"The Compleat ^Angler 



commonly used in others, which by being not near so bright, admit 

 of stronger tackle, and allow a nearer approach to the stream ; I 

 may peradventure give you some instructions that may be of use, 

 even in your own rivers, and shall bring you acquainted with more 

 flies, and show you how to make them, and with what dubbing too, 

 than he has taken notice of in his Compleat ^Angler. 

 \ VIAT. I beseech you, sir, do ; and if you will lend me your steel, 

 I will light a pipe the while ; for that is commonly my breakfast in 

 a morning too. 



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