so The BRITISH ANGLER. 



^ben for your fingleLinks thefaireft chufe ; 

 (Such fingle Hairs will hejifupplyyour life) 

 And of the Reft your fev'ral hines prepare^ 

 In allftill lejf^ning ev^ry Link a Hair, 

 If for the Fly, he long and flight your Line % 

 ^be Fijh is quick, aud hates what is not fine : 

 If for the Deep, to ftronger we advife ; 

 i'bo'' fill the Fineft takes the Fineft Prize. 

 Before you twift your upper Links, take care^ 

 Wifely to match in Length and Strength your 



Hair, 

 ^wift flow your Links, and fee they plait with 



Eafe p 



Hair left with Hair, and Silk with Silk a ( 



grees; ^ ^ { 



But mix^d, have both great Biconveniemies, J 



CHAP. III. 



Of Hooks, Floats J Plummets, Landing -Lines 

 and Landing Nets^ with other Utenflls, 



TH E Wire of Hooks fhould be fmall, 

 and fo well tempered as not to ft retch : 

 ^The Points fo hard, as not to be eafiJy blunt- 

 ed in the Water. I know not whether it 

 may be worth while to give Diredions for 

 making them, fince very good ones of all 

 Sorts may be purchafed at a moderate Price. 

 However, as this Book may come into the 

 Hands of fome who have not always the Con- 

 veniency of fending for them to Town, and 



of 



