A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling [etc.]T. Plummer, 1808 - 186 Seiten |
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... bite tenderly , a rod made of cane , reed , or bamboo , is the best , only be care- ful when you chiuse such a one , that it will strike well , and that the medium between the ferrule and the joint that goes in is not cut too fine ; for ...
... bite tenderly , a rod made of cane , reed , or bamboo , is the best , only be care- ful when you chiuse such a one , that it will strike well , and that the medium between the ferrule and the joint that goes in is not cut too fine ; for ...
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... bite , you may per- ceive it by your hand and the point of your rod and line : then strike gently and upwards , if you cannot tell which way the fish's head lies ; but if you can , the contrary way from where it does ; first allowing ...
... bite , you may per- ceive it by your hand and the point of your rod and line : then strike gently and upwards , if you cannot tell which way the fish's head lies ; but if you can , the contrary way from where it does ; first allowing ...
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... bite may be apparent . When a float is split or bruised , there is no re- medy for the mischance but getting a new one ; but you may save the plug , and it will serve for another . But if the water gets in at the top of your float , a ...
... bite may be apparent . When a float is split or bruised , there is no re- medy for the mischance but getting a new one ; but you may save the plug , and it will serve for another . But if the water gets in at the top of your float , a ...
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... bite boldly and eagerly . 5th . If you wish to know what ground - bait fishes like best , the first you take open his stomach , and there you will find what he fed on last , and bait accordingly . 6th . If , before you go out to angle ...
... bite boldly and eagerly . 5th . If you wish to know what ground - bait fishes like best , the first you take open his stomach , and there you will find what he fed on last , and bait accordingly . 6th . If , before you go out to angle ...
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... bite before a shower of rain this hint may save you many a wet skin . * 17th . In the morning , if there happens to be a hoar frost , either in the spring or advancing of * Vide the Prognostics . the season , fishes will not bite that ...
... bite before a shower of rain this hint may save you many a wet skin . * 17th . In the morning , if there happens to be a hoar frost , either in the spring or advancing of * Vide the Prognostics . the season , fishes will not bite that ...
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Seite 138 - There throw, nice-judging, the delusive fly; And as you lead it round in artful curve, With eye attentive mark the springing game.
Seite 141 - Ocean's sons, By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity. Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold, His genuine and less guilty wealth t...
Seite 179 - A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
Seite 157 - Our plenteous streams a various race supply, The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye, The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold, Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains, And pikes, the tyrants of the watery plains. Now Cancer glows with Phoebus...
Seite 134 - Resounds the living surface of the ground : Nor undelightful is the ceaseless hum, To him who muses through the woods at noon...
Seite 177 - The same rule holds of a clear place, when all the sky is equally thick, except one clear edge.
Seite 141 - Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours : Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants ; So that to us no thing, no place is strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange.
Seite 44 - And looking lively gratitude. At last, The clouds consign their treasures to the fields ; And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow, In large effusion, o'er the freshened world. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard, By such as wander through the forest walks, Beneath the' umbrageous multitude of leaves.
Seite 137 - Which, by rapacious hunger swallow'd deep, Gives, as you tear it from the bleeding breast Of the weak helpless uncomplaining wretch, Harsh pain, and horror to the tender hand.
Seite 134 - Let no presuming impious railer tax Creative Wisdom , as if aught was form'd In vain, or not for admirable ends.