The TroutLongmans, Green, 1899 - 272 pages |
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... reach his weed - surrounded home , when it is long odds against any more having been seen of either fish or fly . Then , instead of rejoicing over the first success of the year , lamentation and woe would have been that angler's portion ...
... reach his weed - surrounded home , when it is long odds against any more having been seen of either fish or fly . Then , instead of rejoicing over the first success of the year , lamentation and woe would have been that angler's portion ...
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... reach the surface , there to hatch out . When trout are thus employed , they are very difficult to catch by means of the artificial fly , however skilfully used . A stray fish may be induced to look at a floating dun , but it is a rare ...
... reach the surface , there to hatch out . When trout are thus employed , they are very difficult to catch by means of the artificial fly , however skilfully used . A stray fish may be induced to look at a floating dun , but it is a rare ...
Page 66
... reach fish which under ordinary cir- cumstances would probably be unattainable . With heavy water two or three shot will be required to sink the hook sufficiently . Well do I remember being initiated into this form of fishing by one of ...
... reach fish which under ordinary cir- cumstances would probably be unattainable . With heavy water two or three shot will be required to sink the hook sufficiently . Well do I remember being initiated into this form of fishing by one of ...
Page 71
... reach to within some eighteen inches of the top of the water and will interfere little with the fishing , while they prove an almost insuper- able bar to successful net - poaching . Night lines , on a river carefully watched , produce ...
... reach to within some eighteen inches of the top of the water and will interfere little with the fishing , while they prove an almost insuper- able bar to successful net - poaching . Night lines , on a river carefully watched , produce ...
Page 133
... reach their prime . In October , trout are valueless for eating purposes , whereas grayling are then excellent ; and in Novem- ber even better . Moreover the grayling , with his bright silvery appearance and seemly shape , is a very ...
... reach their prime . In October , trout are valueless for eating purposes , whereas grayling are then excellent ; and in Novem- ber even better . Moreover the grayling , with his bright silvery appearance and seemly shape , is a very ...
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