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colour and black crewel, with a 

 brown win g,or &fly made with a pea- 

 cocks feather,is excellent in a bright 

 day : you muft be fure you want not 

 in your Magazm bag, the Peacocks 

 feather, and grounds of fucb wool, 

 and crewel as will make the Grafs- 

 hopper: and note, that ufually, the 

 fmalleft flies are beft ; and note alfo, 

 that, the light flie does ufcally make 

 moil iport in a dark day : and the 

 darkeft and leaft flie in a bright or 

 ! cleare day ; and laflly note, that you 

 i are to repaire upon any occafion to 

 your Magazm bag, and upon any 

 occafion vary and make them ac- 

 cording to your fancy. 



And now I ihall tell you, that the 

 fifhing with a naturall flie is excel - 

 lent,and affords much pleafure; they 

 may be found thus, the May-fly u- 

 fually in and about that month neer 

 to the River fide, especially againft 

 rain ; the Oak-fly r on the Butt or bo- 

 dy of an Oak or Afh, from the be- 

 I 3 ginning 



