130 best's art of angling, 



corious fly, and cannot be made too fine; it is. 

 to be fisbed witb from about eleven o'clock iu 

 the forenoon till tbree in tbe afternoon. Wben 

 these tiies are on» the fishes refuse every other 

 «ort, and take these only, ever}' sort of fish 

 being fond of them. The wings are made from 

 a cormorant's feather that grows under the 

 wing, or off the feather of a dark blue -hen, tiiat 

 grows on the body, under the wings ; the body 

 is made of water-rats fur, ribbed with velloW' 

 silk, and a sooty blue hackle of a cock, wrapt 

 ''over the body. The hook. No. 8 or 9. 



THE YELLOW SALLY FLY. 



Comes on about the twentieth of May, and 

 continues on till about the tenth or twelfth of 

 June. It is a four-winged fly; as it swims 

 down the water its wings lie flat on its back. 

 The wings are made with a yellow cock's 

 hackle, and the body of martin's fur, taken 

 from the spots under the jaws, which is a fine 

 yellow. It is one of those faes iliat prepare the 

 Jish to lookfortheJsiay-JiifyOr Green-drake. The 

 hook, No. 7. 



THE OAK, A$Hj 1V00DC0CK, CANNON, OR 

 DOWN-HILL'FLY. 



Comes on about the sixteenth of May, and 

 continues on till about a week in Juiie ; it is to 

 be found on the buts of trees, with its head al- 

 ways downwards, which gives it the name of 

 the Down-hill-fly.* It is bred in ouk-af^ples, 



* Vide description of this fly, part 1st, uiulei: Kataral FJy- 

 fisliiitg. 



