CHAP. VII. THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 317 



1. We have, besides, for this month a little Dnn, 

 called a WHIRLING DUN,' (though it is not the Whirling 

 Dun, indeed, which is one of the best flies we have ;) 

 and for this, the dubbing must be of the bottom fur of t 

 squirrel's tail; and the wing of the grey feather of a drake. 



2. Also a BRIGHT BROWN; the dubbing either of the 

 brown of a spaniel, or that of a red cow's flank, with a 

 grey wing. 



before, till you have taken up nearly all that remained of the hook, observing 

 to lay the turns neatly side by side ; and, lastly, clip off the ends of the silk. 

 Thus you will have made a bait that will catch Trout of the largest size, in any 

 water in England. 



It is true, the method above described will require some variation in the case 

 of gold-aud-silver-twist palmers ; in the making whereof, the management of 

 the twist is to be considered as another operation; but this variation will ug- 

 gest itself to every reader, as will also the method of making those flies, con- 

 tained in the uotrs, that have hackle under the wings; which else we should 

 have added to Cotton'* directions for making a Ay, which he gives Viator in the 

 fishing, house. See Chap V. 



(1) Great Whirling Dun. Dub with fox-cub's or squirrel's fur, well mixed 

 with about a sixth part of the finest hog's wool ; warp with pale-orange wings, 

 very large, taken from the quill-feather of a ruddy hen ; the he-ad to be fastened 

 with ash-colour silk; a red cock's hackle, at full length, may be wrapped under 

 the wings, and a turn or two lower towards the tail. 



Tim is a killing fly, and is to be seen rising out of the hedges in mostTrout 

 rivers, late in the evening, seldom before sun-set, and continues ou the water 

 till midnight, or after. It is found iu most of the warm months ; but kills chiefly 

 in a blustering warm evening, from the middle of May to the end of July. 



The directions of Mr. Cotton for making flies are to be considered as the very 

 basis and foundation of that art, no author before him having ever treated the 

 subject so copiously and accurately as he has done: what improvements have 

 been made since his time, have been handed about in manuscript lists, but have 

 hardly ever been communicated to the public. 



A reverend, worthy, and ingenious friend of mine, a lover of angling, who 

 has practised that and the art of fly-making these thirty years, and is the gentle- 

 man mentioned in the note p. 208, has generously communicated to me the result 

 of his many years experience, in a list of a great number of flies not mentioned 

 by Cotton, with some variations in the manner of making those described in the 

 text. And as to these deviations.it is hoped they will be considered as improve- 

 ments ; since I am authorized to say, that the above gentleman has, in the mak- 

 ing of flies, made it a constant rule to follow nature. 



Part of this list is, for very obvious reasons, wrought into the form of notes 

 on thnt of Mr. Cotton ; and the rest, with another very valuable Catalogue, com- 

 posed by a North-country Angler, and communicated to me by the same gentle- 

 man, make Nos. II. and III. of the Appendix to this Volume. 



The reader will there also find No. IV. a List of Flies formerly published in 

 the Angler's Vadt Mtcum, so often referred to in the course of this work : and 

 though the flies therein contained are said to be, chiefly, of use in stony, I have 

 tried some of them, especially the duns, in other rivers, and found them to be 

 excellent. 



