136 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



poor men, and those that fast often, have much 

 more pleasure in eating than rich men and glut- 

 tons, that always feed before their stomachs 

 are empty of their last meat and call for more ; 

 for by that means they rob themselves of that 

 pleasure that hunger brings to poor men." And 

 I do seriously approve of that saying of yours, 

 " that you had rather be a civil, well-governed, 

 well-grounded, temperate, poor angler, than a 

 drunken lord ; " but I hope there is none such. 

 However I am certain of this, that I have been at 

 many costly dinners that have not afforded me 

 half the content that this has done, for which I 

 thank God and you. 



And now, good master, proceed to your prom- 

 ised direction for making and ordering my artifi- 

 cial fly. 



Pise. My honest scholar, I will do it, for it is a 

 debt due unto you by my promise. And because 

 you shall not think yourself more engaged to me 

 than indeed you really are, I will freely give you 

 such directions as were lately given to me by an in- 

 genious brother of the angle, an honest man, and 

 a most excellent fly-fisher. 



You are to note that there are twelve kinds 

 of artificial made-flies to angle with upon the top 

 of the water. Note, by the way, that the fittest 

 season of using these is a blustering windy day, 

 when the waters are so troubled that the natural 

 fly cannot be seen or rest upon them. The first 

 is the dun-fly, in March : the body is made of 



