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... hook only - is one of the oldest of out - door amusements and occupa- tions in every country . At first the modes of ... hooks . Even unto this day angling implements , amongst many of the politest people of Europe , their amusements ...
... hook only - is one of the oldest of out - door amusements and occupa- tions in every country . At first the modes of ... hooks . Even unto this day angling implements , amongst many of the politest people of Europe , their amusements ...
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... hook a fish at the head of a stream , and must generally play him downwards . What is the consequence ? Is it not plain that you must disturb many fish below you , over which you have not as yet thrown your flies ? I think it is evident ...
... hook a fish at the head of a stream , and must generally play him downwards . What is the consequence ? Is it not plain that you must disturb many fish below you , over which you have not as yet thrown your flies ? I think it is evident ...
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... hook him , perhaps through and through , on either the right or left side of the mouth . A fish very frequently ... hook firmly . Fish do some- times hook themsleves , ' tis true , but it is only by 30 THE CRITICAL MOMENT . exception ...
... hook him , perhaps through and through , on either the right or left side of the mouth . A fish very frequently ... hook firmly . Fish do some- times hook themsleves , ' tis true , but it is only by 30 THE CRITICAL MOMENT . exception ...
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... hook in the mouth of the fish , which has but that instant closed it on the bait , is first to be taken cognisance of by the angler , and then is to be acted on by him through a solid line of communication of many yards in length , it ...
... hook in the mouth of the fish , which has but that instant closed it on the bait , is first to be taken cognisance of by the angler , and then is to be acted on by him through a solid line of communication of many yards in length , it ...
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... hooks without raising it into sight . The forcible stroke that wholly misses its object often throws the bait out of the water by the violence of the effort ; the moderate stroke that misses will not displace the hook more than a foot ...
... hooks without raising it into sight . The forcible stroke that wholly misses its object often throws the bait out of the water by the violence of the effort ; the moderate stroke that misses will not displace the hook more than a foot ...
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