The Fly-fisher's Entomology: With Coloured Representations of the Natural and Artificial Insect, and a Few Observations and Instructions on Trout and Grayling-fishingLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 - 132 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 100
Seite v
... fly also , well put together , the hackle just covering the point and bend of the hook , and no more ; and the wing the exact length of the fly , from head to tail , and neither too full in the feather , nor too scanty . ― The present ...
... fly also , well put together , the hackle just covering the point and bend of the hook , and no more ; and the wing the exact length of the fly , from head to tail , and neither too full in the feather , nor too scanty . ― The present ...
Seite vi
... flies . Another addition is the number of the hook proper to be used in imitating each fly , and remarks wherever a variation in this respect is to be recommended . The fourth chapter of the work has also received an Introduction of ...
... flies . Another addition is the number of the hook proper to be used in imitating each fly , and remarks wherever a variation in this respect is to be recommended . The fourth chapter of the work has also received an Introduction of ...
Seite vii
... Fly : " for to encum- ber the process with " invisible knots , " and other niceties , seemed too discouraging to the beginner ; and he will find that newly made flies will not come to pieces ( though finished with a very simple knot ) ...
... Fly : " for to encum- ber the process with " invisible knots , " and other niceties , seemed too discouraging to the beginner ; and he will find that newly made flies will not come to pieces ( though finished with a very simple knot ) ...
Seite viii
... flies on loops , and so guard the weakest point . The fear of " cracking " off a fly is thus lessened materially , and the pleasure of the beginner much enhanced . The prospects of the fly - fisher are mate- rially brightened by the ...
... flies on loops , and so guard the weakest point . The fear of " cracking " off a fly is thus lessened materially , and the pleasure of the beginner much enhanced . The prospects of the fly - fisher are mate- rially brightened by the ...
Seite xi
... flies , on a plan of elucidation derived from personal expe- rience . Having himself sorely felt the inade- quacy of mere verbal instructions to enable him to imitate the natural fly correctly , or even approximately , and the little ...
... flies , on a plan of elucidation derived from personal expe- rience . Having himself sorely felt the inade- quacy of mere verbal instructions to enable him to imitate the natural fly correctly , or even approximately , and the little ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
The Fly-Fisher's Entomology, Illustrated by Coloured Representations of the ... Alfred Ronalds Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
The Fly-fisher's Entomology, Illustrated by Coloured Representations of the ... Alfred Ronalds Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2022 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
angler Author Black ostrich herl Blue Dun BODY Brazil wood buzz CHARLES MERIVALE cheaper Edition cloth colour Comprising dark dun Derbyshire Dictionary Diptera dun hackle Edinburgh Review Encyclopædia enlarged Ephemerida Genus fish flies floss silk fly comes fly-fishing Garden Tiger Moth gold twist Grayling Green Drake half-bound Hook Illustrated IMITATION insect Jenny Spinner JOHN JOHN F. W. HERSCHEL Larvæ MACAULAY'S ESSAY Maps mohair morocco Neuroptera Family numerous orange Order pale Palmer peacock's herl Portrait Post 8vo price 12s price 21s Pseudimago quill feather red cock's hackle red hackle Red Spinner reel REMARKS ribbed ROBERT SOUTHEY season Second Edition shank silk thread sport Square crown 8vo starling's wing stream Swainson's tail Third Edition tint tion Treatise Trichoptera Trout Trout and Grayling Vignette vols water nympha wind WINGS AND LEGS Wood Engravings Woodcuts wound yellow dun yellow silk
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 18 - A GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON. Compiled by HG LIDDELL, DD Dean of Christ Church, and R. SCOTT, DD Dean of Rochester.
Seite 8 - A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the various Countries, Places, and principal Natural Objects in the World.
Seite 7 - Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture : containing numerous Designs, from the Villa to the Cottage and the Farm, including Farm Houses, Farmeries, and other Agricultural Buildings ; Country Inns, Public Houses, and Parochial Schools; with the requisite Fittings-up, Fixtures, and Furniture, and appropriate Offices, Gardens, and Garden Scenery : Each Design accompanied by Analytical and Critical Remarks.
Seite 9 - TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE AND LIBRARY OF REFERENCE. Comprising an English Dictionary and Grammar, Universal Gazetteer, Classical Dictionary, Chronology, Law Dictionary, &c.
Seite 7 - Loudon's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo. 31s. 6d. Loudon's Encyclopedia of Gardening : comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening.
Seite 7 - R.Doyle. 2 vols. 16mo. 10s. cloth ; morocco, 21s. Dr. John Lindley's Theory and Practice of Horticulture ; or, an Attempt to explain the principal Operations of Gardening upon Physiological Grounds : Being the Second Edition of the Theory of Horticulture, much enlarged ; with 98 Woodcuts.
Seite 4 - Visits to Remarkable Places : Old Halls, Battle-Fields, and Scenes illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry. By WILLIAM HOWITT. 2 vols. square crown 8vo. with Wood Engravings, 25s. The Rural Life of England.
Seite 4 - Boy's Country Book : Being the Real Life of a Country Boy, written by himself ; exhibiting all the Amusements, Pleasures, and Pursuits of Children in the Country. New Edition ; with 40 Woodcuts. Fcp. 8vo. price 6s. Howitt. — The Rural Life of England.
Seite 11 - The Tale of the Great Persian War, from the Histories of Herodotus. By GEORGE W. Cox, MA late Scholar of Trin. Coll. Oxon. Fcp. 7s. 6d. Greek History from Themistocles to Alexander, in a Series of Lives from Plutarch. Revised and arranged by AH CLOUGH. Fcp. with 44 Woodcuts, 6s. Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece.
Seite 1 - Church Services adapted for domestic use, with Prayers for every day of the week, selected exclusively from the Book of Common Prayer ; Part II. comprising an appropriate Sermon for every Sunday in the year.