BEST'S A liT OF ANGLING. 



this sport, he will never go home with an empty 

 pannier. 



THE RED FLY, 



Comes on about the middle of February, and 

 continues till the end of March : its wings are 

 made artificially, of a dark drake's feather; the 

 body of the red part of squirrel's fur, with the 

 red hackle of a cock, wrapped twice or thrice 

 under the but of the wing ; has four wings, 

 and generally flutters upon the surface of the 

 water, which tempts the fishes, and makes them 

 take it the more eager. The size of the hook, 

 No. 6. 



THE BLUE DUN FLY % 



Comes on the beginning of March, and con- 

 tinues to the middle of April ; its wings are 

 made of a feather out of the starling's wing, or 

 the blue feathers that grow under the wing of a 

 duck widgeon ; the body is made of the blue 

 fur ofTa fox, or the blue part of a squirrel's fur, 

 mixed with a little yellow mohair, and a fine 

 blue cock's hackle wrapped over the body, in 

 imitation of the legs: as it swims down the 

 water, its wings stand upright on its back ; its 

 tail forked, and of the same color of its wings. 

 It appears on the water about ten o'clock in the 

 forenoon, and continues till about three in the 

 afternoon; but the principal time of the day 

 ; is from twelve till tsvo ; the flies then come 

 down in great quantities, and are always more 

 plentiful in dark, cold, .gloomy days, rfian in 

 bright sun-shiny weather. Your mornings jish- 

 ing, till the flies come on, should be zvith the 



