A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing: With the Natural History of River Fish, and the Best Modes of Catching ThemPtd. for Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1848 - 361 páginas |
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... side , the brook that runs through the valley , the moun- tain waterfalls , the currents foaming between moss grown rocks , or brawling over a pebbly bottom , are the scenes of the fly - fisher's triumphs . Salmon , and salmonidæ ...
... side , the brook that runs through the valley , the moun- tain waterfalls , the currents foaming between moss grown rocks , or brawling over a pebbly bottom , are the scenes of the fly - fisher's triumphs . Salmon , and salmonidæ ...
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... side , and draw out your line through the rings , until there be about four yards of it out from beyond the last ring of the top joint . You have now quite sufficient line out to commence the practice of casting with it . Let your winch ...
... side , and draw out your line through the rings , until there be about four yards of it out from beyond the last ring of the top joint . You have now quite sufficient line out to commence the practice of casting with it . Let your winch ...
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... side of it when practise casting . * 13 you You are now ready to begin . Grasp your rod , in your right hand , a little above the winch , but not tightly . Your hand must not close firmly with the thumb turned over your knuckles , as if ...
... side of it when practise casting . * 13 you You are now ready to begin . Grasp your rod , in your right hand , a little above the winch , but not tightly . Your hand must not close firmly with the thumb turned over your knuckles , as if ...
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... toes turned out , and the ball of the foot touching the ground with a slight springy pressure . Your left Your left upper arm must hang loosely by your side ; the fore 16 THROWING THE LINE AND FLIES . part curbed from.
... toes turned out , and the ball of the foot touching the ground with a slight springy pressure . Your left Your left upper arm must hang loosely by your side ; the fore 16 THROWING THE LINE AND FLIES . part curbed from.
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... side of your head , and you have then been taught to cast straightforwards , or rather from right to left . If have learned to do all this well , have no fear ; you must succeed in fly - fishing . But to be still more au fait in ...
... side of your head , and you have then been taught to cast straightforwards , or rather from right to left . If have learned to do all this well , have no fear ; you must succeed in fly - fishing . But to be still more au fait in ...
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A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and ... Edward Fitzgibbon Visualização integral - 1848 |
A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and ... Edward Fitzgibbon Visualização integral - 1848 |
A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and ... Edward Fitzgibbon Visualização integral - 1848 |
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