... A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling, Confirmed by Actual Experience: Interspersed with Several New and Recent Discoveries; the Whole Forming a Complete Museum for the Lovers of that Pleasing and Rational RecreationB. Crosby and Company, 1802 - 185 Seiten |
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... streams , Their silver coats reflect the dazzling beams . Now let the fisherman his toils prepare , And aim himself with ev'ry wat ry snare ; His hooks , his lines peruse , with careful eye , Increase his tackle , and his rod re - tre ...
... streams , Their silver coats reflect the dazzling beams . Now let the fisherman his toils prepare , And aim himself with ev'ry wat ry snare ; His hooks , his lines peruse , with careful eye , Increase his tackle , and his rod re - tre ...
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... streams , and carp in all hungry springing waters , being fed at certain times , will come up , and take their meat almost from your hand . The best feeding - place is towards the mouth of the pond , at the depth of about half a yard ...
... streams , and carp in all hungry springing waters , being fed at certain times , will come up , and take their meat almost from your hand . The best feeding - place is towards the mouth of the pond , at the depth of about half a yard ...
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... streams annoys ; And in swift floods the felly Snake destroys ; Toads , for the shoaling fry , forsake the lawn ; And croaking Frogs devour the tender spawn . Neither the ' habitants of land nor air , ( So sure their doom ) the fishy ...
... streams annoys ; And in swift floods the felly Snake destroys ; Toads , for the shoaling fry , forsake the lawn ; And croaking Frogs devour the tender spawn . Neither the ' habitants of land nor air , ( So sure their doom ) the fishy ...
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... stream , and let- ting the bait run downwards , as far as the rod and line will permit , the lead dragging and rolling on the ground . No more of the line must be in the water than will permit the lead to touch the bottom ; for for you ...
... stream , and let- ting the bait run downwards , as far as the rod and line will permit , the lead dragging and rolling on the ground . No more of the line must be in the water than will permit the lead to touch the bottom ; for for you ...
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... streams , sound cork , without flaws or holes , bored through with an hot iron , into which is put a quill of fit proportion , is preferable ; pare the cork to a pyramidal form , grind it smooth with a pumice stone , then colour it it ...
... streams , sound cork , without flaws or holes , bored through with an hot iron , into which is put a quill of fit proportion , is preferable ; pare the cork to a pyramidal form , grind it smooth with a pumice stone , then colour it it ...
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