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and note, that your fly is to be ribbed with yellow silk ; 

 and the wings long, and very large, of the dark gray 

 feather of a mallard. 



14. The next May-fly is the BLACK-FLY ; made with 

 a black body, of the whirl of an ostrich-feather, ribbed 

 with silver-twist, and the black hackle of a cock over all ; 

 and is a killing fly, but not to be named with either of 

 the other. 



15. The last May-fly (that is of the four pretenders), 

 is the little YELLOW MAY-FLY ; in shape exactly the 

 same with the GREEN-DRAKE, but a very little one, and 

 of as bright a yellow as can be seen : which is made of a 

 bright yellow camlet, and the wings of a white-gray 

 feather dyed yellow. 



16. The last fly for this month (and which continues 

 all June, though it comes in the middle of May), is the fly 

 called the CAMLET-FLY, in shape like a moth, with fine 

 diapered or water wings, and with which as I told you 

 before, I sometimes used to dibble ; and grayling will 

 rise mightily at it. But the artificial fly, which is only 

 in use amongst our anglers, is made of a dark brown 

 shining camlet, ribbed over with a very small light green 

 silk, the wings of the double gray feather of a mallard ; 

 and it is a killing fly for small fish ; and so much for May. 



JUNE 



From the first to the four and twentieth, the GREEN- 

 DRAKE and STONE-FLY are taken, as I told you before. 



1. From the twelfth to the four and twentieth late at 

 night, is taken a fly, called the OWL-FLY, the dubbing of 

 a white weasel's tail, and a white gray wing.* 



2. We have then another dun, called the BARM-FLY, 

 from its yeasty colour, the dubbing of the fur of a yellow- 

 dun cat, and a gray wing of a mallard's feather. 



* This artificial white moth will be taken at night during June, 

 July, and August. E. 



