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cellent Proportion, Shape, Length, true Ply- 

 ing, Gentlenefs, Freedom, and well Mount- 

 ing of the Hazle-Rod for clear Waters, con- 

 tributes much to your Succefs in this Way, as 

 well as your own Freedom from RaHinefs and 

 Impatience : And if your Hair be ftrong, you 

 may eafily mafter a "Trout thirteen Inches long 

 with a Tingle Hair next your Hook, efpecially 

 if you have Water-room, and be unmoleiled 

 with Wood or Trees. 



From the Middle of April till the End of 

 Aiigiifl^ z Trout bites beft in a muddy rifing 

 Water, or in a Water that is clearing after a 

 Flood, or in dark^ gloomy, cloudy, or windy 

 Weather. His Time in the Morning is from 

 Sun-rifing till about half an Hour after Ten 

 o'clock, and from about two o'Clock in the 

 Afternoon till Sun-fet, and oftentimes in the 

 Evening: But nine o'Clock in the Forenoon, 

 and three in the Afternoon, are his moft con- 

 llant Hours of biting, either at Ground or Fly^ 

 as the Water fu its. In March, the Beginning 

 o^ April ^Septe?nher^ and Part of 0^7^^i?r,(foryou 

 ought not to angle for Trouts from the Middle 

 of O^oher, till at leafl: the End of February) 

 the Time is from about an Hour after Sun- 

 rifing, till almoft Sun-fet, and efpecially in 

 warm, Sun-lhiny Weather, and the Middle 

 Part of the Day. March, April, May, and 

 Part of June, are his chief Months ; though 

 he bites well in July^ Auguff^ and September, 

 After a Shower in the Evening, he rifes well 



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