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and so made with the 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 hangs 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 kipped 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 August ; the body made with black wool, lapped 

 about with black silk ; his wings are made with the mail of 

 the black drake, with a blackhead. Thus have-you a jury of 

 flies, likety to betray and condemn all the trouts in the river.* 

 I shall next give you some other directions for fly-fishing, 

 such as are given by Mr. Thomas Barker, f a gentleman that 



* The reader is not to adopt for his use any of these flies. By the word 

 " mail," we must understand " mottled." The mottled feathers of the mallard 

 of several hues are still used for the wings, legs, and tails of flies. There are 

 few feathers more useful. ED. 



t I shall also furnish you with " some other directions for fly-fishing, such as 

 are given by Mr. Thomas Barker," who wrote before Walton a short treatise on 

 Angling; and, as far as it goes, it is clever. He was no doubt a practical angler, 

 almost a poacher, because he cares little how he catches fish, provided he does 

 catch them. His patron was Edward Lord Montague," a general" of the navy. 

 Addressing himself to the noble lord, he thus begins : 



" Under favour, I will compliment, and put a case to your honour. I met 

 with a man, and upon our discourse he fell out with me, having a good weapon, 

 but neither stomach nor skill ; I say this man may come home by Weeping- 

 cross ; I will cause the clerk to toll his knell. It is the very like case to the 



