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you before) I sometimes used to dibble; and Grayling will 

 rise mightily at it. But the artificial fly (which is only in 

 use amongst our anglers) is made of a dark-brown shin- 

 ing camlet, ribbed over with a very small light green silk; 

 the wings, of the double-grey feather of a mallard ; and 

 'tis a killing fly for small fish. And so much for May. 



JUNE. 



From the first to the four-and-twentieth, the Green - 

 drake and Stone-fly are taken as I told you before. 



1. From the twelfth to the four-and-twentieth, late at 

 night, is taken a fly called the OWL-FLY:' the dubbing 

 of a white weasel's tail; and a white-grey wing. 



2. We have then another dun, called the BARM-FLY, 

 from its yeasty colour. The dubbing of the fur of a yel- 

 low dun cat, and a grey wing of a mallard's feather. 



3. We have also a HACKLE with a purple body, whipt 

 about with a red capon's feather. 



4. As also a GOLD-TWIST HACKLE with a purple body, 

 whipt about wit ha red capon's feather. 



5. To these we have, this month, a FLESH-FLY. The 

 dubbing of a black spaniel's fur and blue wool mixed, 

 and a grey wing. 



6. Also another little FLESH-FLY, the body made of 

 the whirl of a peacock's feather, and the wings of the grey 

 feather of a drake. 



7. We have, then, the PEACOCK -FLY, the body and 

 wing both made of the feather of that bird. 



8. There is also the flying-ant, or ANT-FLY, the dub- 

 bing of brown and red camlet mixt, with a light-grey 

 wing. 



9. We have likewise a BROWN GNAT, with a very sien- 



na Hhitc Miller, or Owl-Fly. The body of white ostrich her!, whit* hackle, 

 and i!ver-twut, if you please; wing of the white feather of a Ume duck. Taken 

 from suo-sct till tea at nigbl, and from two lo four in the morning. 





