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find a day fit for their purpose) and tell you that, 

 upon my knowledge, these flies in a warm sun, for 

 an hour or two in the day, are certainly taken. 



JANUARY. 



1. A Red Brown, with wings of the male of a 

 mallard, almost white ; the dubbing, of the tail of 

 a black long- coated cur, such as they commonly 

 make muffs of; for the hair on the tail of such a 

 dog dyes and turns to a red brown, but the hair of 

 a smooth-coated dog of the same colour will not 

 do, because it will not dye, but retains it's natural 

 colour. And this fly is taken, in a warm sun, this 

 whole month through. 



2. There is also a very little Bright-Dun Gnat, 

 as little as can possibly be made, so little as never 

 to be fished with, with above one hair next the 

 hook : and this is to be made of a mixed dubbing 

 of marten's fur, and the white of a hare's-scut ; 

 with a very white and small wing. And 'tis no 

 great matter how fine you fish, for nothing will 

 rise in this month but a Grayling ; and of them I 

 never, at this season, saw any taken with a fly, of 

 above a foot long in my life : but of little ones, 

 about the bigness of a smelt, in a warm day and a 

 glowing sun, you may take enough with these two 

 flies ; and they are both taken the whole month 

 through. 



