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Page 144
... sport is always uncertain . If the wind is in a good quarter , sport may be had ; but should it be east , the trout will not leave the caddis , with which the bed of the river is simply alive at this time . Of late years good sport has ...
... sport is always uncertain . If the wind is in a good quarter , sport may be had ; but should it be east , the trout will not leave the caddis , with which the bed of the river is simply alive at this time . Of late years good sport has ...
Page 162
... Sport is usually to be depended upon in the may- fly time , as long as you are not late for the rise . Of late years the fly has " come up " so early and in such limited quantities that but few fishermen were on the water in time . We ...
... Sport is usually to be depended upon in the may- fly time , as long as you are not late for the rise . Of late years the fly has " come up " so early and in such limited quantities that but few fishermen were on the water in time . We ...
Page 304
... sport . Hunting men have but to be true to themselves , and avoid doing unnecessary damage , to see the sport carried on in the twentieth century as it has been in the past . If we conform to the unwritten laws of the chase , and pay ...
... sport . Hunting men have but to be true to themselves , and avoid doing unnecessary damage , to see the sport carried on in the twentieth century as it has been in the past . If we conform to the unwritten laws of the chase , and pay ...
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