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of them, as will encourage him to grow more 

 and more in Love with the Art of F/jy-;;?^^/?/^. 

 Obferve then, for a May-fly, that you make 

 his Body withgreenifh or willowifh coloured 

 Crewel, darkening it in mod Places with 

 waxed Silk, or ribbing it with black Hair, 

 and fome of them with filver Thread. The 

 Wings, for the Colour, mud be fuch as you 

 fee the Fly to have at that Seafon, and even 

 at that very Day, on the Water. 



You may make the Oak-fly with an O- 

 range-tawny and black Ground, and the 

 Brown of a Mallard's Feather for the Wings. 

 Several Sorts of the Palmer flies are com- 

 mended, not only thofe ribbed with Silver 

 and Gold, but others that have their Bodies 

 all made of b|ack, or fome with red, and a 

 red Hackle. 



You may alfo make thtHawthornfly, which 

 is all black, and not big, but the fmaller the 

 better; or a Fly with zPeacock's Feather, which 

 is excellent in a bright Day. 



Be fure you want not, in yom Magazine- hag ^ 

 the Peacock's Feather, and Grounds of fuch 

 Wooll and Crewel as will make the Gr a/shop- 

 fer. And obferve, that ufually the fmalleft 

 Flies are the bed. Alfo, that the light Fly ufu- 

 ally makes the mod Sport in a dark Day, and 

 the darkeft and leaft Fly in a bright Day. But 

 whatever the Day may be, you are to repair 

 upon any Occafion to your Magazine-bag, and 

 make your Flies lighter or /adder according 

 to your Fancy or the Weather. 



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