382 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [PART II. 



clearness, being something different from the method 

 commonly used in others, which, by being not near so bright, 

 admit of stronger tackle, and allow a nearer approach to 

 the stream ; I may, perad venture, give you some instruc- 

 tions, that may be of use even in your own rivers ; and shall 

 bring you acquainted with more flies, and show you how to 

 make them, and with what dubbing too, than he has taken 

 notice of in his " Complete Angler." 1 



Viat. I beseech you, sir, do : and, if you will lend me 

 your steel, I will light a pipe the while ; for that is com- 

 monly my breakfast in a morning too. 2 



THE SECOND DAY. 



(Continued.) 



CHAPTER IV. 



OP ANGLING FOR TROUT OR GRAYLING, DIVIDED INTO THREE BRANCHES. 



Pise, junior. Why then, sir, to begin methodically, as a 

 master in any art should do, and I will not deny but that I 

 think myself a master in this : I shall divide angling for 

 trout or grayling, into these three ways : at the top ; at the 

 bottom; and in the middle. Which three ways, though 

 they are all of them, as I shall hereafter endeavour to make 

 it appear, in some sort common to both those kinds of fish, 

 yet are they not so generally and absolutely so, but that they 

 will necessarily require a distinction ; which, in due place, I 

 will also give you. 



That which we call angling at the top, is with a fly at the 



* Parti., chap. V. 



8 The American editor says, "It is not wise to venture out in the 

 morning with an empty stomach, which renders the system peculiarly liable 

 to any malaria that may be prevalent ; besides, an empty stomach makes 

 a light brain, and the angler needs all the coolness of judgment he can 

 command." AM. ED. 



