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from the foots under the Jaws, which is a fine yellow. It 
prepares the fifh to look for the may-fly or green-drake. 
It is made upon the hook No. 7. 
9. Green drake, or May-fy. —This, in warm mild feafons, 
comes out in myriads, covering the meadows and brooks 
from the end of May to midfummer. To fiili with them, 
put the point of the hook into the thickeft part of the 
body, under one of its wings; run it diredtly through, 
and out on the other fide, then take another, and put on in 
the fame manner, but with his head the contrary way ; they 
will live thus near a quarter of an hour, and is the molt 
fuccefsful bait for trout.—There is another fpecies called 
grey-drake, taken both in dreams and ftill waters, at all 
hours of the day, while in feafon. Thefe are the male 
and female, or different varieties of ephemera.—The may¬ 
fly is made artificially on the hook No. 5, with the light- 
grey feather of a mallard for the wings ; the body muff 
be long, and ribbed about with green or yellow lilk, and 
three long fpines or hairs for its tail, made very fine.— 
For particulars and figures of this inter,effing fly to an¬ 
glers, fee the article Ephemera, vol. vi. p. 852. 
ro. Tiie oak, afli, or woodcock, J/y. —This appears about 
the middle of May, and continues till the middle of 
June. It is bred in oak-apples, and is a fpecies<of cynips. 
The wings are made artificially from a feather out of the 
wing of a partridge or woodcock, the body with Ifabella- 
coloured mohair, and the head with a little of the brown 
part of hare’s fur, fet upon the hook No. 7. 
11. The Jhorii-jly .—This comes on towards the end - of 
May, and continues till the end of July. They are gene¬ 
rally found in mowing grafs ; it has a caterpillar kind of 
body, with dufley wings of a dark brown colour, with clear 
blue wings under them : it is in its greateft perfection in 
June; and is probably a fpecies of libellula : it is to be 
fifhed with, any time of the day, from fun-rife to fun-fet. 
The wings are made artificially of a red cock’s hackle, 
with a black lift up the middle; the body with a pea¬ 
cock’s h.erl upon the hook No. 6. 
is. The orl-jly.- —This comes at the end of May, and 
continues till the. end of June. It is a_ four-winged fiy, 
generally flutters along the furface of the water, and is 
what fillies are remarkably fond of. It is probably a 
fpecies of nepa. The wings of the orl-fly are made with 
a dark grizzle cock’s hackle, and the body of peacock’s 
licrl, worked with dark red (ilk, upon the hook No. 6. 
13. 'Thc/ky-bluefly. —This appears early in June, and 
continues till the middle of July. It is a beautiful fly, 
of the libellula genus; its wings are tranfparent, (land 
upright upon its back, and are of a fine blue colour, its 
body of a pale yellow, and tail forked. The wings are 
made artificially from the light blue feather of a hen ; 
the body with pale yellow mohair, mixed with light-blue 
fur, and ribbed witli a fine cock’s yellow' hackle, upon 
th.e hook No. S. 
14. The great cadis Jly. —This appears about the 10th 
of June; it is of a buff colour, and continues till the 
middle of July. This is the larged fpecies of phryganea. 
The wings are made artificially from a feather taken from 
a ligb.t brown hen ; the body is made of buff-coloured 
mohair, and the legs of a pale yellow cock’s hackle, upon 
the hook No. 6. 
15. The blue gnat. —This conies 'about the iff of June, 
and continues upwards of a fortnight: if the water is low 
and fine, the fifties take them very faff. It is a fpecies 
of culex. The wings of this gnat are made artificially 
with a fmall grey cock’s hackle, and the body with light 
blue fur, mixed with yellow mohair, fet upon the hook 
No. 8 or 9. 
16. The red ant-Jly. —This enters into its fly date about 
the middle of June, and.continues till about the 16th of 
July, appealing inoftly in clofe gloomy days it may be 
fithed w'ith from eleven in the forenoon till fix in the 
evening. The ant-flies, when in perfection, are great 
killers; and all fifties that rife at flies, are very fond of 
them ; they fucceed in dead heavy waters, as well as in 
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dreams. The wings of this fly are made artificially frorsv 
a feather out of a (fare’s wing, and the body of peacock’s- 
herl, made pretty large at the tail, and fine towards the 
wing, with a ginger-coloured cock’s hackle wrapt twice or 
thrice under the wings, and.fet.upon the hook No. 8. 
