: Take a pint of strong _Ale_, half a pound of
_Soot_, a little of the Juice of _Walnut-Leaves_ and _Allum_; Boyle
these together in a Pipkin half an hour, take it off, and when 'tis
cold, put in your Hair. In making your Line of Hair mix not Silk; but
either all Hair, or all Silk; as likewise distinguish the Line for the
Ground Angle, and that for the Fly-Rod, the last must be stronger than
the first; in that for the Artificial Fly, making the uppermost Link
twenty Hairs long, less in the next, and so less till you come to the
Fly. Lastly at each end of your Line make a Loop (called a _Bow_) the
one _Larger_, to fasten to, and take it from the top of your Rod, and
the other _Lesser_ to hang your Hook-line on.

Your _Hook_ comes next, and requires your Care, That it be Long in the
shank, something Round in compass, the point straight and even, and
bending in the shank. Set on your Hook with strong small Silk, laying
your Hair on the inside of the Hook.

Your _Flote_ challenges divers wayes of making. Some using _Muscovy_
Duck-quills for still Waters. Others the best sound Cork without flaws
or holes, bored through with a hot Iron, and a Quill of a fit proportion
put into it; then pared into a pyramidal Form, or in the fashion of a
small Peare, to what bigness you please, and ground smooth with a
Grindstone or Pumice; this is best for strong Streams.

In fine, _To plum the Ground_, get a _Carbine_ Bullet bored through, and
in a strong twist hanged on your _Hook_ or Rod. To sharpen your _Hook_,
carry a little _Whetstone_. To carry your several Utensils without
incommoding your Tackle, have several _Partitions_ of Parchment. And in
short the Ingenious Angler will not be unprovided of his _Bob_ and
_Palmer_; his _Boxes_ of all sizes for his _Hooks_, _Corks_, _Silk_,
_Thread_, _Flies_, _Lead_, &c. His _Linnen_ and _Woollen Bait-Bags_; His
splinted _Osier light Pannier_; And lastly his _Landing Hook_, with a
Screw at the end to screw it into the socket of a Pole, & stricken into
the Fish, to draw it to Land: To which socket, a Hook to cut up the
Weeds, and another to pull out Wood, may be fastned.

But all those Implements I have described, serve to no purpose, if we do
not observe to have the _Agents_ and Effecters of our Pastime in store,
I mean proper _Baits_ and Inticements to take your Fish. Which branch
themselves into three Kinds.

First, The _Life-baits_, which are all kind of _Worms_, _Redworm_,
_Maggot_, _Dors_