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of this, that I have been at many very costly 

 dinners that have not afforded me half the content 

 that this has done ; for which I thank God and 

 you. 



And now, good master, proceed to your promised 

 direction for making and ordering my artificial fly. 



PlSCATOR. My honest scholar, I will do it ; for 

 it is a debt due unto you by my promise. And 

 because you shall not think yourself more engaged 

 to me than indeed you really are, I will freely give 

 you such directions as were lately given to me by 

 an ingenious brother of the angle, an honest man, 

 and a most excellent fly-fisher. 



You are to note, that there are twelve kinds of 

 artificial made Flies, to angle with upon the top of 

 the water. Note, by the way, that the fittest season 

 of using these is in a blustering windy day, when 

 the waters are so troubled that the natural fly can- 

 not be seen, or rest upon them. The first is the 

 dun-fly, in March : the body is made of dun wool ; 

 the wings, of the partridge's feathers. The second 

 is another dun-fly : the body, of black wool ; and 

 the wings made of the black drake's feathers, and 

 of the feathers under his tail. The third is the 

 stone-fly, in April: the body is made of black 

 wool ; made yellow under the wings and under the 

 tail, and so made with wings of the drake. The 

 fourth is the ruddy-fly, in the beginning of May : 

 the body made of red wool, wrapt about with black 

 silk ; and the feathers are the wings of the drake ; 

 with the feathers of a red capon also, which hang 

 dangling on his sides next to the tail. The fifth is 

 the yellow or greenish fly, in May likewise: the 

 body made of yellow wool ; and the wings made of 

 the red cock's hackle or tail. The sixth is the 

 black-fly, in May also : the body made of black 

 wool, and lapt about with the herle of a peacock's 



