The Fly-fisher's Entomology: With Coloured Representations of the Natural and Artificial Insect, and a Few Observations and Instructions on Trout and Grayling-fishingLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 - 132 стор. |
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... inches , and when it is nearly wound up , eighteen inches , making a mean of ten inches and a half . The proposed reel would therefore wind up the line more than three times as fast , and besides this superior rapidity , would possess ...
... inches , and when it is nearly wound up , eighteen inches , making a mean of ten inches and a half . The proposed reel would therefore wind up the line more than three times as fast , and besides this superior rapidity , would possess ...
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... inches of thread at A B hanging down , with a pair of forceps , or little weight at the end of it . 2. Hold the burnt end E , fig . 2. , of the gut E CF , in contact with the shank of the hook , and wind tightly the portion of thread ...
... inches of thread at A B hanging down , with a pair of forceps , or little weight at the end of it . 2. Hold the burnt end E , fig . 2. , of the gut E CF , in contact with the shank of the hook , and wind tightly the portion of thread ...
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... inches from the end of the butt , ( i . e . ) that place where it produces a small and pleasant degree of coun- terbalance to the upper end of the rod . The fine end of the line with a loop receives the foot line with a draw - knot ...
... inches from the end of the butt , ( i . e . ) that place where it produces a small and pleasant degree of coun- terbalance to the upper end of the rod . The fine end of the line with a loop receives the foot line with a draw - knot ...
Сторінка 44
... inch or two of the paper , and afterwards , by degrees , lengthen his line as his improvement proceeds ; he may then try to throw in such a direction that the wind may in some measure oppose the line and rod ; and , lastly , he may ...
... inch or two of the paper , and afterwards , by degrees , lengthen his line as his improvement proceeds ; he may then try to throw in such a direction that the wind may in some measure oppose the line and rod ; and , lastly , he may ...
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... inches before he gets up to the fly , and the fisherman must strike immediately that he does so , for his motion at the instant of seizure is too rapid to be vi- sible . When the fisherman comes upon a favourable place for Grayling , he ...
... inches before he gets up to the fly , and the fisherman must strike immediately that he does so , for his motion at the instant of seizure is too rapid to be vi- sible . When the fisherman comes upon a favourable place for Grayling , he ...
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