necessary for the various sports and athletic competitions ac- counts of which now occupy so much space in the daily papers , and add so much interest to the lives of vast numbers of our fellow - countrymen . Take , for example , the ...
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... necessary , and no compulsory cross or down stream fishing need be undertaken . Indeed , our angler seems to have ' happened ' on an ideal day for his purpose , though , as fishermen know too well , ideal days as regards weather very ...
... necessary , and no compulsory cross or down stream fishing need be undertaken . Indeed , our angler seems to have ' happened ' on an ideal day for his purpose , though , as fishermen know too well , ideal days as regards weather very ...
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... necessary to generalise , let us suggest to our fisherman that an olive - dun tied with a slight gold twist on the body is as likely a fly as any to attract a trout . So on with it at once . Delicately fashioned , with wings gaily ...
... necessary to generalise , let us suggest to our fisherman that an olive - dun tied with a slight gold twist on the body is as likely a fly as any to attract a trout . So on with it at once . Delicately fashioned , with wings gaily ...
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... necessary caution , and , by showing himself or his rod unduly , have frightened him away before ever a cast was made . If by chance our tiro did succeed in hooking the fish , then the improperly prepared tackle would perhaps have given ...
... necessary caution , and , by showing himself or his rod unduly , have frightened him away before ever a cast was made . If by chance our tiro did succeed in hooking the fish , then the improperly prepared tackle would perhaps have given ...
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... necessary . Mayflies are tied in so many ways , and so many fancies abound as to the proper colours for wings and bodies , that I only dare suggest the two following patterns as those which I have found thoroughly effective on several ...
... necessary . Mayflies are tied in so many ways , and so many fancies abound as to the proper colours for wings and bodies , that I only dare suggest the two following patterns as those which I have found thoroughly effective on several ...
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