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part of his body, under one of his wings, run it directly 

 through, and out at the other side, leaving him spitted 

 cross upon the hook; and then taking the other, put him 

 on after the same manner, but with his head the contrary 

 way; in which posture they will live upon the hook, and 

 play with their wings, for a quarter of an hour or more: 

 but you must have a care to keep their wings dry, both 

 from the water, and also that your fingers be not wet when 

 you take them out to bait them, for then your bait is spoil'd. 



Having now told you how to angle with this fly alive, 

 I am now to tell you next how to make an artificial fly, 

 that will so perfectly resemble him, as to be taken in a 

 rough windy day, when no flies can lie upon the water, 

 nor are to be found about the banks and sides of the river, 

 to a wonder; and with which you shall certainly kill the 

 best Trout and Grayling in the river. 



The artificial Green-drake ' then is made upon a large 

 hook, the dubbing camel's hair, bright bear's hair, the soft 

 down that is combed from a hog's bristles, and yellow 

 camlet, well mixt together ; the body long, and ribbed 

 about with green silk, or rather yellow, waxed with green 

 wax, the whisks of the tail of the long hairs of sables, or 

 fitchet, and the wings of the white-grey feather of a mal- 

 lard, dyed yellow, which also is to be dyed thus: 



Take the root of a barbary tree, and shave it, and put 

 to it woody viss, with as much alum as a walnut, and 

 boil your feathers in it with rain water ; and they will be 

 of a very fine yellow. 



I have now done with the Green-drake, excepting to 

 tell you, that he is taken at all hours, during his season, 



(1) Green-drake, or May-fly. The body of seal's fur, or yellow mohair, a 

 little cub-fox down, and hog's wool, or light brown from a Turkey-carpet, 

 mixed; warp with pale yellow, or red cock's hackle, under the wings; wings 

 of a mallard's feather, dyed yellow ; three whisks in his uil from a sable muff. 

 Taken all day, but chiefly from two to four in the afternoon. 



