. Alphabet of scientific angling for the use of beginners. Fly fishing; Bait fishing; Fishes -- Food; Fishes -- Feeding and feeds; Fishes -- Sense organs. ANGLING FOR TROUT. 73 of which are, before using, spun loosely around the binding silk, by twisting it between the fingers. The sorts of wool are procured from carpeting or Avorsted of all colours, untwisted and sorted in parcels. Hogs' down is combed from the roots of the bristles, and dyed of various colours. This, as well as bears'-•?>> hair, is good for mixing with sheep's wool, as it repels the water better. Besides these, the bod
. Alphabet of scientific angling for the use of beginners. Fly fishing; Bait fishing; Fishes -- Food; Fishes -- Feeding and feeds; Fishes -- Sense organs. ANGLING FOR TROUT. 73 of which are, before using, spun loosely around the binding silk, by twisting it between the fingers. The sorts of wool are procured from carpeting or Avorsted of all colours, untwisted and sorted in parcels. Hogs' down is combed from the roots of the bristles, and dyed of various colours. This, as well as bears'-•?>> hair, is good for mixing with sheep's wool, as it repels the water better. Besides these, the bodies of flies are dubbed with camels' hair, badgers' hair, spaniels' hair taken from behind the ear, seals' hair to be procured at the trunk-makers'; the furs of the squirrel, hare, rabbit, fox, otter, ferret, mole, mouse, rat, hamster, and, in short, every other fur that can be procured, may be used, either of their natural colours or Artificial wings made of feathers. For the wings of the flies, the only material is the feathers of birds of all colours, both dull and gaudy, a few of the plumelets being stript from the shaft of a feather for this purpose, as may be seen in the figures above. The feathers in most repute among anglers are those from the back and breast of the mallard or wild drake; the wing of the starling, the jay, the field- fare, landrail, blackbird, thrush, watercoot, pheasant, grouse, woodcock, and plover; the neck and wings of. 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 Rennie, James, 1787-1867. London : William Orr
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