"The Compleat ^Angler 



it comb the neck of a black grey- 

 hound, and the down that sticks 

 in the teeth will be the finest blue 

 that ever you saw. The wings of 

 this fly can hardly be too white, 

 and he is taken about the tenth 

 of this month, and lasteth till the 

 four-and-twentieth. 



6. From the tenth of this month 

 also, till towards the end, is taken 

 a little black gnat ; the dubbing 

 either of the fur of a black water- 

 dog, or the down of a young black 

 water-coot, the wing of the male 

 of a mallard as white as may be, 

 the body as little as you possibly 

 can make it, and the wings as 

 short as his body. 



7. From the sixteenth of this 

 month also to the end of it we 

 use a bright brown ; the dubbing 

 for which is to be had out of a 

 skinner's lime-pits, and of the hair 

 of an abortive calf, which the lime 

 will turn to be so bright as to shine 

 like gold ; for the wings of this 

 fly, the feather of a brown hen is 

 best ; which fly is also taken till 

 the tenth of April. 



APRIL. 



All the same hackles and flies 

 that were taken in March will be 

 taken in this month also, with this 

 distinction only concerning the 



