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yellow on the belly and towards the tail, underneath, 

 than in any other part ; and you are. to place two or 

 three hairs of a black cat's beard on the top of your 

 hook, in your arming, so as to be turned up, when 

 you warp-on your dubbing, and to stand almost 

 upright, and staring one from another; and note, 

 that your fly is to be ribbed with yellow silk ; and the 

 wings long, and very large, of the dark-grey feather of 

 a mallard. 



14. The next May-fly is the BLACK-FLY. Made 

 with a black body, of the whirl of an ostrich -feather, 

 ribbed with silver-twist; and the black hackle of a 

 cock over all ; and is a killing fly, but riot to be 

 named with either of the other. 



15. The last May-fly that is of the four pretenders *, 

 is the LITTLE YELLOW MAY-FLY ; in shape exactly 

 the same with the Green-drake, but a very little one, 

 and of as bright a yellow as can be seen : which is 

 made of a bright yellow camlet, and the wings, of a 

 white-grey feather dyed yellow. 



16. The last fly for this month, and which con- 

 tinues all June, though it comes in the middle of 

 May ; is the fly called the CAMLET-FLY in shape 

 like a moth, with fine diapered, or water wings and 

 with which, as I told you before, I sometimes used to 

 dibble ; and Grayling will rise mightily at it. But the 

 artificial fly, which is only in use amongst our anglers, 

 is made of a dark- brown shining camlet; ribbed over 

 with a very small light-green silk ; the wings, of the 

 double-grey feather of a mallard : and it is a killing 

 fly for small fish. And so much for May. 



JUNE. 



From the first to the four and twentieth, the Green- 

 drake and Stone-fly are taken, as I told you before. 

 1. From the twelfth to the four and twentieth, late 



See ante, pa, 431. 



