106 best's art of angling. 



CJ R P£ TS ^iND B LA N KETS. 



There is very good dubbing to be got from 

 blankets, also froni an old Tar keij carpet \ untwist 

 the yarn, and pick out the wool, then separate 

 the colours, wrap them up in different papers, 

 and lay them by. 



SILKS J ^'c. 



In this drawer, which is the h^st, keep small, 

 though strong si/k of all cciours, wrapt on little 

 reels; a'so rare silfx, gold and sWvei' Jia tied rciiey or 

 twist; hooks in sniail chip boxes, with the num- 

 ber of the size of each marked on the outside: 

 wax of ail colours, and needles ; a shajp pen- 

 knifl'j and a small sharp pair of scissars, made 

 quite angular, with large bows for the fingers. 



N. B. When you make the palmer-Ji 2/ suit the 

 colour of the silk to the hackle you dab with; a 

 dun hackle requires yelloze silk ; a black hackle, 

 sky-blue silk ; a brown, or red hackle, red silk ; 

 when you make flies that are not palmers, dub 

 with silk that resembles the colour most predo- 

 minent in the fly; and in making your flies, re- 

 mem.ber to mix bear's hair and hog's down, with 

 your other dubbing, because they repel the wa- 

 ter; make your flies always in hot sun-shiny 

 weather, for vour waxed silk will then draw 

 kindly; and when you take the dubbing to imi- 

 tate a fly, a'ways \vet it, and then you will be 

 perfect in your imitation ; for although the dub- 

 bing when dry may suit, yet when it is wet it 

 may be quite another colour. Marten's fur is 

 the best yellow you can use. 



