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lapped about with yellow silk ; the wings made of 

 the feathers of the drake or of the buzzard. The 

 eleventh is the shell-fly, good in mid-July : the 

 body made of greenish wool, lapped about with 

 the herle of a peacock's tail, and the wings made 

 of the wings of the buzzard. The twelfth is the 

 dark drake-fly, good in August : the body made 

 with black wool, lapped about with black silk ; his 

 wings are made with the mail l of the black drake, 

 with a black head. Thus have you a jury of flies 

 likely to betray and condemn all the trouts in the 

 river. 



I shall next give you some other directions for 

 fly-fishing, such as are given by Mr. Thomas 

 Barker, a gentleman that hath spent much time in 

 fishing ; but I shall do it with a little variation. 



First, let your rod be light and very gentle. I 

 take the best to be of two pieces. And let not 

 your line exceed, especially for three or four links 

 next to the hook, I say, not exceed three or four 

 hairs at the most, though you may fish a little 

 stronger above in the upper part of your line ; but 

 if you can attain to angle with one hair, you 

 shall have more rises and catch more fish. Now 

 you must be sure not to cumber yourself with too 

 long a line, as most do. And before you begin to 

 angle, cast to have the wind on your back, and the 

 sun, if it shines, to be before you, and to fish down' 

 the stream : and carry the point or top of your rod 

 downward, by which means the shadow of your- 



l Meaning the mottled feathers. 



