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betwixt the fore-finger and thumb of the left hand : 

 which done, warp them, so, down as to stand, and 

 slope, towards the bend of the hook ; and having 

 warped up to the bend of the shank, hold the fly, 

 fast, betwixt the finger and thumb of your left hand ; 

 and then take the silk betwixt the finger and thumb of 

 your right hand ; and, where the warping ends, pinch 

 or nip it with your thumb nail, against your finger, 

 and strip away the remainder of your dubbing from 

 the silk: and then with the bare silk, whip it once or 

 twice about ; make the wings to stand in due order ; 

 fasten, and cut it off. After which, with the point of a 

 needle, raise up the dubbing gently from the warp ; 

 twitch off the superfluous hairs of your dubbing; leave 

 the wings of an equal length, your fly will never else 

 swim true ; and the work is done. And this way of 

 making a fly, which is certainly the best of all other, 

 was taught me by a kinsman of mine, one Captain 

 Henry Jackson ; a near neighbour; an admirable fly- 

 angler, by many degrees the best fly-maker that ever I 

 yet met with *. And now that I have TOLD you, how a 

 fly is to be made, you shall presently SEE me make 

 one, with which you may peradventure take a Trout this 

 morning, notwithstanding the unlikeliness of the day; 

 for it is now nine of the clock, and fish will begin to 

 rise, if they will rise to-day. I will walk along by 

 you, and look on. And, after dinner, I will proceed 

 in my lecture of fly-fishing. 



Viat. I confess I long to be at the river: and yet I 

 could sit here all day to hear you : but some of the one, 

 and some of the other, will do well ; and I have a mighty 

 ambition to take a Trout in your river Dove. 



Pise. I warrant you shall : I would not, for more 

 than I will speak of, but you should; seeing I have so 

 extolled my river to you: nay, I will keep you here a 

 month, but you shall have one good day of sport before 

 you go. 



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* There needs nothing more be said of these Directions, than that him* 

 dreds have, by means of them alone, become excellent fly-makers. 



For making a palmer, or hackle, see the Notes on Chap. VTI. Infra. 



