PART II. 



THE 



COMFJLET.E FLYHFISHER: 



OK, 



EVERYMAN HIS OWN FLY-MAKER. 



"With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook, 

 Let me with judgment cast the feathered hook> 

 Silent along the mazy margin ?tray, 

 And with a fur-wrought fly delude the prey* 

 To frame the little animal, provide 

 All the gay hues that wait on ft male pride. 

 Let Nature guide thee: sometimes golden wire 

 The shining bellies of the fly require 

 The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail? 

 Nor the .iear purchase of the sable's tail. 

 Bach gaudy bi'd some tender tribute brings, 

 And lends the growing insect proper v ings- 

 Silks of all colours must their aid impart^ 

 And every fur promote the fishef's art* 



GAY, 



