towards the Shank of the Hook ^ let him whip it 

 three or four times about the Hook with the lame 

 Silk he armed the Hook ^ then make his Silk fait : 

 then let him take the Hackle of the neck of a Cock 

 or Capon (but a Plovers Top is belt) and let him take 

 offthe one fide of the Feather ^ and then he mult take 

 the Hackle-filk, ©r Gold or Silver thread •, and let 

 him make all thefe fall at the bent of the Hook, 

 working them up to the Wings j every bout fhifting 

 his Fingers, and making a flop, then the Gold will 

 fall right, and let him make fall: then work up the 

 Hackle to the fame place, and make it fall : alter this 

 let him take the Hook betwixt his Finger and Thumb 

 in the left hand with Needle or Pin, and part the 

 Wings in twain i then with the Arming-filk (havmg 

 faftned all hitherto; let him whip it about as it falleth 

 crofs between the Wings, and with his Thumb he 

 mult turn the point of the Feather towards the bent 

 of the Hook: then let him work it three or four 

 times about the niank, fo fallen it, and view the pro- 

 portion for other Flies. 



If he make the grounds of Hogs-wool, fandy,black, 

 or white,or Bears-wool, or of a red Bullock two years 

 old, he mult worl> thcfe grounds on a waxed Silk,and 

 mult arm and fet on the Wings as aforefaid. ^ 



The body of the May- fly mult be wrought with 

 fome of thefe grounds , which will be admirably wehl 

 when fibbed with black Hair. The Oak-fiy he mult 

 make with Orange-Tawny and blr.ck, for the body ^ 

 and the brownof the Mallards Feather for the Wmgs. 

 The next thing to be obferved is the Floating tor 

 Scalc-lifli in Pond, or River : Firll, take notice that 

 the Feed brings the Fifh together, as the Sheep to the 

 Pen ', and there is no better in all Angling tor Feed, 

 than Blond and Grains ^ though Pafte is good yet in- 

 fcrlourtotheie. ^^^^ 



