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With a green body make him, on a middle eized hook, 

 But when you have catch'd fish, then play the good cook. 



" Once more, my good brother, I'll speak in thy ear ; 

 Hog's, red cow's, and bear's wool to float best appear ; 

 And so doth your fur, if it rightly fall ; 

 But always remember, make two, and make all." 



It would be equally absurd to name any precise descrip- 

 tion of fly for any particular month in this cc ontry, and per- 

 haps more so, as our weather is more changeable than that 

 of any part of Europe. 



There are many kinds of flies used both here and in Eng- 

 land, but two descriptions have the preference, and accom- 

 pany all Anglers as the universal fly, and are consequently 

 necessary requisites to a well arranged Fly-Angler's estab- 

 lishment. The Red Hackle, or Soldier Palmer, and the 

 Black Hackle, or Black Palmer, are " the Plies." They are 

 both made in a variety of ways, with different colored bodies, 

 but with the same kind of hackle or legs. The most killing 

 kind of the red hackle is made with a red worsted or mohair 

 body, wound around with gold twist. The black hackle is 

 used more particularly in very bright days, when the sun 

 shines unobscured by clouds. It is made with black worsted 

 body, and a black cock's hackle for legs ; the body is some- 

 times wound with silver twist, which in many streams, at 

 certain times, offers additional attractions to the dainty sub- 

 ject of our discourse. They are both made in various ways 

 and of various sizes, and are known under different names. 

 The body of the red hackle is sometimes made with crimson, 

 black, yellow, green, and various other hues of worsted, for 

 bodies; the black, also, with red, white, green, and other 

 colors intermingled. They are also made under different 

 names with and without wings. 



The White Hackle, or Miller, is a good fly in dark, low- 

 ering days. It is made with a white worsted body, and 



