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of fishes that rise at flies, are very fond of them; 

 and you may take fish with ihem in dead heavy 

 Avaters, as well as in streams. The wings of this 

 fl}- are made from a feather out of a stare's wing, 

 and the body of peacock's herl, made pretty large 

 at the tail, and fine toward^ the wing, with a fine 

 ginger-coloured cock's hackle wrapt twice or 

 thrice under the but of the v^ings. The hook, 

 No. 8. 



TA^E LARGE BLACK ANT-FLY. 



Comes on at the same time with the red, and 

 is to be fished with at the same time, and after 

 the same manner. The w'ings of this ^y are 

 made with the lightest sky-blue feather you can 

 get, and with the greatest gloss ; but it is diffi- 

 cult to find any that can come up to the glossi- 

 ness of the natural wings, except the thistle, 

 Avhich makes them the best of any thing I know 

 of, but is notlasting; the body is made with ablack 

 ostrich's feather, and ablack cock's hackle wrapt 

 luider the but of the wings ; it is to be made in 

 the same form as the red one. 2 he hook, No. 8. 



THE WELSH man's BUTTON, OR II AZLE FLY. 



Comes on about the latter end of JhIv, and 

 continues on about nine days ; it is in form like 

 a round button, from which it derives its name : 

 it has four wings, the uppermost husky and hard, 

 the undermost of a fine blue colour, soft and 

 transparent; it is to be found on hazle- trees, or 

 fern: it is an excellent fly for bobbing at the bush, 

 or dub line ; but is rather difficult to make, on 

 account of its shape and form ; the wings are 

 made from the red feather that grows upon the 



