THE SECOND DAY. 



CHAP. V.Of FLY-FISHING. 

 PISCATOR. 



pLY-FISHING, or fishing at the top, is, as I said before, of 

 * two sorts : with a Natural, and living, Fly, or with an 

 Artificial, and made, Fly. 



First, then, Of the Natural Fly : of which we generally use 

 but two sorts, and those but in the two months of May and 

 June only, namely, the Green-drake and the Stone-fly ; though 

 I have made use of a third that way, called the Camlet-fly, 

 with very good success for Grayling, but never saw it angled 

 with by any other after this manner, my master only excepted, 

 who died many years ago, and was one of the best Anglers 

 that ever I knew. 



These are to be angled with, with a short line, not much 

 more than half the length of your rod, if the air be still ; or 

 with a longer, very near or all out as long as your rod, if you 

 have [any wind to carry it from you : and this way of fishing 

 we call Daping, Dabbing, or Dibbling; wherein you are 

 always to have your line flying before you up or down the 

 river as the wind serves, and to angle as near as you can to the 

 bank of the same side whereon you stand : though where you 

 see a fish rise near you, you may guide your quick-fly over 

 him, whether in the middle, or on che contrary side; and, if 

 you are pretty well out of sight, either by kneeling or the in- 

 terposition of a bank or bush, you may almost be sure to raise, 

 and take him too, if it be presently done ; the fish will other- 

 wise, peradventure, be removed to some other place, if it be 

 in the still-deeps, where he is always in motion, and roving up 



