136 best's art of angling. 



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are very fond of-: it is to be tished with from 

 about ten o'clock in the morning, till three in 

 the afternoon, and generally' affords the angler 

 great diversion. The wings are made from a 

 ieather otTthe sea-swallow : the body is made 

 of the lightest blue fur you can gcr, mixed 

 v='ith a very little 3'eliow mohair, with a fine 

 pale blue hackle wrapt over the body. The 

 hook, No. S. 



TUB WILLOW^ FLY. 



Comes on about the beginning of September, 

 and continues on till the latter end of October : 

 it is a four-winged fly, and generally flutters 

 upon the surface of the water : it is to be fished 

 with in cold stormy dajs, being then most 

 plentiful on the water ; but in warm gloomy 

 days make use of the pale-blue. The wings 

 are made of a blue grizzled cock's hackle, and 

 the body of the blue part of squirrel's fur, 

 mixed with a little v<?llo\v mohair. The hook,. 

 No. 7. 



The three last-mentioned flies conclude the 

 season iox fly-fishing From the middle of May 

 till August, you will find great variety of flies 

 and gnats upon the w ater every day, so that you 

 3nust observe it as a general rule to fish with the 

 first fly that comes on in the morning; that fly 

 being the first which is on the water in the day 

 that is first mentioned in every month, and then 

 you will see the other flies and gnats, coming 

 down every day in regular succession, every suc- 

 ceeding day "till August. The great number of 

 flies and insects that are on the water, all the 

 hot summer's months, and the great variety of 



