Blacker's Art of Flymaking: &c, Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies, Showing the Process of the Gentle Craft as Taught in the Pages. With Descriptions of Flies for the Season of the Year, as They Come Out on the Waterauthor, 1855 - 259 sider |
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Blacker's Art of Flymaking: &c, Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours ... William Blacker Ingen forhåndsvisning - 1855 |
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angler angling artificial fly bait Ballyshannon beautiful black hackle black head black ostrich BLACKER'S boil claret cock cock's hackle colour cruives dark dun hackle feelers fibres fingers flies to suit floss silk fly fisher fly fishing gaudy gold tinsel gold twist golden pheasant golden pheasant neck Green Drake grilse grouse hackle guinea hen hackle for legs hare's ear kill lake large trout larva Lough mallard wings nails neck feather ostrich peacock harl pheasant tail piece pig hair plate of Feathers red hackle ribbed with gold ribbed with silver round the shoulder running knot salmon and trout salmon fly SALMON HOOKS salmon river scarlet macaw sea-trout shade shank side silver pheasant small topping starling wing stream tail feather tartar thumb tied topping for tail town trout fishing trout flies turkey tail turmeric tying silk wings mixed wood-duck wren yellow macaw yellow mohair
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Side 192 - On the banks of Allan Water, When the sweet spring time did fall, Was the Miller's lovely daughter, Fairest of them all: For his bride a soldier sought her, And a winning tongue had he, On the banks of Allan Water, None so gay as she.
Side 81 - Fly-Making,' published by Mr. Blacker about thirty years ago, second edition, occurs, I believe, the first notice of split-cane rods. 'The beautiful rent and glued-up bamboo-cane fly rods,' Mr. Blacker says, ' which I turn out to the greatest perfection, are very valuable, as they are both light and powerful, and throw the line with great facility. The cane for these rods must be of the very best description, or they will not last any time. They will last for years, however, if really well made,...
Side 229 - Through subterranean cells, Where searching sunbeams scarce can find a way, Earth animated heaves. The flowery leaf Wants not its soft inhabitants. Secure, Within its winding citadel, the stone Holds multitudes. But chief...
Side 193 - To muse on sweet Jessie, the Flower o' Dumblane. How sweet is the brier, wi' its saft fauldin' blossom And sweet is the birk wi' its mantle o' green; Yet sweeter and fairer, and dear to this bosom, Is lovely young Jessie, the Flower o
Side i - Flies, shewing the process of the gentle craft as taught in the pages. With Descriptions of Flies for the Season of the Year as they come out on the water. Rewritten and revised by the author Blacker, himself, fishing tackle maker of 54 Dean St.
Side 104 - No. 3. This is another of the Spirit Flies that kill so well in the rivers of Ireland and Scotland, at high water, particularly the Spey and Tweed. The wings are made of the following mixtures of feathers, each side of the wings to be alike : Brown mallard, bustard and wood-duck ; a topping, scarlet macaw, teal, golden pheasant neck feather, a strip of yellow macaw, and feelers of blue...
Side 108 - E 3 feather, and a topping over all a little longer ; a peacock harl head, and blue and yellow feelers. The body is formed in three joints, a tip of gold twist at the tail, a tag of peacock harl, and a bright small topping for tail ; first, a joint of yellow floss, a joint of peacock, and two feathers...
Side 42 - ... tying on of the larva itself at the shoulder of the fly, and then covering the silk that appeared bare with a little mohair twisted round the tying silk, and then rolled over it ; it is over this bit of mohair the hackle should be rolled, and secured with two knots.
Side 104 - A brown fly, a general favorite among the " old ones," on every salmon river in Ireland and Scotland, particularly the latter, and in rivers a good ay up from the sea, on a dark day, with a good breeze blowing up the stream. The following fly, No. 6, may be used in a similar manner. The wings are made of the golden pheasant tail that has the long clouded bar in the feather, rather full, and two rather...
Side 79 - A two-handed spliced rod, measuring from 13 feet 6 inches to 13 feet 8 inches. It consists of three pieces. The butt is made of ash, the middle piece of hickory, and the top of lancewood. When greater lightness is desired, lime tree may be used for the butt: what the rod gains in this respect, however, is lost in durability. Attached to the extremity of the top piece is a strong loop of twisted horse-hair, through which is passed the loop of the hair-line used in casting.