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beard on the top of the 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 not 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 as can be seen ; which 

 is made of a bright yellow camlet, and the wings of a white-grey feather 

 dyed yellow. 



1 6. The last fly for this month (and which continues 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 at night, is 

 taken a fly, called the owl-fly ; the dubbing of a white weasel's tail, 

 and a white grey wing. 



2. We have then another dun, called the barm-fly, from its yeasty 

 colour; the dubbing of the fur of a yellow-dun cat, and a grey wing 

 of a mallard's feather. 



3. We have also a hackle with a purple body, whipt about with a 

 red capon's feather. 



4. As also a gold-twist hackle with a purple body, whipt about 

 with a red capon's feather. 



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