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... SALMON - FISHING . WITH THE NATURAL HISTORY OF RIVER FISH , AND THE BEST MODES OF CATCHING THEM . BY EPHEMERA Of Bell's Life in London , AUTHOR OF ' THE BOOK OF THE SALMON ' ETC. ' I have been a great follower of fishing myself , and in ...
... SALMON - FISHING . WITH THE NATURAL HISTORY OF RIVER FISH , AND THE BEST MODES OF CATCHING THEM . BY EPHEMERA Of Bell's Life in London , AUTHOR OF ' THE BOOK OF THE SALMON ' ETC. ' I have been a great follower of fishing myself , and in ...
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... salmon I have re - written . As a résumé of the habits of that fish , I can recommend it for its precise truths . The list of salmon - flies for the best rivers in the British Isles I have remodelled after the best specimens in that ...
... salmon I have re - written . As a résumé of the habits of that fish , I can recommend it for its precise truths . The list of salmon - flies for the best rivers in the British Isles I have remodelled after the best specimens in that ...
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... Salmon , and a New List of Salmon and Lake Flies . - How to throw and humour them in fishing for Salmon . - How to hook and play that Fish - its haunts , and other Baits for it besides Artificial Flies . - The Trout , Grayling , Pike ...
... Salmon , and a New List of Salmon and Lake Flies . - How to throw and humour them in fishing for Salmon . - How to hook and play that Fish - its haunts , and other Baits for it besides Artificial Flies . - The Trout , Grayling , Pike ...
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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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... salmon caught by angling — with a diminutive artificial fly , a thin silkworm gut line , and a rod of pieces lighter and more limber than a lady's riding wand ! No -no such prodigy in their opinion ever occurred . Believe me — yes , the ...
... salmon caught by angling — with a diminutive artificial fly , a thin silkworm gut line , and a rod of pieces lighter and more limber than a lady's riding wand ! No -no such prodigy in their opinion ever occurred . Believe me — yes , the ...
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