THE SECOND DAY 



(Continued.) 



CHAPTER V. 



OF FLY-PISHING. 



Pise, junior. Fly-fishing, or fishing at the top, is, as I 

 said before, of two sorts ; with a natural, and living fly, or 

 with an artificial, and made fly. 



First then, of the natural fly : of which we generally use 

 but two sorts, and those but in the two months of May and 

 June only, namely, the green-drake and the stone-fly ; though 

 I have made use of a third that way, called the camlet-fly, 

 with very good success for grayling, but never saw it angled 

 with by any other after this manner, my master only excepted, 

 who died many years ago, and was one of the best anglers 

 that ever I knew. 



These are to be angled with, with a short line, not much 

 more than half the length of your rod, if the air be still ; or 

 with a longer, very near or all out as long as your rod, if you 

 have any wind to carry it from you : and this way of fishing we 

 call daping, dabbing, or dibbling ; l wherein you are always to 

 have your line flying before you up or down the river as the 

 wind serves, and to angle as near as you can to the bank of 

 the same side whereon you stand ; though where you see a fish 

 rise near you, you may guide your quick-fly over him, whether 

 in the middle, or on the contrary side ; and, if you are pretty 

 well out of sight, either by kneeling or the interposition of 

 a bank or bush, you may almost be sure to raise, and take 



1 See in chap. VII. May, art. 11, directions how to bait with the green- 

 drake fly. 



