part of the feather next the hook, and the point of the 

 feather towards the shankeofthe hook, then whip it three 

 or four times about the hook with the same silk you armed 

 the hook : then make your silk fast : then you must take 

 the hackle of the neck of a Cock or Capon, or a Plovers top, 

 which is the best, take off the one side of the feather, then 

 you must take the hackle silk, or cruell, gold or silver thred; 

 make all these fast at the bent of the hook, then you must 

 begin with Cruell, and Silver, or Gold, and work it up to 

 the wings, every bout shifting your fingers, and making a 

 stop, then the gold will fall right, then make fast : then 

 work up the hackle to the same place, then make the hackle 

 fast : then you must take the hook betwixt your finger and 

 thumb, in the left hand, with a neeld or pin, part the wings 

 in two : then with the arming silk, as you havefastned all 

 hitherto, whip about as it falleth crosse betwixt the wings, 

 then with your thumb you must turne the point of the 

 feather towards the bent of the hook, then work three or four 

 times about the shank, so fasten, then view the proportion. 



For the other Flies : If you make the grounds of Hogs- 

 wooll, sandy, black or white ; or the wooll of a Bear, or of 

 a two year old red Bullock : you must work all these 

 grounds upon a waxed silk, then you must arm and set on 

 the wings, as I have shewed before : For the May-flie, you 

 work the body with some of these grounds, which is very 

 good, ribbed with a black hair ; you may work the body 

 with Cruels, imitating the Colour, or with Silver, with 

 suiting the wings. For the Oak-flie, you must make him 

 with Orange-tauny and black, for the body, and the brown 

 of the Mallards feather for the wings. If you do after 

 my directions, they will kill fish, observing the times fitting, 

 and follow my former Directions. 



If any worthy or honest Angler cannot hit of these my Direc- 

 tions, let him come to me-, he shall read and I will work, he 

 shall see all things done according to my foresaid Directions : 

 So I conclude for the Flie, having shewed you my true Expe- 

 riments, with the Rod, I will set all labouring sports aside : 



And now I am waiting on my Lord with a great Dish 

 of Trouts, who meeting with compa'ny, commanded me 

 to turne Scullion, and dresse a Dinner of the Trouts wee 



