PART II. 



THE 



COMPLETE FLY-FISHER 



OR 



EVERY MAN HIS OWN FLY-MAKER. 



With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook, 



Let me with judgment cast the feather'd hook, 



Silent along the mazy margin stray, 



And with a fur-wrought fly delude the prey. 



To frame the little animal, provide 



All the gay hues that wait on female pride. 



Let Nature guide thee : sometimes golden wire 



The shining bellies of the fly require ; 



The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, 



Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. 



Kach gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, 



And lends the growing insect proper wing? : 



Silks of all colours must their aid impart. 



And every fur promote the risher's art. 



GAY 





