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king showre; and therefore fit close, this Sycamore tree will shelter us; and I will tell you,as they shall come into my mind, more obfervations of fliefishing for a Trout.

But first,for the Winde; you are to take notice that of the windes the South winde is faid to be best. obferves, That

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VVhen the winde is fouth,

It blows your bait into a fifbes mouth.

Next to that, the west winde is believed to be the best: and having told you that the East winde is the worst, I need not tell you winde is best in the third degree: which And yet (as Solomon obferves, that Hee that confiders the winde fhall never fow: fo hee that bufies his head too much about them, (if the weather be not made extreme cold by an Eaft winde) fhall be a little fuperftitious: for as it is obferved by fome, That there is no good horse

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of a bad colour; so I have observed, that if it be a clowdy day, and not extreme cold, let the winde fit in what corner it will, and do its worst. And yet take this for a Rule, that I would willingly fish on the Lee-fhore: and you are to take notice, that the Fish lies, or fwimms neerer the bottom in Winter then in Summer, and also neerer the bottom in any cold day.

But I promised to tell you more of the Flie-fishing for a Trout,(which I may have time enough to do, for you fee itrains May-butter.) First for a May-flie, you may make his body with greenish coloured crewel, or willow colour; darkning it in most places, with waxed filk, or ribd with a black hare, or fome of them rib'd with filver thred; and fuch wings for the colour as you fee the flie to have at that season;nay at that very day on the water. Or you may make the Oak-flie with an OrangeI 2 tawny

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tawny and black ground, and the brown of a Mallards feather for the wings; and you are to know, that these two are most excellent flies,that is, the May-flie and the Oak-flie: And let me again tell you, that you keep as far from the water as you can pofsibly, whether you fish with a flie or worm, and fish down the stream; and when you fish with a flie, if it be pofsible, let no part your touch the water, but your flie only; the and be stil moving your fly upon water, or cafting it into the water; you your felf,being alfo alwaies moving down the stream. Mr. Barker commends feverall forts of the palmer flies, not only those rib'd with filver and gold,but others that have their bodies all made of black, or some with red,and a red hackel;you may also make the hawthorn-fle, whichis all black and not big,butvery fmal,the smaller the better; or the oak-fly, the body of which is Orange colour

colour and black crewel, with a brown wing,orafly made with a peacocks feather,is excellent in a bright day: you must be sure you want not in your Magazin bag, the Peacocks feat her, and grounds of fuch wool, and crewel as will make the Grasshopper: and note, that usually, the smallest flies are best; and note also, that, the light flie does ufually make most sport in a dark day: and the darkest and least flie in a bright or cleare day; and lastly note, that you are to repaire upon any occafion to 'your Magazin bag, and upon any occafion vary and make them according to your fancy.

And now I fhall tell you, that the fishing with a naturall flie is excellent,and affords much pleasure; they may be found thus, the May-fly usually in and about that month neer to the River fide, especially against rain; the Oak-fly on the Butt or body of an Oak or Ash, from the beI 3

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ginning of May to the end of August it is a brownish fly, and eafie to be fo found, and stands ufually with his head downward, that is to fay, towards the root of the tree; the smal black fly,or hawthorn fly is to be had on any Hawthorn bufh, after the leaves be come forth; with these and a short Line (as I fhewed to Angle for a Chub) you may dap or dop, and also with a Grafhopper, behind a tree, or in any deep hole, still mɑking it to move on the top of the water, as if it were alive, and still keeping your self out of fight, you shall certainly have sport if there be Trouts; yea in a hot day, but efpecially in the evening of a hot day.

And now, Scholer, my direction for fly-fishing is ended with this showre, for it has done raining, and now look about you, and see how pleasantly that Meadow looks, nay and the earth fmels as fweetly too.

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