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mohair, the hody as little as can be made, and the 

 wings of a bright Mallard's feather : an admirable 

 fly, and in great repute amongst us for a killer. 



5. There is, beside this, another Blue Dun, the 

 dubbing of which it is made being thus to be got. 

 Take a small-tooth comb, and with it comb the 

 neck of a black greyhound, and the down that 

 sticks in the teeth, will be the finest blue, that ever 

 you saw. The wings of this fly can hardly be too 

 white ; and he is taken about the tenth of this month, 

 and lasteth till the four-and-twentieth. 



6. From the tenth of this month also, till towards 

 the end, is taken a little Black Gnat : the dubbing 

 either of the fur of a black water-dog, or the down 

 of a young black water-coot ; the wings of the male 

 of a mallard, as white as may be ; the body as little 

 as you can possibly make it, and the wings as short 

 as his body. 



7. From the sixteenth of this month also, to the 

 end of it, we use a Bright Brown ; the dubbing for 

 which, is to be had out of a skinner's lime-pits, 

 and of the hair of an abortive calf, which the lime 

 will turn to be so bright as to shine like gold : for 

 the wings of this fly, the feather of a brown hen 

 is best : which fly is also taken till the tenth of 

 April. 



All the same Hackles and flies that were taken 

 in March, will be taken in this month also ; with this 



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