106 BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



SILVER HACKLE. 



Made with a black body also, silver twist over 

 that, and a red hackle over all. 



The variation that is to be observed in making 

 the gold and silver palmer is this, that when you 

 whip the end of the hackle to the bend of the 

 hook, you must also do the same to the gold or 

 silver twist, and first wind either of them on the 

 dubbing, observing that they lie flat on it, and 

 then fasten off; afterwards proceed with the hac- 

 kle as directed : or you may wind the hackle on 

 the dubbing first, and rib the body with either of 

 the twists afterwards. 



These are the standard hackles in fly-fishing, 

 and are taken any month in the year, from nine 

 to eleven in the morning, and from one to three 

 in the evening, and upon any water ; though you 

 must have different sizes of them, and dubbed 

 with different colours, that you may always be 

 able to suit either a clear or a dark water, or a 

 bright and cloudy atmosphere; observing, that 

 small light-coloured flies are for clear waters and 

 skies, and the largest for dark and cloudy ones. 



These palmers (a$ I said before) being taken 

 every month in the year, when I come to treat of 

 the flies proper for each month, I shall not take 

 any notice again of the four which I have set 

 down, for that would be totally unnecessary ; but 

 the others which deviate in their size and dubbing 

 from the general rule, will be fully expressed. 



The angler should always try the palmers first, 

 when he fishes in a river that he is unaccustomed 

 to; and even in that which he constantly uses, 

 without he knows what fly is on the water, and 



