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angle for the trout and grayling; and dub them like you will now hear me
tell:
March The dun fly the body of dun wool and the wings of the partridge. Another dun fly, the body of black wool; the wings of the blackest drake; and the jay under the wing and under the tail. April The stone fly, the body of black wool, and yellow under the wing and under the tail; and the wings, of the drake. In the beginning of May, a good fly, the body of reddened wool and lapped about with black silk; the wings, of the drake and the red capons hackle. May The yellow fly, the body of yellow wool; the wings of red cock hackle and of the drake dyed yellow. The black leaper, the body of black wool and lapped about with the herl of the peacocks tail: and the wings of the red capon with a blue head. June The dun cut: the body of black wool, and a yellow stripe after either side; the wings of the buzzard, bound on with barked hemp. The maure fly, the body of dusky wool, the wings of the blackest male of the wild drake. The tandy fly at St. Williams Day, the body of tandy wool; and the wings contrary either against the other, of the whitest breast feathers of the wild drake. July The wasp fly, the body of black wool and lapped about with yellow thread: the wings of the buzzard. The shell fly at St. Thomas Day, the body of green wool and lapped about with the herl of the peacocks tail: wings of the buzzard. August The drake fly, the body of black wool and lapped about with black silk: wings of the breast feathers of the blackest drake, with a black head. These figures are put here in example of your hooks
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