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silk ; and then, with the bare silk, -whip it once or 

 twice about, make the wings to stand in due order, 

 fasten, and cut if off: after winch, with the point 

 of a needle raise up the dubbing gently from the 

 warp ; twitch off the superfluous hairs of your dub- 

 bing ; leave the wings of an equal length, — your fly 

 will never else swim true ; — and the work is done. 

 And this way of making a fly, which is certainly the 

 best of all other, was taught me by a kinsman of 

 mine, one Captain Henry Jackson, a near neigh- 

 bour, an admirable Fly-Angler ; by many degrees the 

 best fly-maker, that ever I yet met with. And now 

 that I have told you how a fly is to be made, you 

 shall presently see me make one, with which you 

 may peradventure take a Trout this morning, not- 

 withstanding the unlikeliness of the day ; for it is 

 now nine of the clock, and fish will begin to rise, 

 if they will rise to-day. I will walk along by you, 

 and look on : and, after dinner, I will proceed in my 

 lecture of Fly-fishing. 



Viat. I confess I long to be at the river; and 

 yet I could sit here all day to hear you ; but some 

 of the one, and some of the other, will do well : 

 and I have a mighty ambition to take a Trout in 

 your River Dove. 



Pise. I warrant you shall : I would not for more 

 than I will speak of, but you should, seeing I have 

 so extolled my river to you. Nay, I will keep you 

 here a month, but you shall have one good day of 

 sport before you go. 



