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this month, and with which an angler shall have admirable 

 sport. 



7. We have also this month the Great Blue Dun ; the 

 dubbing of the bottom of bear's hair next the roots, mixed 

 with a little blue camlet, the wings of the dark grey feather 

 of a mallard. 



8. We have also this month a dark brown, the dubbing of 

 the brown hair off the flank of a brended cow, and the wings 

 of the grey drake's feather. 



And note, that these several hackles, or palmer-flies, are 

 some for one water and one sky, and some for another; and, 

 according to the change of those, we alter their size and 

 colour; and note also, that both in this and all other months 

 of the year, when you do not certainly know what fly is 

 taken, or cannot see any fish to rise, you are then to put on 

 a small hackle if the water be clear, or a bigger if something 

 dark, until you have taken one ; and then thrusting your 

 fingers through his gills, to pull out his gorge, which being 

 opened with your knife, you will then discover what fly is 

 taken, and may fit yourself accordingly. 



For the making of a hackle, or palmer-fly, my father 

 Walton has already given you sufficient direction, 



MARCH. 



For this month you are to use all the same hackles and 

 flies with the other ; but you are to make them less. 



i. We have, besides, for this month a little dun, called a 

 Whirling Dun (though it is not the whirling dun indeed, 

 which is one of the best flies we have) ; and for this the 

 dubbing must be of the bottom fur of a squirrel's tail, and 

 the wing of the grey feather of a drake. 



