their Various Colours so, as to direct their Artificial Counterfeit;
Nature will help him in this by Observation, curiously Flourishing their
several Orient and bright Colours, after which they take their names, as
before said: And therefore to furnish your self with both Natural and
Artificial Flies, repair in the Morning to the River, and with a Rod
beat the Bushes that hang over the Water, and take your Choice.

1. Observe to Angle with the Artificial Fly in Rivers disturbed somewhat
by Rain, or in a Cloudy day, the Wind blowing gently: If the Wind be not
so high, but you may well guide your Tackle, in plain Deeps is to be
found the best Fish, and best Sport: If small Wind breeze, in swift
streams is best Angling: Be sure to keep your Fly in perpetual slow
Motion; and observe that the Weather suit the Colour of your Fly, as the
light Colour'd in a Clear day, the Darkish in a dark, _&c._ As likewise
according to the Waters Complexions, have your Fly suitable.

2. Let your Line be twice as long as your Rod: Keep as far as you can
from the Waterside, the Sun on your back; In casting your Fly, let that
fall first; your Line not touching the Water.

3. Have a nimble Eye, and active quick Hand to strike presently upon the
rising of the Fish, lest finding his mistake he spew out the Hook.

4. In slow Rivers cast your Fly cross them, let it sink a little, draw
it back gently, without breaking or circling the Water; let the Fly
float with the Current, and you will not fail of excellent Sport.

5. Observe to let the Wings of your _Salmon-Flies_ to be one behind
another, whether two or four, and they and the Tail long, and of the
finest gaudiest Colours you can choose.

_Lastly_, In clear Rivers a small Fly with slender Wings is best, and in
muddied Rivers a Fly of a more than ordinary large Body.

Thus much for Flies, I come next to that I called _Dead-Baits_, and
shall begin with the several Ways of making Pastes.

_Of Pastes._

1. Beat in a Mortar the Leg of a Young _Coney_ (Vulgarly called the
_Almond_) or of a Whelp or Catling, and a quantity of Virgins Wax and
Sheeps suet, till they are incorporated, and temper them with clarified
_Honey_ into Paste.

2. _Sheeps-Blood_, _Cheese_, fine _Manchet_ and clarified _Honey_
tempered as before.

3. _Sheeps-Kidney-suit_, _Cheese_, fine _Flower_, with clarified _Honey_
tempered.

4. _Cherries_, _Sheeps-Blood_, _Saffron_ and fine _Manchet_ made into a
Paste.

5. Bea