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the little Flesh-fly, the Ant fly, the Peacock fly, the 

 little Black Gnat, the brown Gnat, the green grass- 

 hopper, the brown Hackle, the dun Grasshopper. 



July. The orange fly, the Badger fly, the Wasp 

 fly, the little white dun, the black Hackle, the black 

 brown dun, the Shell fly. 



August. The Fern fly, the late ant fly, Harry- 

 long-leg, the white Hackle. 



September. The late Badger, Camel brown 

 Fly. 



October. The same flies that were used in 

 March. 



The same list of flies is given in the version of 

 this book which appears in The Husbandmaris 

 Jewel. 



A comparison of the following extract with 

 Walton's Compleat Angler will show from whence the 

 instructions for tying artificial flies were obtained : 



A rtificial Flies how to make them, and the Season 

 they are to be used in. 



In April a Stone-fly is in Season, the body of it is 

 made with black Wooll, made yellow under the 

 Wings, and under the Tail, the Wings made of 

 Mallards Feathers. May at the beginning, a ruddy 

 Fly is in Season, make the body of red Wooll wrapt 

 about with blew Silk, the Wings made of the Wing 

 of a Drand a red Hackle. 



The yellow or green Fly is made of yellow Wooll, 

 his Wing made of red Hackle and the Wing of a 

 Drake. 



The dun Fly is made of black Wooll, and some- 

 times dun, in season in March, his Wings made of 

 Partridge Feathers, black Drake's Feathers, and the 

 Feathers under his Tail. 



