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especially for Chub, in the River Lea : the body. — of | 

 seal's fur of the natural colour ; wings — of ruddy- , 

 brown, long and large ; warp with ruddy silk. | 



CHAP. V. 



Natural Fly-fishing, Dapping and Whipping for 

 Trout, 8^c. 



Mark well the various seasons of the year, 

 How the succeeding insect-race appear. 



Natural fly-fishing is generally termed dibbing or 

 dapping, and is practised with a stoutish rod, having 

 a light stiff top, running tackle, strong gut or hair 

 line, and No. 7 or 8 hook, for Trout and Chub. When 

 dapping with a may-fly, put two or three on the hook 

 together, which should be carried through the thick 

 part of the fly's body under the wings, with their 

 heads standing different ways, and pass your hook 

 through them under the wings, about the middle of 

 the insect's body, and take care that your fingers are 

 always dry, when baiting, or you soon kill or spoil 

 the bait. Bait the same way with the black ant-fly 

 in June ) in July, use the wasp-fly ; in August, the 

 hazel, or button-fly ; in September, the badger-fly ; 

 in March and April, the thorn-fly, yellow, dun and 

 stone-flies. The stone-fly, when in the state of a 

 maggot, is called the water-cricket, or creeper, and 



