90 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. PART I. 



for by that means they rob themselves of that pleasure 

 that hunger brings to poor men." And I do seriously 

 approve of that saying of yours, " that you had rather be 

 a civil, well-governed, well-grounded, temperate, poor ang- 

 ler, than a drunken lord :" but I hope there is none such. 

 However, I am certain of this, that I have been at many 

 Tery costly dinners that have not afforded me half the con- 

 tent that this has done ; for which I thank God and you. 



And now, good master, proceed to your promised 

 direction for making and ordering my artificial fly. 



Pise. My honest scholar, 1 will do it; for it is a debt 

 due unto you by my promise. And because you shall 

 not think yourself more engaged to me than indeed you 

 really are, I will freely give you such directions as were 

 lately given to me by an ingenious brother of the angle, 

 an honest man, and a most excellent fly-fisher. 



You are to note, that there are twelve kinds of artifi- 

 cial made Flies, to angle with upon the top of the water. 

 Note, by the way, that the fittest season of using these, 

 IB a blustering windy day, when the waters are so trou- 

 bled that the natural fly ctnnot be seen, or rest upon 

 them. The FIRST is the dun-fly, in March: the body is 

 made of dun wool; the wings, of the partridge's feathers. 

 The SECOND is another dun-fly: the body of black wool; 

 and the wings made of the black drake's feathers, and of 

 the feathers under his tail. The THIRD is the stone-fly, 

 in April: the body is made of black wool ; made yellow 

 under the wings and under the tail, and so made with 

 wings of the drake. The FOURTH is the ruddy fly, in the 

 beginning of May: the body made of red- wool, wrapt 

 about with black silk ; and the feathers are the wings of 

 the drake; with the feathers of a red capon also, which 

 hang dangling on his sides next to the tail. The FIFTH 

 is the yellow or greenish fly, in May likewise : the body 

 made of yellow wool ; and the wings made of the red 



