THE 



COMPLETE FLY-FISHER, 



. I. 



concerning Arlificial-Fly-Angling) with 

 proper Directions for the Angler's Rods, JLines^ fyc. 



THE art of artificial fly-fishing, certainly has 

 the pre-eminence oyer the other various me- 

 thods that are used to take fishes in the art of 

 singling. It requires a great deal of ingenuity 

 and attention, and the variety, which attends 

 it makes it one both pleasant and agreeable. 

 The angler is not confined to any particular part 

 of the water In fly-fishing, but roves from one 

 place to another, trying his fortune, by throw- 

 ing his flies into the different eddies, and the 

 most likely places he meets with, to make a 

 captive of the speckled trout: enjoying at the 

 -ame time the harmonious warblings of the nu- 

 merous songsters of the groves : beholding the 

 diversity of the prospect spread around him, and 

 gaining that health and serenity of mind, not to 

 be purchased by all the riches in the universe. 