17. The black ant-fly This comes on at the fame time 
with the red, and is to be fifhed with in the fame manner. 
Thefe are both fpecies of formica. The wings of this 
fly are made with the lighted blue feather you can get, 
and witli th.e greateft glofs ; but it is difficult to find any. 
that can come up to the gloflinefs of the natural wings, ex¬ 
cept the blue down of the thiftle, which makes them the 
bed of any thing, but is not lading; the body is made 
with a black oftricli’s feather, and a black cock’s hackle 
wrapt under the wings, on the hook No. 8. 
18. The Welchman''s button, or hafle-Jly This appears 
about the end of July, and continues neara fortnight. It 
is in form like around button, whence anglers have given 
it this name. 11 has four wings, the uppernioff cruftaceous, 
the undermoff of a fine blue colour, foft, and tranfparent p 
it is a fmall fpecies of fcarabasus. The wings are made 
from the red feather thatgrowsupon the tail of a partridge; 
the body with a peacock’s herl, and an oftrich’s feather 
mixed, and the legs of a fine black cock’s hackle, with 
the hook No. 7. 
19. The little whirling blue-fly. —This comes on about 
the 10th of Auguft, and continues about three weeks: as 
it fwims down the water,, its wings (land upright on its 
back ; it has a forked tail ; and may be fithed with from 
eleven in the forenoon, till three in the afternoon. This 
is probably a fpecies of mufea. The wings are made 
from a feather out of the wing of a darling ; the body 
witli a fpaniel’s fur, mixed with a little yellow, and a tine 
red cock’s hackle over the body, on the hook No. 8. _ 
20. The willow-Jly. —This appears about the beginning 
of September, and continues till the end of October : it is 
a four-winged fly, with a forked tail, and generally flut¬ 
ters upon the furface of the water: it is to be fifhed with 
in cold ftormy days, being then moll plentiful. It is pro¬ 
bably a fpecies of panorpa. Th.e wings are made of a 
grizzled cock’s hackle, and the body of th.e blue part of 
fquirrel’s fur, mixed with yellow mohair, upon the hook 
No. 7. 
The three lad-mentioned flies ufually conclude the fea¬ 
fon for fly-fi(hing. From the middle of May till Auguft, 
you will find great variety of flies upon tlie water every 
day ; Co that you fliould obferve it as a general rule to 
fifli with the firft fly that comes in the morning ; andStake 
the f reIh comers, as they appear in fucceffion ; tor in this 
order the fifh. generally lay wait lor them-. But the 
great number of flies and infects that abound in the 
waters all the hot fuminer months, and the great variety 
of food that the fifties are in confequ-ence glutted with, 
makes them more difficult to take than in the fpring or 
autumn. The. dimmer months, however, are the bed 
fuited to co-llett and preferve aquatic flies,.as fpecimens 
whereby to form the artificial kinds; for the nearer they 
rcfemble nature, the greater will be the angler’s fuccefs 
in artificial fly-fifliing. The natural hiftory, with correct 
engravings of all thefe infects, ni 3 y be feen under their 
generic names, in the order of this work. 
Of NIGHT FLIES. 
As many fportfmen are fo fond of angling as to be in¬ 
duced to purine this (port by night, and in which perhaps 
they will be often more fuccefsful than in the day-time,, 
the following moths.are recommended as the bed baits for. 
this ptirpofe. 
1. The mealy white. —This is the common large white 
moth. The wings are made artificially with the (oft 
mealy feathers.of a white owl ; the body, the white foil 
fur of a rabbit, with a downy white cock’s hackle. In. 
making it, take the feathers and turn the 111 in, as you. 
would the ftript feather for the wings of other flies,, and 
at the bottom fallen in the point of the hackle ; then, 
twifting 
