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tryeth shall prove it in time : let us go to Angling with a 

 Flie, which is a delightfull sport. 



The Rod must be light and tender, if you can fit your- 

 selfe with an Hazell, either of one piece or two set together 

 in the most convenient manner, light and gentle : set your 

 Line to the Rod ; for the uppermost part, you may use 

 your owne discretion ; for the lower part, next your Flie, 

 must be of three or foure haired links. If you can attain 

 to Angle with one ha ire, you shall have the more rises, 

 and kill more fish ; be sure you doe not over-load yourself 

 with the length of your Line : before you begin to Angle, 

 make a triall, having the winde in your back to see at what 

 length you can cast your Flie, that the Flie light first into 

 the wafer, and no longer ; for if any of the LV;e falleth 

 into the water before the Flie, it is better unthrowne then 

 throwne ; be sure you be casting alwayes downe the stream, 

 with the Wind behindeyou, and the Sun before; it is a 

 speciall point to have the Sunne and Moon before you : for 

 the very motion of the Rod drives all the pleasure from 

 you, either by day or night in all your Anglings, both for 

 Wormesand Flies; so there must bee a great care of that. 



Let us begin to Angle in March with the Flie : If the 

 weather prove Windie, or Cloudie, there are severall kindes 

 of Palmers that are good for that time. 



First, a black Palmer ribbed with silver : the second, a 

 black Palmer with an Orange-tauny body: thirdly, a black 

 Palmer, with the body made all of black : fourthly, a red 

 Palmer ribbed with gold, and a red hackle mixed with 

 Orenge cruel ; these Flies serve all the year long morning 

 and evening, windie and cloudie. Then if the Aire prove 

 bright and cleare, you must imitate the Hauthorn Flie, 

 which is all black and very small, and the smaller the better. 

 In May take the May-file : imitate that, which is made 

 severall wayes ; some make them with a shammy body, 

 ribbed with a black haire: another way made with Sandy- 

 Hogges wooll, ribbed with black silke, and winged with a 

 Mallards feather, according to the fancy of the Angler. 

 There isanother called theOak-Flie, which ismade of Orange 

 colour Cruell and black, with a browne wing; imitate that: 

 Another Flie, thebody made with the strain of a Pea-Cocks* 



