 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins - 1775 - 620 pagine
...needle and filk fow the upper part of his leg with only one ftitch to the arming wire of your hook, or tie the frog's leg above the upper joint to the armed wire, and in fo doing, ufe him as though you loved him, that is, harm him as little is you may poflibly,... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1794 - 182 pagine
...way, -and let him have line enough to go to his hold, and pouch the bait. If you bait with a frog, put the arming wire in at his mouth, and out - at his...wire. Secondly, The walking bait is that which the fifher attends to Itjmfelf, and is called irowling, from the French of trafler, to move or walk about.... | |
 | Samuel Taylor (angler.) - 1800 - 330 pagine
...bait, ftick the hook through the upper lip, or back fin, if it be a fifh ; or if it be a frog, put the arming wire in at his mouth, and out at his gill, and tie the leg above the upper joint, to the wire. The yelloweft frogs you can get are always the... | |
 | Samuel Taylor (angler.) - 1800 - 330 pagine
...bait, flick the hook through the upper lip, or back fin, if it be a fifh ; or if it be a frog, put the arming wire in at his mouth, and out at his gill, and tie the leg above the upper joint, to the wire. The yelloweft frogs you can get are always the... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1807 - 208 pagine
...have line enough to go to his hold and pouch the bait. If you bait with a frog, put the arming-wire in at his mouth, and out at his gill ; then tie the...above the upper joint to the armed wire. Secondly, the walking-bait is that which the fisher attends to himself, and is called tro\vling, from the French... | |
 | Henry James Pye - 1807 - 608 pagine
...forth, and have line enough to go to his hold, an-! pouch the bait. But if the bait be a frog, put the arming wire in at his mouth, and out at his gill*, then with a fine needh and filk few the upper part of his leg, -with one flitch only, to your anning-wire,... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1808 - 210 pagine
...have line enough to go to his hold and pouch the bait. If you bait with a frog, put the arming-wire in at his- mouth, and out at his " gill; then tie...above the upper joint to the armed wire. Secondly, the walkipg-bak is that which the fisher attends to himself,' arid is called trowling, from the French... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1814 - 290 pagine
...way, and let him have line enough to go to his hold, and pouch the bait. If you bait with a frog, but the arming wire in at his mouth, and out at his gill...himself, and is called trowling, from the French of (roller, to move or walk about. Before I proceed any further in this mode of angling for the pike,... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1814 - 286 pagine
...way, and let him have line enough to go to his hold, and pouch the bait. If you bait with a frog, but the arming wire in at his mouth, and out at his gill...frog's leg above the upper joint to the armed wire. Seconaly, The walking bait is that which the fisher attends to himself, and is called trowling, from... | |
 | 1822 - 592 pagine
...needle and silk, sew (he upper part of his leg with only one stitch to the arming wire of your hook, or tie the frog's leg, above the upper joint, to the armed wire; and, in so doing, use him as though you loved him, that is, harm him as little as you may possibly"... | |
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I say, put your hook, I mean the arming wire, through his mouth, and out at his gills ; and then with a fine needle and silk sew the upper part of his leg, with only one stitch, to the arming wire of your hook ; or tie the frog's leg above the upper joint... 
