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over large, and swell this small piece beyond my intend- 

 ed conciseness, which are easy and short, if rightly ob- 

 served, are full enough, and sufficient for making and 

 finding out all sorts of flies in all rivers. I shall only 

 add, that the Salmon flies must be made with wings 

 standing one behind the other, whether two or four; 

 also he delights in the most gaudy and orient colours 

 you can choose; the wings I mean chiefly, if not alto- 

 gether, with long tails and wings. 



CHAP. IV. 



OF ANGLING AT THE GROUND. 



]Vow we are come to the second part of angling, viz. 

 under the water, which if it be with the ground-line for 

 the Trout, then you must not use any float at all, only 

 a plumb of lead, which I would wish might be a small 

 bullet, the better to roll on the ground ; and it must also 

 be lighter or heavier, as the stream runs swift or slow, 

 and you must place it about nine inches or a foot from 

 the hook ; the lead must run upon the ground, and you 

 must keep your line as straight as possible, yet by no 

 means so as to raise the lead from the ground; your 

 top must be very gentle, that the fish may more easily, 

 and to himself insensibly, run away with the bait, and 

 not be scared with the stiffness of the rod ; and if you 

 make your top of black- thorn and whale-bone, as I be- 

 fore directed, it will conduce much to this purpose : 

 neither must you strike so soon as you feel the fish bite, 



