ARTIFICIAL FLIES. 26- 



Of flies the kinds, their seasons, and the breed. 

 Their shapes, their hue, with nice observance heed : 

 Which most the Trout admires, and where obtain 'd, 

 Experience will teach, or perchance some friend. 



Thus sung Moses Brown, an old Piscator. 



To make the Artificial Green-Drake, or Yellow May-Fly, 

 and others. 



Make the body of seal's fur, or yellow mohair, ii 

 little cub fox-down, or hog's wool^, or camel's and 

 bear's-hair mixed ; warp with pale yellow and green 

 silk waxed to imitate the joints of the fly's body 

 under the wings : the wings to be made of a mallard, 

 or wild drake's feather, dyed yellow j to do which 

 })ut a handful of horse-radish leaves into a pint of 

 water ; to which add a piece of alum the size of a 

 small walnut ; simmer the whole for some time, 

 and it will then dye feathers, silk, &c. a yellow ; of 

 any shade and fast colour j* three whisks for the 

 tail from a sable muff, or the whiskers of a black cat, 

 or a horse's beard, or hairs from a dog's tail. When 

 this green-drake is made small, it is then generally 

 termed the yellow may-fly. Another way to make 

 the may-fly : make the wings of the feathers from a 

 mallard's breast, dyed yellow 5 the body of amber- 

 coloured mohair, thinly put on, with a two-forked tail 



* Those Anglers who may wish for further information in 

 the art of dyeing feathers, wool, hair, &c. I should recommend 

 to consult Packer's Dyer's Guide. 



