The Practice of Angling: Particularly as Regards Ireland, Band 1

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W. Curry, jun.,, 1845
 

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Seite 31 - For the want of a nail the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; for the want of a horse the rider was lost; for the want of a rider the battle was lost; for the want of a battle the kingdom was lost — and all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
Seite 57 - ... but observe that after rising he may possibly drop down a yard or so,, in which case, you must lengthen your line a little, or fall down a step ; if he should not then take, let him alone for about five minutes, and change your fly to one of a somewhat smaller size, and not so gaudy as the one you commenced with ; try him again, but do not dog him ; three or four casts will determine whether he will take or not. If the river is narrow, and that you can get over to the off side, throw from thence,...
Seite 57 - ... have you. I have witnessed the most decided success from this method, both in my own case and in that of others with whom I have angled, and who have tried this practice. " If all fails at that time, and that you purpose returning to where you had risen him, which may not be much out of your way, let him, alone, till, in the common phrase, the sun goes back of him, for in the early spring, 'tis full time to commence at ten AM.
Seite 290 - But these examples yield to what he said he witnessed on Dromore. A large pike having been hooked and nearly exhausted, was suddenly seized in the water and carried to the bottom. Every effort was made for nearly half an hour to bring this enormous fish to shore, but to no purpose ; at length, however, by making a noise with the oars and pulling at the line, the anglers succeeded. On getting up the pike which they had been playing, it was all torn as if by a large dog...
Seite 287 - The small trout, the salmon-fry, a small herring, the tail of an eel spangled and tinselled, are excellent" [bait, as well as the frog] ; "so is a small-sized jack, and sometimes a good-sized one; so is a goldfinch, a swallow, or a yellow» hammer." And so on with the " so is" ad infinilum. No doubt, if a man was to put on a horse's head, or a sheep's paunch, he would kill some extraordinary beast or another, that the local paper would bray about, and a set of semi-barbarians wash down with whiskey-and-water....
Seite 278 - There is no breeze upon the fern, Nor ripple on the lake, Upon her eyry nods the erne, The deer has sought the brake ; The small birds will not sing aloud, The springing trout lies still, So darkly glooms yon thunder cloud, That swathes, as with a purple shroud, Benledi's distant hill.
Seite 286 - Exactly. It is proposed by the Epicurean, and seconded by the O'Gorman, that the pike should be destroyed in every practicable way, and that it is not a kind of fishing a man can care about. Carried unanimously. Again says our friend — " The small trout, the salmon-fry, a small herring, the tail of an eel spangled and tinselled, are excellent" [bait, as well as the frog] ; " so is a small-sized jack, and sometimes a good-sized one; so is a goldfinch, a swallow, or a yellow* hammer.'' And so on...
Seite 46 - I now suppose you arrived at your fishing-ground, and commencing at the head of your course or current; and now - mind yourself . 'Always begin with a short line, keeping a proper distance from the river; fish first near you; lengthen your line by degrees (never stirring from your first position till you have thrown as long a line as you can tolerably master) ; always throw rather down and across, but so as that you can be satisfied that no fish can avoid seeing your fly: don't raise your hand too...
Seite 114 - ... chief boatman, requested that I would wheel up the lines, and then walked deliberately to the river. I asked what he was about, when he replied, that he was going to shave himself; and so he did, having lathered himself with a boiled potato — and, such a razor ! By the time the operation was over, his face was scarified like a crimped salmon. When he saw my flies, he regarded them with the utmost contempt, declaring that they were much too small and light, and offering one or two of his own,...
Seite vi - ... proof of his passion for it, continued the pursuit even with his left hand. Dr. Paley was ardently attached to this amusement; so much so, that when the Bishop of Durham inquired of him, when one of his most important works would be finished, he said, with great simplicity and good humour, " My Lord, I shall work steadily at it when the fly fishing season is over," as if this were a business of his life.

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