Il6 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [PART t 



way, that the fittest season of using these is a blustering, windy 

 day, when the waters are so troubled that the natural fly can- 

 not be seen, or rest upon them. The first is the Dun-fly, in 

 March : the body is made of dun wool, the wings of the par- 

 tridge's feathers. The second is another Dun-fly : the body of 

 black wool, and the wings made of the black drake's feathers, 

 and of the feathers under his tail. The third is the Stone-fly, 

 in April : the body is made of black wool, made yellow under 

 the wings, and under the tail, and so made with wings of the 

 drake. The fourth is the Ruddy-fly, in the beginning of May : 

 the body made of red wool wrapt about with black silk, and 

 the feathers are the wings of the drake ; with the feathers of a 

 red capon also, which hang dangling on his sides next to the 

 tail. The fifth is the yellow or greenish fly, in May likewise : 

 the body made of yellow wool, and the wings made of the red 

 cock's hackle or tail. The sixth is the Black-fly, in May also : 

 the body made of black wool, and lapped about with the herle 

 of a peacock's tail ; the wings are made of the wings of a brown 

 capon with his blue feathers in his head. The seventh is the 

 Sad-yellow-fly in June : the body is made of black wool, with 

 a yellow list on either side, and the wings taken off the wings 

 of a buzzard, bound with black braked hemp. The eighth is 

 the Moorish-fly : made with the body of duskish wool, and the 

 wings made of the blackish mail of the drake. The ninth is 

 the Tawny-fly, good until the middle of June : the body made 

 of tawny wool, the wings made contrary one against the other, 

 made of the whitish mail of the wild-drake. The tenth is the 

 Wasp-fly, in July : the body made of black-wool, lapped about 

 with yellow silk ; the wings made of the feathers of the drake, 

 or of the buzzard. The eleventh is the Shell-fly, good in mid- 

 July : the body made of greenish wool, lapped about with the 

 herle of a peacock's tail, and the wings made of the wings of 

 the buzzard. The twelfth is the dark Drake-fly, good in Au- 

 gust : the body made with black wool, lapped about with black 

 silk ; his wings are made with the mail of the black-drake, with 



