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2nd. ELAINE'S WAY. Wings, mottled feather from the tail of a par- 

 tridge, or hen pheasant, set upright ; body, light fur and red squirrel's 

 fur mixed, and ribbed with yellow silk ; legs, a grizzled dun-hackle, and 

 tail, whisks of two fibres of the feather the wings are made of. Hook, 

 No. 6. 



When the natural fly was well out upon the water, and trout taking 

 it eagerly, I would fish with three of the above patterns one of each 

 on the casting-line at the same time, using the largest for stretcher. 

 ED.] 



APRIL. 



All the same hackles and flies that were taken in. March 

 will be taken in this month also, with this distinction only 

 concerning the flies, that all the browns be lapped with red 

 silk, and the duns with yellow. 



1. To these a small BRIGHT BROWN, made of spaniel's fur, 

 with a light grey wing, in a bright day, and a clear water, is 

 very well taken. 



2. We have too a little DARK BROWN, the dubbing of that 

 colour, and some violet camlet mixed, and the wing, of the 

 grey feather of a mallard. 



3. From the sixth of this month to the tenth, we have also 

 a fly called the VIOLET-FLY, made of a dark violet stuff, with 

 the wings of the grey feather of a mallard. 



4. About the twelfth of this month comes in the fly called 

 the WHIRLING DUN, which is taken every day, about the mid- 

 time of day, all this month through, and, by fits, from thence 

 to the end of June, and is commonly made of the down of the 

 fox- cub, which is of an ash colour at the roots next the skin, 

 and ribbed about with yellow silk ; the wings, of the pale 

 grey feather of a mallard. 



5. There is also a YELLOW DUN, the dubbing of camel's 

 hair, and yellow camlet or wool, mixed, and a white-grey 

 wing. 



6. There is also this month another LITTLE BROWN, 

 besides that mentioned before, made with a very slender 

 body, the dubbing of dark brown and violet camlet, mixed, 

 and a grey wing, which, though the direction for the making 

 be near the other, is yet another fly, and will take when 

 the other will not, especially in a bright day and a clear 

 water. 



7. About the twentieth of this month comes in a fly called 

 HORSE-FLESH-FLY ; the dubbing of which is a blue mohair, 

 with pink-coloured and red tammy mixed, a light coloured 



