LETTER V. 



Dear Sir, 



The next article that 



prefents itfelf is your line, which muft 

 be made taper from the top, or it can- 

 not be ufed with pieafure ; a line twelve 

 yards long, fhould have about thirty-fix 

 hairs at the top, and gradually decreafe 

 to four or five at the bottom; to which 

 it is ufual to fix from one to three. 

 yards of indian w r eed, or filk-worm 

 gut, the former I prefer for this pur- 

 pofe, becaufe it will endure the water 

 much longer than the latter* 



On large flreams it is not unufual to 

 fi'fh with three, or fometimes four flies 

 at the fame time ; when you ufe more 

 than one, be careful to fix them at 

 Leafl two feet from each other. 



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