440 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



the water ; for this fly I have seen trouts take little pieces 

 of moss, as they have swum down the river ; by which I 

 conclude that the best way to hit the right colour is to com- 

 pare your dubbing with the moss, and mix the colours as 

 near as you can. 



7. There is also taken, this month, a black -blue dun ; 

 the dubbing of the fur of a black rabbit mixed with a little 

 yellow ; the wings of the feather of a blue pigeon's wing. 



AUGUST. 



The same flies with July. 



1. Then another Ant-Fly; the dubbing of the black-brown 

 hair of a cow, some red wrapt in for the tag of his tail, and 

 a dark wing ; a killing fly. 



2. Next a fly called the Fern-Fly; the dubbing of the fur 

 of a hare's neck, that is of the colour of fern or bracken, 

 with a darkish grey wing of a mallard's feather ; a killer 

 too. 



3. Besides these we have a white hackle ; the body of 

 white mohair, and wrapt about with a white hackle feather, 

 and this is assuredly taken for thistle-down. 



4. We have also this month a Harry Long-Legs ; the 

 body made of bear's dun and blue wool mixed, and a brown 

 hackle feather over all. 



Lastly. In this month all the same browns and duns are 

 taken that were taken in May. 



SEPTEMBER. 



This month the same flies are taken that arc taken in 

 April. 



I. To which I shall only add a Camel-brown Fly; the 



