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to keep your fly in continual motion, though the 

 day be dark, the water muddy, and the wind blow, 

 or else the fish will discern and refuse it. 



He advises, of every sort of fly to have three, one 

 of a lighter colour, another sadder than the natural 

 fly, and a third of the exact colour with the fly, to 

 suit all waters and weathers. 



" The Angler's Vade Mecum," 1700, gives a list 

 of some thirty flies. Most writers give the same, or 

 nearly the same Hackles. Palmer Hackle, Silver, 

 Red, and Grey Hackle. The Whirling Dun is also 

 on all lists, so is the Green Drake and Stone fly. 

 The list is made up of Owls, Brown, Black, 

 and Flesh flies, etc., all apportioned to different 

 months. 



Samuel Taylor, "Angling in all its Branches," 

 begins with eight. He says : " The following 

 eight I shall set down as standards, because the 

 seven first will kill fish at all times of the season, 

 and the eighth from about the middle of April. 



These eight are, the Black Hackle, the Wren's 

 Tail, the Grouse Hackle, the Smoky Dun Hackle, 

 the Brown Rail, the Hare's Ear (two), the Red 

 Hackle. He then gives a list of some twenty 

 more, among which are the Dun Fox, the Ash Fox, 

 the Light Fox, the Golden Sooty, etc. 



Thomas Best, in his "Autobiography of Angling," 

 tenth edition, 1814, gives a very long list. 



