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Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ... Edward Fitzgibbon. 2 ENGLISH SPORTSMEN . cultivate all matters pertaining to rural sports , of whatsoever kind they may be , but particularly hunting , shooting , and ...
Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ... Edward Fitzgibbon. 2 ENGLISH SPORTSMEN . cultivate all matters pertaining to rural sports , of whatsoever kind they may be , but particularly hunting , shooting , and ...
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... fly better than any man we know , ' we mean to assert that he is the best fly - fisher of our acquaintance . The ... may hook a fish well , play a fish well , land a fish well , but you will not often have an opportunity of doing so unless ...
... fly better than any man we know , ' we mean to assert that he is the best fly - fisher of our acquaintance . The ... may hook a fish well , play a fish well , land a fish well , but you will not often have an opportunity of doing so unless ...
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... may be frequently wrong . That , reader , you may not long remain in the category of novices , let there be , during the fly - fishing season , for you , nulla dies sine lineâ . I can see no wonderful difficulty in throwing a line well ...
... may be frequently wrong . That , reader , you may not long remain in the category of novices , let there be , during the fly - fishing season , for you , nulla dies sine lineâ . I can see no wonderful difficulty in throwing a line well ...
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Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ... Edward Fitzgibbon. 16 THROWING THE LINE AND FLIES ... may chcose , add to it what is called THROWING THE LINE . 17 the ' foot ' or.
Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ... Edward Fitzgibbon. 16 THROWING THE LINE AND FLIES ... may chcose , add to it what is called THROWING THE LINE . 17 the ' foot ' or.
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Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ... may begin to throw from left to right , with a backward twist or slight ... may , if you like , become able to do so , when you have learned to throw over- hand and ...
Teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing ... may begin to throw from left to right , with a backward twist or slight ... may , if you like , become able to do so , when you have learned to throw over- hand and ...
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