96 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. PART Ii 



bag, 1 and trying to make a fly, though he miss at first, 

 yet shall he at last hit it better, even to such a perfection 



therefore feathers from the back and other parts of the wild mallard, or drake; 

 the feathers of a partridge, especially those red ones that are in the tail ; feathers 

 from a cock pheasant's breast and tail; the wiugs of a blackbird, a brown hen, 

 of a starling, a jay, a land-rail, a throstle, a fieldfare, and a water-coot; the 

 feathers from the crown of the pewit, plover, or lap-wing ; green and copper- 

 coloured peacock's, and black ostrich, herle ; feathers from a heron's neck and 

 wings. And remember, that, in most instances, where the drake's or wild mal- 

 lard's feather is hereafter [in the text] directed, that from a starling's wing will 

 do much better, as being of a finer grain, and less spungy. 



Be provided with marking-silk of all colours; fine, but very strong, flaw-silk; 

 gold and silver flatted wire, or twist ; a sharp knife; hooks of all sizes; hog's 

 bristles for loops to your flies; shoe-maker's wax ; a large needle to raise your 

 dubbing, when flatted with working; and a small, but sharp pair of scissars. 



And lastly, if any materials required in the subsequent Lists of Flies may 

 have been omitted in the foregoing Catalogue, be careful to add them to your 

 former stock, as often as you shall find any such omissions. 



Remember, with all your dubbing to mix bear's hair and hog's wool, which 

 are stiff, and not apt to imbibe the water, as the fine furs and most other kind 

 of dubbing do; and remember also, that martern's fur is the best yellow you 

 can use. 



(1) The use of a Bag is attended with many inconveniences; of which, the 

 mixing and wasting your materUls are not the least : to prevent which, the fol- 

 lowing method is recommended. Take a piece of fine-grained parchment, of 

 even inches by nine, and fold it so that the size and proportion of it will be that 

 of a small octavo volume ; then open it, and through the first leaf, with a sharp 

 penknife and a ruler, make three cross cuts, at the same proportionable distance, 

 and with a needle and silk stitch the two leaves together: let each of the 

 margins be half an inch at least. 



Then, with a pair of compasses, take the distance from A to B, and set it on 

 in the Kiddle of a small piece of parchment ; and likewise set on the same dis- 

 tance to the right and left ; and at each extremity cut off, with a penknife and 

 ruler, the spare parchment, observing that the sides are exactly parallel. 



At about a quarter of an inch from the top, make a cut through the first and 

 third divisions, and with a pair of scissars snip out the loose pieces. 



Be careful that the cats, and indeed all your work, are exactly square; and 

 when this is done, torn in the sides and ends of the parchment, so cut as before; 

 and press the folds with a folding-stick : and you have one pocket, which put 

 into the first partition. 



Pursue the sane method with the small pockets, and those for the other par- 

 Utions; and in this manner proceed till you have completed six leaves, which 

 are to make the first of your book. The larger of these pockets are to hold hog's 

 wool, seal's fur, and bear's hair; and the smaller, the finer furs, which are those 

 of the martern, fox-cub, dec. 



lu each of the six divisions, in every leaf, with a sadler's hollow punch, make 

 a hole ; to which end, take a thia narrow stick of beech, or any hardish wood ; 

 and when the pocket is in ils place, put the stick down into the pocket, and, 

 observing the centre of the division, give the punch a smart blow with a mal- 

 let: these holes will shew what is contained in each of the pockets. 



The next leaf may be single : stitch it across with double silk diagonally, and 

 cross those stitches with others, and the spaces will be of a lozenge-shape; let 

 the stitches be half an inch in length : into these you are to tuck your dubbing, 

 when m-xed ready for use. 



