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Page 165 - Yes sure, for ought I know it remains to this Day : and the Reason of it is, as I conceive, from the plenty of Salmon in these Northern Parts; that should the Inhabitants daily feed upon them, they would inevitably endanger their Health, if not their Lives, by Surfeiting; for the abundance of Salmon hereabouts in these Parts is hardly to be credited.
Page 79 - No person shall buy, sell, or expose for sale, or have in his possession for sale, any trout or char between the second day of October and the first day of February following...
Page 105 - In approaching the entrance of rivers, or in seeking out, as it were, some one they preferred, shoals of this fish may be seen coasting the bays and headlands, leaping and sporting in great numbers, from about one pound to three or four pounds in weight ; and in some of the smaller bays the shoal could be traced several times circling it, and apparently feeding.
Page 79 - That if any Person not having a legal Right or Permission from the Proprietor of the .Salmon Fishery shall from and after the passing of this Act wilfully take, fish for, or attempt to take, or aid or assist in taking, fishing for, or attempting to take, in or from any River, Stream, Lake, Water, Estuary, Firth...
Page 34 - Although the imitation of nature is the principal object to be desired by the flymaker, yet in some instances it will be advisable to enlarge or diminish the proportions of the artificial fly .... If the river be very high, the fly may be dressed larger than nature ; if very low, the size may be reduced, and the body made thinner than the natural fly appears.
Page 34 - Fly Fisher's Guide, illustrated by coloured plates, representing upwards of forty of the most useful flies, accurately copied from nature.
Page 165 - Firth runs here that washeth and melts the foundations of the city, but relieves the country with her plenty of salmon ; where the burgo-masters (as in many other parts of Scotland) are...
Page 41 - ... we must now consider what it is necessary to imitate, or what do trout take, or rather mistake, the artificial fly for. As before stated, we believe that, deceived by an appearance of life, they take it for what it is intended to imitate, a fly or some other aquatic insect. In proof of this, artificial flies are not of much use unless the trout are at the time feeding oa the natural insect.
Page 79 - ... to take, or aid or assist in taking, fishing for, or attempting to take, any unclean or unseasonable salmon, or who shall buy, sell, or expose for sale, or have in his possession, any unclean or unseasonable salmon, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds in respect of each such fish taken, sold, or exposed for sale, or in his possession, and shall forfeit every such fish ; but this section shall not apply to any person who takes such fish accidentally, and forthwith returns the...
Page 122 - The latter has some lovely lines on Trout leaping in the Arun where a Juggler was Drowned : His flesh and bones have long since gone, But still the stream runs gaily on, And still his merry ghost contrives To juggle with his silver knives.