Sea-fish: An Account of the Methods of Angling as Practised on the English Coast, with Notes on the Capture of the More Sporting Fishes in Continental, South African, and Australian Waters

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G.Routledge, 1898 - 256 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 255 - RODS With Steel Centre. A large assortment of these Rods, built specially for Pike fishing, fitted with Cork Handles and all the latest improvements, kept in stock. FARLOW'S New Flexible Waterproof Line dressed under the Air Pump, rendering the Line far more suitable than any other made for spinning and trolling. The Tackle recommended by Mr. JARDINE, and made exactly according to his instructions, always in stock. SETTING UP AND MOUNTING FISH EXECUTED BY A SKILLED NATURALIST. Books on Angling kept...
Pàgina 183 - The loss of time is prodigious ; in the time it took me to kill that particular fish on the rod, I should probably have accounted for three or four on the hand-line.
Pàgina 89 - Those who have not tried it can have no idea of the pure enjoyment, both for the birds and ourselves, which wait upon this kind of bird study.
Pàgina 255 - A. CARTER & CO., 137 ST, JOHN STREET ROAD, LONDON, EC Factory - - - 1, 2 and 3 ROSEBERY AVENUE. Timber Stores - - MERLINS PLACE.
Pàgina 81 - ... twelve) fathoms of line streaming out behind the boat. "Where would the rod be then...
Pàgina 59 - Like the majority of excellent innovations, this device is so simple that the wonder is that it should not have been thought of sooner.
Pàgina 185 - Large eels are better killed, which is easiest effected by stabbing them in the back of the neck with a long pointed knife, and thus severing the spinal cord.
Pàgina 239 - There is probably no part of the world where better or more abundant sea-fishing is to be obtained than at the Cape of Good Hope.

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