'The Compleat ^Angler 



trouts take little pieces of moss, as they have swam down the river ; 

 by which I conclude that the best way to hit the right colour is to 

 compare your dubbing with the moss, and mix the colours as near as 

 you can. 



7. There is also taken, this month, a black-blue dun; the dubbing 

 of the fur of a black rabbit mixed with a little yellow ; the wings, 

 of the feather of a blue pigeon's wing. 



AUGUST. 

 The same flies with July. 



1. Then another ant-fly ; the dubbing of the black brown hair of 

 a cow, some red wrapt in for the tug of his tail, and a dark wing ; a 

 killing fly. 



2. Next a fly called the fern-fly ; the dubbing of the fur of a 

 hare's neck, that is, of the colour of fern, or bracken, with a darkish 

 grey wing of a mallard's feather ; a killer, too. 



3. Besides these we have a white hackle ; the body of white mohair 

 and wrapped about with a white hackle-feather, and this is assuredly 

 taken for thistle-down. 



4. We have also this month a Harry-long-legs ; the body made of 

 bear's dun, and blue wool mixed, and a brown hackle-feather over all. 



Lastly. In this month all the same browns and duns are taken 

 that were taken in May. 



SEPTEMBER. 



This month the same flies are taken that are taken in April. 



1. To which I shall only add a camel-brown-fly ; the dubbing 

 pulled out of the lime of a wall, whipped about with red silk, and a 

 darkish grey mallard's feather for the wing. 



2. And one other for which we have no name ; but it is made of 

 the black hair of a badger's skin, mixed with the yellow softest down 

 of a sanded hog. 



OCTOBER. 



The same flies are taken this month as were taken in March. 



NOVEMBER. 



The same flies that were taken in February are taken this month also. 



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