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tammy niixt ; a light coloured wing ; and a dark 

 brown head. This fly is taken best in an evening ; and 

 kills from two hours before sun-set till twilight ; and is 

 taken the month through. 



MAY. 



And now, Sir, that we are entering into the month 

 of May, I think it requisite to beg not only your at- 

 tention, but also your best patience ; for I must now be 

 a little tedious with you, and dwell upon this month 

 longer than ordinary ; which that you may the better 

 endure, I must tell you, this month deserves and re- 

 quires to be insisted on ; forasmuch as it alone, and the 

 next following, afford more pleasure to the fly-angler 

 than all the rest. And, here, it is that you are to ex- 

 pect an account of the Green-drake, and Stone-fly, pro- 

 mised you so long ago; and, some others that are 

 peculiar to this month and part of the month follow- 

 ing, and that, though not so great either in bulk or 

 name, do yet stand in competition with the two before- 

 named, and, so, that it is yet undecided, amongst the 

 anglers, to which of the pretenders to the title of the 

 May-fly, it does, properly and duly, belong. Neither 

 dare I, where so many of the learned in this art of 

 angling are got in dispute about the controversy, take 

 upon me to determine: but I think I ought to have a 

 vote amongst them ; and according to that privilege, 

 shall give you my free opinion : and peradventure when 

 I have told you all, you may incline to think me in the 

 right. 



Viat. I have so great a deference to your judgment 

 in these matters, that I must always be of your opi- 

 nion ; and the more you speak, the faster I grow to my 

 attention, for 1 can never be weary of hearing you upon 

 this subject. 



Pise. Why that's encouragement enough. And 

 now prepare yourself for a tedious lecture : but I will 

 first begin with the flies of less esteem, though almost 

 any thing will take a Trout in May, that I may after- 



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