144 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



natural fly is excellent, and affords much pleasure. 

 They may be found thus : the May-fly usually in 

 and about that month near to the river-side, es- 

 pecially against rain ; the oak-fly on the butt or 

 body of an oak or ash, from the beginning of May 

 to the end of August, it is a brownish fly, and 

 easy to be so found, and stands usually with his 

 head downward, that is to say, towards the root of 

 the tree ; the small black-fly or hawthorn-fly is to 

 be had on any hawthorn bush after the leaves be 

 come forth. With these, and a short line, as I 

 showed to angle for a chub, you may dape or 

 dop ; and also with a grasshopper, behind a tree, 

 or in any deep hole, still making it to move on the 

 top of the water, as if it were alive, and still keeping 

 yourself out of sight, you shall certainly have sport 

 if there be trouts ; yea, in a hot day, but especially 

 in the evening of a hot day, you will have sport. 



And now, scholar, my direction for fly-fishing 

 is ended with this shower, for it has done raining. 

 And now look about you, and see how pleasantly 

 that meadow looks ; nay, and the earth smells as 

 sweetly too. Come let me tell you what holy Mr. 

 Herbert says of such days and flowers as these ; 

 and then we will thank God that we enjoy them, 

 and walk to the river and sit down quietly, and 

 try to catch the other brace of trouts. 



" Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, 

 The bridal of the earth and sky, 

 Sweet dews shall weep thy fall to-night, 

 For thou must die. 



