432 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



the butterfly, and his motion in flying is the same. His 

 body is, in some, of a paler, in others, of a darker yellow ; 

 for they are not all exactly of a colour, ribbed with rows of 

 green, long, slender, and growing sharp towards the tail, at 

 the end of which he has three long small whisks of a very 

 dark colour, almost black, and his tail turns up towards his 

 back like a mallard ; from whence, questionless, he has his 

 name of the green drake. These, as I think I told you be- 

 fore, we commonly dape or dibble with, and having gathered 

 great store of them into a long draw-box, with holes in the 

 cover to give them air (where also they will continue fresh 

 and vigorous a night or more), we take them out thence by 

 the wings, and bait them thus upon the hook : We first take 

 one (for we commonly fish with two of them at a time), and 

 putting the point of the hook into the thickest part of his 

 body, under one of his wings, run it directly through, and 

 out at the other side, leaving him spitted cross upon the 

 hook ; and then taking the other, put him on after the same 

 manner, but with his head the contrary way ; in which 

 posture they will live upon the hook, and play with their 

 wings, for a quarter of an hour or more ; but you must have 

 a care to keep their wings dry, both from the water, and 

 also that your fingers be not wet when you take them out 

 to bait them, for then your bait is spoiled. 



Having now told you how to angle with this fly alive, I 

 am now to tell you next how to make an artificial fly, that 

 will so perfectly resemble him, as to be taken in a rough 

 windy day, when no flies can lie upon the water, nor are to 

 be found about the banks and sides of the river, to a wonder; 

 and with which you shall certainly kill the best trout and 

 grayling in the river. 



