DO THE COMPLETE ANGLEK. 



with him in a bag, and trying to make a fly, though he miss 

 at first, yet shall he at last hit it better, even to such a per- 

 fection as none can well teach him ; and if he hit to make 

 his fly right, and have the luck to hit also where there is 

 store of trouts, a dark day, and a right wind, he will catch 

 such store of them, as will encourage him to grow more and 

 more in love with the art of fly-making. 



YEN. But, my loving master, if any wind will not serve, 

 then I wish I were in Lapland, to buy a good wind of one of 

 the honest witches, that sell so many winds there, and so 

 cheap. 



Pise. Marry, scholar, but I would not be there, nor indeed 

 from under this tree : for look how it begins to rain ; and by 

 the clouds, if I mistake not, we shall presently have a smoking 

 shower ; and therefore sit close ; this sycamore tree will 

 shelter us : and I will tell you, as they shall corne into my 

 mind, more observations of fly-fishing for a trout. 



But first, for the wind ; you are to take notice, that of the 

 winds, the south wind is said to be the best. One observes, 

 that 



when the wind is south, 



It blows your bait into a fish's mouth. 



Next to that, the west wind is believed to be the best : and 

 having told you that the east wind is the worst, I need not 



of cock's hackles, duns, reds, browns, whites, and blacks, naturally, and dyed 

 yellow, green, olive, orange, purple ; for legs also, grouse's back-feathers, wren's 

 tail, golden plover back-feathers, pewit's topping, peacock's harl of different 

 hues, black ostrich harl (harl is the fibre of the long tail-feathers of the peacock, 

 &.c.) and a few others. These feathers, or at least a few of them, are often used 

 to make the bodies of flies, and frequently to rib them. 



The best materials for dubbing, that is for making the bodies and occasionally 

 the legs, are mohair and pig's wool, dyed of many colours. They best suit the 

 imitation of large-bodied flies, and resist the water better than any other sub- 

 stance used, except seal's fur, which dyed diversely, is an excellent dubbing. 

 Floss silk of every hue is used for bodies, and various sorts of furs, bear's, 

 monkey's, spaniel's, mole's, water-rat's, hare's pole and ear, martin's yellow fur, 

 and a few other sorts. For tipping at the tails of flies, and for ribbing the 

 bodies, you must use silver and gold twist and tinsel. All sorts, sizes, and 

 colours, of tying silk are indispensable, and they must be well waxed when 

 used. Varnish is necessary for the whipping of the hook and gut, and for the 

 finishing of the heads of flies. All slip-knots should be touched M'ith varnish 

 to prevent them undoing. Some flies have two whisks or tails, some three. 

 To imitate them, the fibre of the mallard's mottled feather is much used, and 

 so are hairs, particularly the dark ones found on bear skins, and on the faces 

 of rabbits, cats, &c. The whisks or tails of flies should generally be the colour 

 either of the bodies or wings. The fibres of the feathers used for the wings 

 will frequently suit for the tails. ED. 



