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Page 52
... artificial flies , and I had made others kill them with flies similar to those I had used , viz . large red , black , brown , and furnace hackles , and a very large imitation of the sand- ARTIFICIAL FISH . 53 fly . Flies like these were.
... artificial flies , and I had made others kill them with flies similar to those I had used , viz . large red , black , brown , and furnace hackles , and a very large imitation of the sand- ARTIFICIAL FISH . 53 fly . Flies like these were.
Page 55
... hackle , black , red , or brown , or a dark - coloured fly . Wherever fly- fishing is practised - in England ... hackles , and flies with wings of the bittern's , mallard's , partridge's , woodcock's , grouse's , martin's , or blue hen's ...
... hackle , black , red , or brown , or a dark - coloured fly . Wherever fly- fishing is practised - in England ... hackles , and flies with wings of the bittern's , mallard's , partridge's , woodcock's , grouse's , martin's , or blue hen's ...
Page 56
... hackle , black , red , or brown , or a dark - coloured fly , ' to the imitation of the May - fly . That truth , however , does not strengthen the philosophers ' reasoning . Quite the contrary . I have already explained why the ...
... hackle , black , red , or brown , or a dark - coloured fly , ' to the imitation of the May - fly . That truth , however , does not strengthen the philosophers ' reasoning . Quite the contrary . I have already explained why the ...
Page 59
... hackles of various hues , dressed in the neatest way over bodies varying in colour , as the natural flies do , according , I am justified in saying , to wind and weather , will meet with the surest success . For my own part , I seldom ...
... hackles of various hues , dressed in the neatest way over bodies varying in colour , as the natural flies do , according , I am justified in saying , to wind and weather , will meet with the surest success . For my own part , I seldom ...
Page 65
... hackle - feather is taken from the back part of the cock's neck , and that part of the bird affords feathers of ... hackles of cocks are of differ- ent colours . The most valuable are duns , and they are the most difficult to be obtained ...
... hackle - feather is taken from the back part of the cock's neck , and that part of the bird affords feathers of ... hackles of cocks are of differ- ent colours . The most valuable are duns , and they are the most difficult to be obtained ...
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