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taken, or cannot see any fish to rise, you are then 

 to put on a small Hackle, if the water be clear, or 

 a bigger, if something dark, until you have taken 

 one ; and then, thrusting your finger through his 

 gills, to pull out his gorge, which being opened with 

 your knife, you will then discover what fly is taken, 

 and may fit yourself accordingly. 



For the making of a Hackle, or Palmer-fly, my 

 Father Walton has already given you sufficient di- 

 rection. 



For this month you are to use all the same 

 Hackles, and flies with the other ; but you are to 

 make them less. 



1. We have besides for this month, a little Dun 

 called a Whirling-Dun, though it is not the 

 Whirling-Dun indeed, which is one of the best flies 

 we have : and for this the dubbing must be of the 

 bottom fur of a squirrel's tail, and the wing of the 

 gray feather of a drake. 



2. Also a Bright Brown ; the dubbing either of 

 the brown of a spaniel, or that of a cow's flank, 

 with a gray wing. 



3. Also a Whitish Dun, made of the roots of 

 camel's hair, and the wings of the gray feather of 

 a mallard. 



4. There is also for this month, a fly, called the 

 Thorn-Tree Fly ; the dubbing an absolute black, 

 mixed with eight or ten hairs of Isabella-coloured 



