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tawny and black ground, and the 

 brown of a Mallards feather for the 

 wings ; and you are to know, that 

 thefe two are moft excellenty?/>j-,that 

 is, the May-file and the Oak-file : 

 And let me again tell you, that you 

 keep as far from the water as you can 

 pofsibly, whether youfifh with aflie 

 or worm, and fi(h down the ftream; 

 and when youfifh with a flie, if it be 

 pofsible, let no part of your line 

 touch the water, but your flie only; 

 and be ftil moving your fly upon the 

 water, or cafting it into the water; 

 you your felf,being alfo alwaies mo- 

 ving down the ftream. M r . Barker 

 commends feverall forts of the pal- 

 mer flies, not only thole rib'd with 

 filver and gold,but others that have 

 their bodies all made of black, or 

 lome with red,and a red hackel;you 

 may alfo make the hawthern-fiie^ 

 whichis all black and not big,but ve- 

 ry fmal,the fmaller the better ; or the 

 oak- fly, the body of which is Orange 



colour 



