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began to alter and grow somewhat lighter, I took off 

 the lob-worm, and set to my rod a white Palmer-flye 

 made of a large hook ; I had sport for the time till 

 it grew lighter, so I took off the white Palmer and 

 set to a Red Palmer made of a large hook ; I had 

 good sport then till it grew very light. Then I took 

 off the Red Palmer and set to a Black Palmer ; I 

 had good sport, made up the dish of fish. So I put 

 up my tackles and was with my lord at the time 

 appointed for the service. 



These three flies with the help of the lob-worms 

 serve to angle all the year for the night, observing 

 the times as I have shewed you in this night-work, 

 the white flye for darknesse, the red flye in medio, and 

 the black flye for lightnesse. This is the true experience 

 for angling in the night, which is the surest angling of 

 all, and killeth the greatest Trouts." 



But Barker could not only kill trout : he could cook 

 them ; and some of his recipes for serving up trout in 

 savoury dishes are things to make the epicure's mouth 

 water. 



Barker, by the way, was an advocate of fishing down 

 stream. "You must angle," he says, "always with 

 the point of your rod downe the streame, for a fish 

 hath not the quickness of sight so perfect up the 

 stream as opposite against him ; observing seasonable 

 time." 



But the quaintest and queerest thing in Barker's 

 book is his grave recommendation of fishing with 

 geese \ " The principall sport," says this veteran of 

 sixty years' angling experience, " to take a Pike is 



