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7. From the sixteenth of this month also, to the end of 

 it, we use a BRIGHT BROWN; the dubbing for which is 

 to be had out of a skinner's lime-pits, and of the hair of 

 an abortive calf, which the lime will turn to be so bright, 

 as to shine light gold; for the wings of this fly, the feather 

 of a brown hen is best. Which fly, is also taken till the 

 tenth of April. 



APRIL. 



All the same hackles and flies that were taken in March 

 will be taken in this month also, with this distinction only 

 concerning the flies, that all the browns be lapt with red 

 silk, and the duns with yellow. 



1. To these a SMALL BRIGHT BROWN, made of spa- 

 niel's fur, with a light-grey wing, in a bright day, and a 

 clear water, is very well taken. 



2. We have, too, a little 1 DARK BROWN; the dubbing 

 of that colour, and some violet camlet mixt; and the 

 wing of a grey feather of a mallard. 



3. From the sixth of this month to the tenth we have 

 also a fly called the VIOLET-FLY; made of a dark violet 

 stuff; with the wings, of the grey feather of a mallard. 



4. About the twelfth of this month comes in the fly 

 called the WHIRLING-DUN,* which is taken every day, 



(1) Dark Brown. Dub with the hair of a dark-brown spaniel, or calf, that 

 looks ruddy by bring exposed to wind and weather; warp with yellow; wing, 

 dark starling's feather. Taken from eight to eleven. This is a good fly, and to 

 be seen in most rivers; but so variable in its hue, as the season advances, that 

 it requires the closest attention to the natural fly to adapt the materials for mak- 

 ing it artificially, which is also the rase with the Violet or Ash-coloured Dun. 

 When this fly first appears, it is nearly of a chocolate colour, from which, by the 

 middle of May, it has been observed to deviate to almost a lemon colour. 

 Northern anglers call it, by way of eminence, the Dark Brown; others call it 

 the Four-winged Brown : it has four wings, lying flat on its back, something 

 longer than the body, which is longish, but not taper. This fly must be made 

 on a smallish hook, viz. No. 8, or Q. 



(2) Little Whirling-Dun. The body fox-cub, and a little light ruddy-brown 

 mixed : warp with grey or ruddy silk ; a red harkle under the wing ; wing of a 

 land-rail, or ruddy-brown chicken, which is better. This is a killing-fly in a 

 blustering day, as the great whirling-dun is in the evening and late at night. 



