baits fob fishin*. 
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r J t i For March, the dun-fly; made of dun-wool, and the 
athers of the partridges wing; or the body made of black 
wool, and the feathers of a black drake. 2. For 4uril the 
stone fly ; the body made of black wool, dyed yellow under 
e wings and tail. 3. For the beginning of Way, the ruddy 
,1 ' ,! na< . e of red wcol > and bound about with black silk with 
next Tiil o.Tl ° 4 b iJ aCk T Cap0n i h “« in ? da fl n 8 ,in £ on *»» sides 
text hts tail. 4. h or June, the greenish fly; tliebody made 
of black wool, with a yellow list on either side, the wines 
taken of! the wings of a buzzard, bound with black broken 
hemp o. 1 he moorish fly the body made of duskish wool, 
■nd the wings of the blackish mail of a drake. 6. The 
tawny-fly, good till the middle of June; the body made 
n h !' Vny f?r , , t e a" 188 , mad<3 C01Ul ' a '7 one against the 
o her ; of the whitish mail of a white drake. 7 For July 
Whh v a if' fly ht be W " ,ade 0f black woo, i cast about 
Hh yellow silk, and the, wings of drakes’ feathers. 8. The 
s teeJ.fly, good in the middle of July; the body made with 
mT n ‘ S ! T° l, CaSt ab ° lU witb the Others of a peacock’s 
; and tbe made of those of the buzzard. 9. For 
^.gust, the drake-fly; the body made with black wool, 
cas about with black silk ; his win^s of the mail of black 
make, with a black head. 
Tim best rules for artificial fly-fishing are, 
1- To fish in a river somewhat disturbed with rain - or 
a doudy day, when the waters are moved by a n en tle 
Vet? 6 / ll 'f S ° n , 111 Wind ' Sbest; and iflhe wind blow high, 
Urn fi t S °u Ut ‘ ' at y ? u may conv enicntly guard your tackle, 
ti „ 1 Wl11 , nse ! n .P la,n deeps ; but if the wind be small, 
t e best angling is in swift streams. 2. Keep as far from 
e water-side as ma y be ; fish down the stream with the 
3 p a y° ur 1 back ? an( ^ toucb not the water with your line. 
Wb, an 8 ]e ln clear rivers, with a small fly and slender 
rain u m muddy l )laces H larger. 4. When, after 
5 the water becomes brownish, use an orange fly ; in a 
ai cay a light-coloured fly ; a dark fly for dark waters, 
the-; ' Fet ll *e line be twice as long as the rod, unless 
fl v , nver be encumbered with wood. t>. For every sort of 
the l?(T SeVeral of , t,le same j differing in colour, to suit with 
7 rj icrent complexions of several waters and weathers 
With n? a ™' nb ? 7 e » a " d activ f hand > to strike presently 
°ut tho e k n T’" t 10 ? h he f 111 ^ apt to spue 
not th i °° ’ i ^‘i Fe .t tbe % Pud first into the water, and 
still nl lme ’ whlch Wl11 scare tl,e fish - 9 - In slow rivers, or 
littl e i T c ^ s ^ cast tbe fly across the river, and let it sink a 
i lie water, and draw it gently back with the current. 
