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1 . To these a small bright brown, made of a spaniel's fur, 

 with a light gray wing, in a bright day, and a clear water, is 

 very well taken. 



2. We have, too, a little* dark brown ; the dubbing of that 

 colour, and some violet camlet mixed ; and the wing, of the 

 gray feather of a mallard. 



3. From the sixth of this month to the tenth, we have also a 

 fly called the violet-fly, made of a dark violet stuff; with the 

 wings of the gray feather of a mallard. 



4. About the twelfth of this month comes in a fly called the 

 whirling dun,f which is taken every day, about the mid time of 

 day, all this month through, and, by fits, from thence to the end 

 of June ; and is commonly made of the down of a fox-cub, 

 which is of an ash colour at the roots next the skin, and ribbed 

 about with yellow silk ; the wings of the pale gray feather of a 

 mallard. 



5. There is also a yellow dun : J the dubbing of camel's hair, 

 and yellow camlet, or wool, mixed ; and a white gray wing. 



6. There is also this month another little brown, besides 

 that mentioned before, made with a slender body ; the dubbing 

 of dark brown and violet camlet, mixed, and a gray wing ; 

 which, though the direction for the making be near the other, 

 is yet another fly, and will take when the other will not, 

 especially in a bright day and a clear water. 



7. About the twentieth of this month comes in a fly called 

 the horse-flesh fly ; the dubbing of which is a blue mohair, with 

 pink-coloured and red tammy mixed, a light coloured wing, and 

 a dark brown head. This fly is taken best in an evening, and 

 kills from two hours before sunset till twilight, and is taken the 

 month through. 



* Dcvrk broirn. Dub with the hair of n dark brown spaniel, or calf, 

 that looks ruddy by being exposed to wind and weather ; warp witU 

 yellow ; wing-, dark starling's feather. Taken from eight to eleven. 

 This is a good fly, and to be seen in most rivers ; but so variable in its hue, 

 as the season advances, that it requires the closest attention to the natural 

 fly to adapt the materials for making it artificially, which is also the case 

 with the violet, or ash coloured dun. When this fly first appears, it is 

 nearly of a chocolate colour, from which, by the middle of May, it has been 

 observed to deviate to almost a lemon colour. Northern anglers call it, 

 by way of eminence, the dark brown ; others call it the four-winged 

 brown : it has four wings, lying flat on its back, something longer than 

 the body, which is longish, but not taper. This fly must be made on a 

 smallish hook, namely, No. 8, or 9. 



f Little whirling dun. The body, fox cub, and a little light ruddy 

 brown mixed : warp with gray, or ruddy silk ; a red hackle under the 

 wing; wing of a land-rail, or ruddy brown chicken, which is better. 

 This is a killing fly in a blustering day, as the great whirling dun is in the 

 evening, and late at night. 



t Yellow dun. Dub with a small quantity of pale yellow crewel, mixed 

 with fox-cub down from the tail, and warp witli yellow ; wing, of a palish 

 starling's feather. Taken from eight to eleven, and from two to four. 

 See more of the yellow dun in the Appendix, No. IV. 



