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of fishes that rise at flies, are very fond of them \ 

 and you may take fish with them in dead heavy 

 waters, as well as in streams. The wings of this 

 fly are made from a feather out of a stare's wing, 

 and the body of peacock's herl, made pretty large 

 at the tail, and fine towards the wing, with' a fine 

 ginger -coloured cock's hackle wrapt twice or 

 thrice under the but of the wings. The hook, 

 No. 8. 



THE LARGE BLACK ANT-FLY, 



Comes on at the same time with the red, and 

 is to be fished with at the same time, and after the 

 same manner. The wings of this fly are made 

 with the lightest sky-blue feather you can v get, 

 and with the greatest gloss; but it is difficult to 

 find any that can come up to the glossiness of the 

 natural wings, except the thistle, which makes 

 them the best N 6f any thing I know of, but is not 

 lasting ; the body is made with a black ostrich's 

 feather, and a black cock's hackle wrapt under 

 the but of the wings; it is to be made in the 

 same form as the red one. The hook, No. 8. 



THE WELSHMAN'S BUTTON, OR HAZLE FLY, 



Comes on about the latter end of July, and 



continues on about nine days; it is in form like 



a round button, from which it derives its name : 



it hrs four wings,. the* uppermost husky and hard, 



the undermost of a fine blue colour, soft and 



transparent; it is to be found on hazle-trees, or 



fern: it is an excellent fly for bobbing at the bush, 



or club line; but is rather difficult to make, on 



account of its shape and form ; the wings are 



made from the red feather that grows upon the 



