Spider-Dressed Flies, etc. 97 



cometh at it bravely, which is fine angling 

 for him and good. You must be sure 

 that you have your line of twenty-six yards 

 of length, that you may have your con- 

 venient time to turne him, or else you 

 are in danger to lose him : but if you turn 

 him you are very like to have the fish 

 with small tackles: the danger is all in 

 the running out both of Salmon and Trout, 

 you must forecast to turn the fish as you 

 do a wild horse, either upon the right or 

 left hand, and wind up your line as you 

 finde occasion in the guiding of the fish 

 to shore, having a good large landing Jiook 

 to take him up." 



The words italicised are the earliest 

 reference to the use of the gaff which 

 I have noticed in an angling writer. It 

 was not till long after Walton's time that 

 the use of the reel became general. 



Barker was also the first writer to divide 

 artificial flies into the two great divisions 

 of 



1. Palmer, hackle, or spider-dressed 

 flies. 



2. Winged flies. 



He says (p. 32) : " Now I will shew you 

 how to make flies. Learn to make two 

 flies and make all, that is, the Palmer 

 ribbed with gold or silver, and the May- 

 flye. These are the ground [or founda- 



