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whilst there is any day upon the sky; and with a made- 

 fly I once took, ten days after he was absolutely gone, in 

 a cloudy day, after a shower, and in a whistling wind, 

 five and thirty very great Trouts and Graylings, betwixt 

 five and eight of the clock in the evening, and had no less 

 than five or six flies, with three good hairs apiece, taken 

 from me in despite of my heart, besides. 



12. I should now come next to the Stone-fly, but there 

 is another gentleman in my way, that must of necessity 

 come in between, and that is the GREY-DRAKE, which in 

 all shapes and dimensions is perfectly the same with the 

 other, but almost quite of another colour, being of a 

 paler, and more livid yellow, and green, and ribb'd with 

 black quite down his body, with blark shining wings, and 

 so diaphanous and tender, cobweb-like, that they are of 

 no manner of use for daping; but come in, and are taken 

 after the Green-drake, and in an artificial fly kill very well, 

 which fly is thus made : ' the dubbing of the down of a 

 hog's bristles and black spaniel's fur mixed, ard ribb'd 

 down the body with black silk, the whisks of the hairs of 

 the beard of a black cat, and the wings of the black grey 

 feather of a mallard. 



And now I come to the STONE-FLY; but am afraid I 

 have already weaned your patience ; which if 1 have, I 

 beseech you freely tell me so, and I will defer the remain- 

 ing instructions for fly-angling till some other time. 



Viat. No, truly, Sir, 1 can never be weary of hearing 

 you. But if you think fit, because I am afraid I am too 

 troublesome, to refresh yourself with a glass and a pipe, 

 you may afterwards proceed, and I shall be exceedingly 

 pleased to hear you. 



(1) Grey Drake. The body of an absolute white ostrich feather ; the end of 

 the body towards the uil of peacock's herl; warping of an ash. colour, with 

 silver twist mod black hackle ; wing of a dark grey feather of a mallard. A 

 very killing fly. especially towards the evening, when the fish are glutted with 

 the Green-drake. 



