The trout were large and fair of flesh, and in proper weather they rose pretty freely, and could be taken by an angler wading from the shore.
The walls toward the sea were covered with companies of idle anglers, fishing with cane rods of enormous length.
There is a well-known inn by the bridge, the resort of many anglers.
This fish has taken its place among anglers as one of the game fishes of the California coast, and affords fine sport.
We were told of this pool on our return to Quebec, and that other anglers had a similar experience there.
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Perhaps there is ananglerstanding besides the great boulder on the brink.
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Although several roach were caught by anglers in 1989, they did not appear in numbers in the samples until 1990.
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In other words, there would be four pillars holding up the structure: upper proprietors, lower proprietors, anglers and tenant netsmen.
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For instance, can ananglersit in a boat with three lines or more dangling over the side—a sport some people describe as "harling"?
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Leisure and recreation facilities attract 160 million visits a year, either by boaters, anglers, cyclists, towpath walkers, naturalists, wildlife photographers or artists.
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What theangler, of course, prays for is a spate, which makes it difficult to work the nets.
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It is an irony that as the number of anglers increases so the number of salmon to be caught in our rivers has shrunk.
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There are miles of town water at various places which are open to local anglers for salmon, and also to holidaymarkers.
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In doing so, they must reconcile the competing claims of commercial fishermen, local anglers and the tourist industry.
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However, this does not prevent recreational anglers from fishing provided they return their catch to the sea.
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Recreational sea anglers account for perhaps 1% of the total catch that remains.
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Anyangleror countryman knows that one sight which is worse than a pit bing is a river bud which is almost dry.
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When anglers catch fish, do they feed them to the dogs so that the dogs can tear them apart while the fish are still alive?
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If he were anangler, he personally would not be objecting.
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But it is not possible to say how much, if any, of this increased mortality results from the activities of tourist anglers.
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