chap, v.] THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 295 



THE SECOND DAY. 

 chapter v. Of Fly-fishing. 



Piscator. 



Jb ly-fishing, or Fishing at the Top, is, as I said 

 before, of two sorts ; with a Natural, and living, 

 Fly, or with an Artificial, and made, Fly. 



First then, Of the Natural Fly : of which we ge- 

 nerally use but two sorts, and those but in the two 

 months of May and June only, namely, the Green- 

 drake, and the Stone-fly ; though I have made use 

 of a third that way, called the Camlet-fly, with very 

 good success for Grayling, but never saw it angled 

 with by any other after this manner, my master 

 only excepted, who died many years ago, and was 

 one of the best Anglers that ever I knew. 



These are to be angled with, with a short line, 

 not much more than half the length of your rod, 

 if the air be still ; or with a longer, very near or all 

 out as long as your rod, if you have any wind to 

 carry it from you : and this way of fishing we call 

 Daping, Dabbing, or Dibbling ; wherein you are 

 always to have your line flying before you up or 

 down the river as the wind serves, and to angle 

 as near as you can to the bank of the same side 

 whereon you stand : though where you see a fish 

 rise near you, you may guide your quick-fly over 



