. Days and nights of salmon fishing in the Tweed : with a short account of the natural history and habits of the salmon, instructions to sportsmen, anecdotes, Salmon fishing -- Tweed River; Salmon. 206 SALMON FISHING IN THE TWEED Donald Caird, for he had no right to be " bleezing up," where he did. For the better understanding of his narrative, I shall give a description of the clodding, or throw- ing leister, or waster, as he was used to term it, the instrument with which he performed his sleights. It differs materially from the one in common use; a description of which latter
. Days and nights of salmon fishing in the Tweed : with a short account of the natural history and habits of the salmon, instructions to sportsmen, anecdotes, Salmon fishing -- Tweed River; Salmon. 206 SALMON FISHING IN THE TWEED Donald Caird, for he had no right to be " bleezing up," where he did. For the better understanding of his narrative, I shall give a description of the clodding, or throw- ing leister, or waster, as he was used to term it, the instrument with which he performed his sleights. It differs materially from the one in common use; a description of which latter will be given This throwing leister is used chiefly on the upper parts of the Tweed, and its tributary streams, where the water is not deep. The spear has five prongs of unequal, but regularly graduated, length. Those which are nearest the fisherman, and which come to the ground first in throwing being the shortest. The entire iron frame of the spear is double the weight of that in common use. An iron hoop is bound round the top of the pole, as a counterbalancing weight; and the pole itself has a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Scrope, William, 1772-1852. London : E. Arnold
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