CHAP. VII. THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 313 



JANUARY. 



1. A RED BROWN with wings of the male of a mallard 

 almost white ; the dubbing of the tail of a black long- 

 coated cur, such as they commonly make muffs of; for 

 the hair on the tail of such a dog dyes, and turns to a red 

 brown, but the hair of a smooth-coated dog of the same 

 colour will not do, because, it will not dye, but retains its 

 natural colour. 1 And this fly is taken, in a warm sun, this 

 whole month through. 



2. There is also a very little BRIGHT-DUN GNAT, as 

 little as can possibly be made, so little as never to be 

 fish'd with, with above one hair next the hook ; and this 

 is to be made of a mixt dubbing of marten's fur, and the 

 white of a hare's scut, with a very white and small wing ; 

 and it is no great matter how fine you fish, for nothing 

 will rise in this month but a Grayling ; and of them I 

 never, at this season, saw any taken with a fly, of above 

 a foot long, in my life : but of little ones about the big- 

 ness of a smelt, in a warm day, and a glowing sun, you 

 may take enough with these two flies ; and they are both 

 taken the whole month through. 



FEBRUARY. 



1. Where the RED BROWN of the last month ends, 

 ANOTHER, almost of the same colour, begins with this ; 

 saving that the dubbing of this must be of something a 

 blacker colour, and both of them warpt-on with red silk. 

 The dubbing that should make this fly, and that is the 

 truest colour, is to be got off the black spot of a hog's 

 ear : not that a black spot in any part of the hog will not 

 afford the same colour, but that the hair in that place is, 

 by many degrees, softer, and more fit for the purpose. 

 His wing must be as the other ; and this kills all this 

 month, and is called the LESSER RED-BROWN. 



(1) The dubbing is to be warped on as No. 1, in February, infra. 



