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of the day, we seldom dape with this but in the streams (for 

 in a whistling wind a made-fly in the deep is better), and 

 rarely, but early and late, it not being so proper for the mid- 

 time of the day ; though a great grayling will then take it 

 very well in a sharp stream, and here and there, a trout too., 

 but much better towards eight, nine, ten, or eleven of the 

 clock at night, at which time also the best fish rise, and the 

 later the better, provided you can see your fly ; and when 

 you cannot, a made-fly will murder, which is to be made 

 thus : the dubbing of bear's dun, with a little brown and 

 yellow camlet very well mixed, but so placed that your fly 

 may be more yellow on the belly and towards the tail, under- 

 neath, 'than in any other part ; and you are to place two or 

 three hairs of a black cat's beard on the top of the hook, in 

 your arming, so as to be turned up when you warp on your 

 dubbing, and to stand almost upright, and staring one from 

 another ; and note, that your fly is to be ribbed with yellow 

 silk ; and the wings long, and very large, of the dark grey 

 feather of a mallard. 



14. The next May-fly is the BLACK- FLY ; made with a 

 black body, of the whirl of an ostrich-feather, ribbed with 

 silver-twist, and the black hackle of a cock over all ; and is a 

 killing fly, but not to be named with either of the other. 



15. The last May-fly (that is, of the four pretenders), is the 

 little YELLOW MAY-FLY ; in shape exactly the same with the 

 GREEN-DRAKE, but a very little one, and of as bright a yellow 

 as can be seen ; which is made of a bright yellow camlet, and 

 the wings of a white-grey feather died yellow. 



1G. The last fly for this month (and which continues all 

 June, though it comes in the middle of May), is the fly called 

 the CAMLET-FLY, in shape like a moth, with fine diapered or 

 water wings, and with which, as I told you before, I some- 

 times used to dibble ; and grayling will rise mightily at it. 

 But the artificial fly, which is only in use amongst our 

 anglers, is made of a dark brown shining camlet, ribbed 

 over with a very small light green silk, the wings of the 

 double grey feather of a mallard ; and it is a killing fly for 

 small fish ; and so much for May. 



JUNE. 



From the first to the four-and-twentieth, the GREEN-DKAKE 

 and STONE-FLY are taken, as I told you before. 



1. From the twelfth to the four-and-twentieth, late at. 



