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the clearest in this kingdom, and the manner of angling 

 here with us, by reason of that exceeding clearness, being 

 something different from the method commonly used in 

 others, which, by being not near so bright, admit of 

 stronger tackle, and allow a nearer approach to the 

 stream, I may peradventure give you some instructions, 

 that may be of use, even in your own rivers, and shall 

 bring you acquainted with more flies and shew you how 

 to make them, and with what dubbing too, than he has 

 taken notice of in his COMPLETE ANGLER. 



Viat. I beseech you, Sir, do; and if you will' lend me 

 your steel, 1 will light a pipe the while, for that is, com- 

 monly, my breakfast in a morning, too. 



CHAP. IV 

 QfA*ytt*gfor TROUT or GRAYLING. 



Piscator. WHY, then Sir, to begin methodically, as a 

 master in any art should do, (and I will not deny, but 

 that I think myself a master in this) I shall divide Any- 

 lingfur TROUT, or GRAYLING, into these three ways ; at 

 the top; at the bottom ; and in the middle. Which three 

 ways, though they are all of them, (as I shall hereafter 

 endeavour to make it appear,) in some sort common to 

 both those kinds of fish ; yet are they not so generally 

 and absolutely so, but that they will necessarily require 

 a distinction, which, in due place, I will also give you. 



That which we call angling at the top, is with a fly ; at 

 the bottom, with a ground-bait ; in the middle, with a 

 minnow or ground-bait. 



Angling at the top is of two sorts ; with a quick fly, or 

 with an artificial fly. 



