The Compleat ^Angler 



Gfieshunlr 



made extreme cold by an east wind) shall be a little superstitious : 

 for as it is observed by some that " there is no good horse of a bad 

 colour," so I have observed, that if it be a cloudy day, and not 

 extreme cold, let the wind set in what corner it will and do its 

 worst, I heed it not. And yet take this for a rule, that I would 

 willingly fish standing on the lee-shore : and you are to take notice, 

 that the fish lies or swims nearer the bottom, and in deeper water, 

 in winter than in summer ; and also nearer the bottom in any cold 

 day, and then gets nearest the lee-side of the water. 



But I promised to tell you more of the flying-fish for a trout, 



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