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shell-fly, the cloudy and blackish-fly, the flag-fly; 

 also caterpillars, canker-flies, bear flies, &c. all which 

 appear sooner or later, according to the forwardness 

 or backwardness of the spring. To know the par- 

 ticular fly the fish most covets, when you come in 

 the morning to the river-side, beat the bushes with 

 your rod, and take up what variety you can of all 

 sorts of flies; try them all, and you will quickly 

 know which are in most esteem ; not but that fish 

 will sometimes change their fly , but it is only when 

 they have sometimes glutted themselves therewith. 



There are two ways to fish with natural flies, 

 either on the surface of the water, or a little under- 

 neath it. 



In angling for chub, roach, or dace, move not 

 your natural fly swiftly, when you see the fish make 

 at it : but rather let it glide freely towards him with 

 the stream ; but if it be in a still and slow water, 

 draw the fly slowly sideways by him, which will 

 make him eagerly pursue it. 



The artificial fly is most successfully used in blus- 

 tering weather, when the waters are so troubled by 

 the winds that the natural fly cannot be seen, nor 

 rest upon them. 



Of this artificial fly there are reckoned ten prin- 

 cipal sorts; 



1. The dun-fly, in March, made of dun wool, and 

 the feathers of a partridge wing, 2. A dun fly, made 

 of black wool, and the feathers of a black drake; the 

 body made of the first, and the wings of the latter. 

 3. The stone-fly, in April, the body made of black 

 wool, dyed yellow under the wings and tail. 4. The 

 ruddy-fly, in the beginning of May ; the body made 

 of red wool, and bound about with black silk, with 

 the feathers of a black capon, whieh hang dangling 

 on his sides next his tail. 5. The yellow or greenish 

 fly, in June ; the body made of black wool, with a 

 yellow list on either side, and the wings taken oiT 

 the wings of a buzzard, bound with black broken 



