A River of Norway: Being the Notes and Reflections of an AnglerLongmans, Green and Company, 1903 - 168 страници |
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... hooked , he misses what some regard as the supremest moment in the whole range of sport - the rise of a good fish to a well- thrown and well - worked fly . To many men of an active disposition such a procedure for any length of time is ...
... hooked , he misses what some regard as the supremest moment in the whole range of sport - the rise of a good fish to a well- thrown and well - worked fly . To many men of an active disposition such a procedure for any length of time is ...
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... - lice . Meantime on The Bank D. has hooked a 17 - pounder , and dis- daining the assistance of the gaff has dragged it high and dry on to the shore . This is a favourite practice of D.'s ; he once beached a 18 A RIVER OF NORWAY.
... - lice . Meantime on The Bank D. has hooked a 17 - pounder , and dis- daining the assistance of the gaff has dragged it high and dry on to the shore . This is a favourite practice of D.'s ; he once beached a 18 A RIVER OF NORWAY.
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... supreme moment of angling ; to see a big fish rise over , and come down upon the fly , and after a moment of intense suspense , during which one must restrain the inborn longing to strike , to feel that he is hooked . 20 A RIVER OF NORWAY.
... supreme moment of angling ; to see a big fish rise over , and come down upon the fly , and after a moment of intense suspense , during which one must restrain the inborn longing to strike , to feel that he is hooked . 20 A RIVER OF NORWAY.
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... hooked . And well - hooked he usually is under the circum- stances . For a second or two the fish does nothing , as is commonly the way of big fish . Then , with an irresistible rush , he goes down and across the pool , taking fifty ...
... hooked . And well - hooked he usually is under the circum- stances . For a second or two the fish does nothing , as is commonly the way of big fish . Then , with an irresistible rush , he goes down and across the pool , taking fifty ...
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... hooked and escaped , or been hooked and killed , before their eyes . On a June night in the great fishing season of 1900 , I stood beside C. , as he fished from The Bank , and for a time a fish rose every cast he made . Some merely gave ...
... hooked and escaped , or been hooked and killed , before their eyes . On a June night in the great fishing season of 1900 , I stood beside C. , as he fished from The Bank , and for a time a fish rose every cast he made . Some merely gave ...
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&c.-continued Aamot's ALEXANDER INNES Alvaer Fos Anders ANDREW LANG angler angling ascend Bergen big fish boat BOOK brown trout Cabinet Edition cast CHAPTER cloth CO.'S STANDARD Coloured Plates Crown 8vo English Essays fall fish run fish-pass fjord flies flood foaming Frontispiece Froude's J. A. Furenaes gaff Gifford Lectures gilt edges gilt top grilse Haggard's H. R. half-bound HISTORY hooked a fish Illus Illustrations Jacob Olsen JAMES JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE Jock Scot July jump June killed ladder lake land Lars Lectures Lervik LL.D LONGMANS & CO.'S Lord Lower Stream M.A. Crown 8vo Maps Max Müller MESSRS miles Namsen Norway Norwegian rivers Osen peasants Photogravure pool prawn probably Proctor's R. A. rapid rise rock sea trout season Second Fos shore Silver spawning sport Story tackle take the fly Text tidal water tide tions Translated trations upper waters vols wading WILLIAM yards
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