32 LIST OF FLIES. 



ing is best known and practised, greet with glee the presence 

 of the stone fly she fills his pannier with the finest trout 

 replenishes his pocket, his pipe, and his pot then in the 

 village forum the happy angler sings and recounts achieve- 

 ments glorious 



" O'er a' the ills of life victorious." 



Walbran, of Mickley, says he killed a trout about one and 

 three quarters pound weight, that had a hundred stone flies 

 in its stomach. The author killed one with the minnow 

 soon after sunset, in brown water, in the mill race above 

 Skellbank, which weighed near two pounds, and had in its 

 stomach four large bullheads and a great old mouse, which 

 all seemed as if just taken, but did not satisfy the trout, 

 for he ran twice at the minnow which cut short his evening 

 forage. 



25TH. THE MALE STONE FLY is less in size and rather 

 darker in color ; shews more gild in the sun, and is extra- 

 ordinarily quick on the legs, but short in the wings, which 

 do not reach the end of his body probably to confine him 

 to his native element. The craft unanimously prefer the 

 female. 



Materials for his imitation may be selected from those 

 for the female. 



26TH. BEE OR BANK FLY. 17 Full length, half an inch 

 or more ; length, from three-eighths to half an inch ; has 

 four narrow wings, a quarter and one-sixteenth, which fold 

 flat over the back, clear and tinged brown like those of the 

 honey bee, which the fly resembles. Head, shoulders, 

 belly, and legs hairy, of a red brown or hoary grey color ; 

 back, dark brown and shiny, with a ring of lighter on the 



(17) Being in doubt concerning the identity of this fly, I asked Mr. Francis for 

 his opinion, which is that it is intended for the " Great Dark Drone " of Ronalds. I 

 should not be inclined to think its imitation would prove of much service to the 

 flyfisher unless employed for chub fishing. 



