114 BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



MAY. 



PALMERS. 



The May-fly. 



1. The Dun Cut. 



2. The Stone-Jly. 



3. The Black May-fly. 



4. Little Yellow 



5. The Grey Drake 



6. The Camlet-Jiy. 



7. The 



1, Dubbed with bear's hair of a brownish co- 

 lour, with a little blue and yellow mixed with it; 

 the wings off a brown hen, and two horns at the 

 head from the hairs off a squirrel's tail. Or, dub- 

 bed with bear's-cub fur, a little yellow and green 

 cruel mixed with it, warped with yellow or green; 

 wings off a land-rail. 



A great killer in the evening of a showery day. 



2, Dubbed with dun bear's hair, mixed with a 

 little brown and yellow camlet, so placed that the 

 fly may be more yellow on the belly, and towards 

 the tail, than any where else ; place two or three 

 hairs off a black cat's beard on the top of the 

 hook in the arming it, in such a manner that they 

 may be turned up when you warp on the dub- 

 bing and stand almost upright, and start one from 

 the other; rib the body with yellow silk, and 

 make the wings very large off the dark grey fea- 

 thers of a mallard. The hook No. 3. 



This a very great killer) and comes on the water 

 about the middle of April, and continues tilt the 

 end of June ; it is generally used in swi^t streams, 

 but if there is a good wind stirring it will be 

 taken in the deeps ; it is taken but indifferently in 

 the middle of the day, but excellently late and 

 early. 



