 | Izaak Walton - 1653 - 306 pagine
...be as fure to satch him ; for hee is one of the leather-mouth'd fifhes, of which a hook does Icarce ever lofe his hold : and therefore give him play enough...fit down and mend my tackling till you return back. viat. Truly, my loving Mafter, you have offered mee as fair as I could wifh: He goe and obferve your... | |
 | Gentleman angler - 1726 - 222 pagine
...his Teeth near his Throat, of which a Hook does icarce ever lofe its Hold, and thereE 3 . fore fore give him Play enough, before you offer to take him out of the Water. BREAM, WHEN full grown, is a very large, flat Fifh, and is very fcarce in the Rivers \viihin Twenty... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1766 - 332 pagine
...is one of thofe Leather- mouthed Fifhcs, of which a Hook fcarce ever lofes its Hold : But be fure to give him play enough, before you offer to take him out of the Water. When a Grafshopper cannot be found, a black Snail, with his Belly flit, to fhow his White, or a Piece... | |
 | Richard Bowlker - 1766 - 208 pagine
...as faid be&>re, in his throat,: out of which a hook fcarce ever loofeth its hold, and therefore gire him play enough before you offer to take him out of the water. 7 HE.RE~are many baits to take a Chub; as, a black fnail with its belly "flit, to fhew the white ;... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins - 1775 - 620 pagine
...catch him ; for he is one of the leather-mouthed fiflies, of which a hook does fcarce ever lofe its hold, and therefore give him play enough before you...the water. Go your way prefently, take my rod, and do as I bid you, and 1 will fit down and mend my tackling till you return back. Ven. Truly, my loving... | |
 | Samuel Ward - 1776 - 410 pagine
...is one of thofe leather-mouthed fiflies* of which a hook fcarce ever lofes its hold : but be fure to give him play enough, before you offer to take him out of the water. When a grafshopper cannot be found, a black fnail, with his belly flit, to (hew his white, or a piece... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1781 - 328 pagine
...is one of thofe Leather-mouthed Fifhes, of which a Hook fcarce ever lofes its Hold'r But be fure to give him Play enough, before you. offer to take him out of the Water.""--—. When a Grafshopper cannot be found, a black Snail, with his Belly flit, to fhew his White, or a Piece... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 494 pagine
...to catch him; for he is one of the leather-mouthed fishes, of which a hook does scarce ever lose its hold; and therefore give him play enough before you offer to take him out of the water. (Jo your way presently; take my rod, and do as I bid you; and I will sit down and mend my tackling... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1824 - 516 pagine
...catch him ; for he is one of the leather-mouthed fishes, of which a hook does scarcely ever lose it's hold ; and therefore give him play enough before you offer to take him out of the water. Go your way presently, take my rod, and do as I bid you, and I will sit down and mend my tackling till you return... | |
 | James Rennie - 1833 - 164 pagine
...infallibly take it. As he is a leather-mouthed fish, out of which a hook scarce ever loses its hold, you may therefore give him play enough before you offer to take him out of the water. There are many baits to take the chub, such as a black snail, with its belly slit to show the white:... | |
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... as a snail moves, to that chub you intend to catch ; let your bait fall gently upon the water three or four inches before him, and he will infallibly take the bait. And you will be as... 
