"To the Reader. 



for a Trout, the Angler muftobfervk 

 his twelve Flyes for every Month; 

 t fay, if he obferve that, he lliall 

 be as certain to catch fifh, as they 

 that make Hay by the fairdayes in 

 Almanacks, and be no furer : for 

 doubtlefs, three or four Flyes rightly 

 made, do ferve for a Trout all Sum- 

 mer; and for Winter-flies, all Ang- 

 fers know, they are as ufeful as an 

 Almanack out of date. 



Of thefe (becaufe no man is born 

 an Artift nor an Angler] I thought 

 fit to give thee this notice. I might 

 fay more, but it is not fit for this 

 place ; but if this Difcourfe which 

 follows fhall come to a fecond im- 

 preffion,which is poffible, for flight 

 books have been in this Age obfer- 

 ved to have that fortune; Ilhallthen 

 for thy fake be glad to correct what 

 isfaulty,or by a conference with a- 

 ny to explain or enlarge what is defe- 

 dtiveibut for this time I have neither 



a wil- 



