126 best's art of angling 



per for this sport, be will never go home with an 

 empty pannier. 



THE RED FLY* 



Comes on about the midclle of February, and 

 continues till the end of March : its wings are 

 made artificially, of a dark drake's feather; 

 the body of the red part of squirrel's fur, with 

 the red hackle of a cock, wrapped twice or 

 thrice under the but of the wing ; has four 

 wings, and generally flutters upon the surface 

 of the water, whicii tempts the fishes, and 

 makes them take it the moie eager. The size 

 ef the hook, No. 6. 



THE BLUE DUN FLY. 



Comes on the beginning of March, and con- 

 tinues till the middle of April ; its wings are 

 made of a feather out of the starling's wing, or 

 the blue feathers that orow under the w^ins: of a 

 duck widgeon; the body is made of the blue 

 fur off a ^oii., or the blue part of a squirrel's fur, 

 mixed with a little vellow mohair, and a fine- 

 blue cock's hackle wrapped over the body, in. 

 imitation of the legs : as it swims down the 

 ■water, its wings stand upright on its back; its 

 tail forked, and of the same color of its wings. 

 It appears on the watev about ten o'clock in the 

 forenoon, and continues till about three in the 

 afternoon; but the principal time of the day 

 is from twelve till two : the flies then come 

 down in great quantities, and are always more 

 plentiful in dark, cold, gloomy days, than in 

 bright sun-shiny weather. Your mornivii^^s fish- 

 ing'! till the fiici come oUj should be with the worm 



