328 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [part ii. 



lies upon the surface of the water like a ship at 

 hull ; for his feet are totally useless to him there, 

 and he cannot creep upon the water as the Stone- 

 fly can, until his wings have got stiffness to fly with, 

 if hy some Trout or Grayling he he not taken in 

 the interim, which ten to one he is ; and then his 

 wings stand high, and closed exact upon his back, 

 like the butterfly, and his motion in flying is the 

 same. His body is, in some, of a paler, in others, 

 of a darker yellow, for they are not all exactly of a 

 colour ; ribbed with rows of green, long, slender, 

 and growing sharp towards the tail, at the end of 

 which he has three long small whisks of a very dark 

 colour, almost black, and his tail turns up towards 

 his back like a mallard ; from whence, question- 

 less, he has his name of the Green-Drake. These, 

 as I think I told you before, we commonly dape or 

 dibble with ; and, having gathered great store of 

 them into a long draw-box, with holes in the cover 

 to give them air, where also they will continue 

 fresh and vigorous a night or more, we take them 

 out thence by the wings, and bait them thus upon 

 the hook. We first take one, for we commonly 

 fish with two of them at a time, and, putting the 

 point of the hook into the thickest part of his body 

 under one of his wings, run it directly through, 

 and out at the other side, leaving him spitted cross 

 upon the hook ; and then taking the other, put him 

 on after the same manner, but with his head the 

 contrary way ; in which posture they will live 



