Ancient Angling AuthorsGurney and Jackson, 1910 - 239 pages |
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Page 15
... salmon ; but angle " for the pyke wyth a chalke lyne made browne with your browne colour aforsayd : armyd with a wyre . " The lines must be plumbed with " lede , " and the leads must be " rounde & smothe that they stycke not on stonys ...
... salmon ; but angle " for the pyke wyth a chalke lyne made browne with your browne colour aforsayd : armyd with a wyre . " The lines must be plumbed with " lede , " and the leads must be " rounde & smothe that they stycke not on stonys ...
Page 17
... Salmon . The salmon is a gentle fish , but he is combrous for to take . His baits are with a red worm in the beginning and ending of a season . And also with a bob that breedeth in a dung hill , and especially with a sovereign bait ...
... Salmon . The salmon is a gentle fish , but he is combrous for to take . His baits are with a red worm in the beginning and ending of a season . And also with a bob that breedeth in a dung hill , and especially with a sovereign bait ...
Page 30
... salmon , Mascall acknow- ledges as " thus much more taken from Stephanus in French . " A very modern - looking illustration and description of the circular drop - net for minnows , such as is used at the present time , is given . He ...
... salmon , Mascall acknow- ledges as " thus much more taken from Stephanus in French . " A very modern - looking illustration and description of the circular drop - net for minnows , such as is used at the present time , is given . He ...
Page 33
... Salmon are generated in ponds or standing waters . 2. They cannot be bred there if millions of pregnant eggs were put into them . Taverner anticipated these observations by about 163 years : - Neither will the Trought spawne in any ...
... Salmon are generated in ponds or standing waters . 2. They cannot be bred there if millions of pregnant eggs were put into them . Taverner anticipated these observations by about 163 years : - Neither will the Trought spawne in any ...
Page 79
... salmon roe ; he appears to have taken more delight in snaring , snagging , and trimmering pike than in catching them by angling , because the former methods were likely to catch more fish . Perhaps these pot - hunting proclivities were ...
... salmon roe ; he appears to have taken more delight in snaring , snagging , and trimmering pike than in catching them by angling , because the former methods were likely to catch more fish . Perhaps these pot - hunting proclivities were ...
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Page 236 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page 182 - To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride ; Let Nature guide thee ! sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art.
Page 181 - Now expectation cheers his eager thought, His bosom glows with treasures yet uncaught ; Before his eyes a banquet seems to stand, Where every guest applauds his skilful hand.
Page 92 - If I had known it but twenty years ago I would have gained a hundred pounds, only with that bait. I am bound in duty to divulge it to your honour, and not to carry it to my grave with me. I do desire that men of quality should have it that delight in that pleasure. The greedy angler will murmur at me : but for -that I care not.
Page 157 - Whitney ( John). The genteel recreation : or, the pleasure of angling. A poem. With a dialogue between Piscator and Corydon. By John Whitney, a lover of the angle.
Page 182 - Mark well the various seasons of the year, How the succeeding insect race appear ; In this revolving moon one colour reigns, Which in the next the fickle trout disdains. Oft...
Page 188 - The Compleat Fisherman, being a Large and Particular Account of all the Several Ways of Fishing now Practised in Europe, with Abundance of Curious Secrets and Niceties in the Art of Fishing as well...
Page xii - ... pleasant shade by the sweet silver streams; he hath good air, and sweet smells of fine fresh meadow flowers, he hears the melodious harmony of birds, he sees the swans, herons, ducks...
Page 181 - When floating clouds their spongy fleeces drain, Troubling the streams with swift-descending rain, And waters, tumbling down the mountain's side, Bear the loose soil into the swelling tide...
Page 12 - I have compylyd it in a greter uolume, of dyuerse bokys concernynge to gentyll and noble men, to the entent that the forsayd ydle persones whyche sholde haue but lytyll mesure in the sayd...