Chalkstream and Moorland: Thoughts on Trout-fishingSmith, Elder & Company, 1911 - 251 pages |
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... side of the valley . There is a charm about it that is indescribable , partly , perhaps , associated with thoughts of fishing . It was midsummer day ( June 24 ) when I was there last , and what is called the pomp of midsummer was at its ...
... side of the valley . There is a charm about it that is indescribable , partly , perhaps , associated with thoughts of fishing . It was midsummer day ( June 24 ) when I was there last , and what is called the pomp of midsummer was at its ...
Page 65
... side - stream where big trout con- gregated . The name of this piece of the water is Cow Drain ; but , in spite of its name and its smallness compared with the main river , it F would have been vastly admired as a trout- stream anywhere.
... side - stream where big trout con- gregated . The name of this piece of the water is Cow Drain ; but , in spite of its name and its smallness compared with the main river , it F would have been vastly admired as a trout- stream anywhere.
Page 89
... side was brick - work and oak boarding , upon which a black stain showed very clearly the usual height of the water . But now , so much had been run off that not more than a foot of water was left upon the clear , gravelly bottom ; and ...
... side was brick - work and oak boarding , upon which a black stain showed very clearly the usual height of the water . But now , so much had been run off that not more than a foot of water was left upon the clear , gravelly bottom ; and ...
Page 90
... side and looked as though they would not refuse a fly . Some were great black brutes , all head and no body ; some plump and well shapen and so light in colour , that one scarcely saw them against the stony bottom . My rod lay across my ...
... side and looked as though they would not refuse a fly . Some were great black brutes , all head and no body ; some plump and well shapen and so light in colour , that one scarcely saw them against the stony bottom . My rod lay across my ...
Page 93
... side , but try to net him as quickly as we can . On the whole I am for netting at the first ap- parently safe opportunity . There is much to be said on landing and losing fish . A Fellow of the Royal Society has left the following among ...
... side , but try to net him as quickly as we can . On the whole I am for netting at the first ap- parently safe opportunity . There is much to be said on landing and losing fish . A Fellow of the Royal Society has left the following among ...
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