... instinct, without the inherited power. I may have had a fishing ancestor who bequeathed to me the passion without the art. My vocation is fixed, and ...
... a parr came into the shoal, and we had bright visions of alluring that monarch of the deep. But the parr disdained our baits, and for months I dreamed ...
... the water where trout were rising, and the rise was always capricious. There might not be a stir on the water for hours, and suddenly it would be all ...
... casting was not scientific, but where the fish rose gamely at almost any fly. Nobody seemed to go there then, and, I fancy, nobody need go there now. ...
... may, with certain distinct cautions, be recommended. There is more chance for anglers, now, in Scotch lochs than in most Scotch rivers. The lochs cannot ...
... did. So he followed the man, and saw him stoop and speak to the officer, but he did not waken then this individual took the Black Officer by the breast ...
... or as antique, at least, as man's dwelling among the mountains-the Yellow Hill, the Calf Hill, the Hill of the Stack. The beauty of the scene, the pleasant ...
... to use on a loch, as there is no stream to move it, and however gently you draw it it makes a wake-a trail behind it. Wet or dry, or twixt ...
... the mountains when the islands are mirrored on the glassy water, then the artist rejoices, though the angler knows that he will waste his day. As far ...
... a trolling-rod. This method is inimical to fly-fishing, but is such a consolation to the inefficient angler that one can hardly expect to see it abolished. ...
... is almost unfishable. It is nearly round, and everywhere, except in a small segment on the eastern side, is begirt with reeds of great height. These ...
... the gravel in Clearburn. It hardly seemed sensible to get drowned in this gruesome kind of angling, so, leaving the Lake of Darkness, we made for Buccleugh, ...
... Budon. {3}. Move eastward, happy earth, and leave Yon orange sunset fading slow From fringes of the faded eve Oh, happy pla, eastward go,. I murmured, ...
... The fatal duel in the Dowie Dens of Yarrow and the lamented drowning of Willie there have given the stream its 'pastoral melancholy,' and engaged ...
... that woful day I have lain on the bank and watched excellent anglers skilfully flogging the best of water, and that water full of fish, without hooking ...
... and his family, indeed, were quite devoid of superstition, and in this respect very unlike the northern Highlanders. However, the fallen cottage had ...
... retreated on the first occasion when saw him. I set off walking round the tarn on my own side-the left side-expecting to anticipate him, and that ...
... the man who always attends in the room but Lord Tarras and Mr. Wentworth, saw it in MY hands just before it was missed.. What a nuisance. I answered. ...
... to rob, the till, then Allen's position was serious indeed, as here he was, alone, at an untimely hour, in the office. So he blew the candle out, and ...
... the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named ...