The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Beings a Complete Practical Treatise on that Branch of the Art of Angling; with Plain and Copious Instructions for the Manufacture of Artificial FliesPublished in London in 1851, this informative volume contains a complete practical treatise onthe art of angling, with plain and copious instructions for the manufacture of artificial flies. |
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... never did ; ' and so , if I might be judge , God never did make a more calm , quiet , innocent recreation than angling . ” — IZAAC WALTON . GLORIOUS old Izaac ! What delightful thoughts - what poetical imaginings the bare mention of thy ...
... never did ; ' and so , if I might be judge , God never did make a more calm , quiet , innocent recreation than angling . ” — IZAAC WALTON . GLORIOUS old Izaac ! What delightful thoughts - what poetical imaginings the bare mention of thy ...
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... which is peculiar to his fascinating pastime ? - ― " God never did make a more calm , quiet , innocent recreation than angling , " - let cavillers - and those who have no acquaintance or sympathy with 2 OUR FATHER IZAAC .
... which is peculiar to his fascinating pastime ? - ― " God never did make a more calm , quiet , innocent recreation than angling , " - let cavillers - and those who have no acquaintance or sympathy with 2 OUR FATHER IZAAC .
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... never changes its abode from the fresh water . The size of river trout , which , in a general sense , is characteristic of neither species nor variety , varies considerably in different localities and under different circumstances . In ...
... never changes its abode from the fresh water . The size of river trout , which , in a general sense , is characteristic of neither species nor variety , varies considerably in different localities and under different circumstances . In ...
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... have been supplied from the neighbouring tributary ' brooks , in which a trout above six inches long is perhaps never seen ; and they afford additional proof - if such were wanting - of the physical c 2 SIZE OF TROUT . 19.
... have been supplied from the neighbouring tributary ' brooks , in which a trout above six inches long is perhaps never seen ; and they afford additional proof - if such were wanting - of the physical c 2 SIZE OF TROUT . 19.
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... never come in contact with one another , or with the obstacles which we constantly see them avoid : but it certainly would be a strange anomaly if fish- the motions of which are still more rapid than those of birds - should also escape ...
... never come in contact with one another , or with the obstacles which we constantly see them avoid : but it certainly would be a strange anomaly if fish- the motions of which are still more rapid than those of birds - should also escape ...
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