iv. LIST OF FLIES. 



sary to give an appropriate name to each class, in order to 

 distinguish them. Their names are as follows : 



1st Class, BROWNS. From the prevailing color, which is brown, 

 more or less mingled with orange and yellow. The Stone 

 Fly is the largest of the class, and superior trout fly of 

 the angler's list. There are eleven species, all termed 

 Browns 2 



2nd Class, DRAKES. Named by the flyfishers of yore. The 

 Drakes are the only class that have protective skins when 

 they leave the water, in which they can fly about and 

 cast off at leisure. Casting changes their color, and to 

 appearance doubles their number. There are about six- 

 teen different species, all of the name of Drake. The 

 green, grey, and brown Drakes are the largest types of 

 this class 3 



3rd Class, DUNS, are named from their colors of deep sable 

 hues to the light tinges and shades of an evening summer 

 cloud in the setting sun. There are seventeen species, 

 all named Duns, of which the red Dun is the largest 

 species 5 



4th Class, SPINNERS, are named from their round shoulders, 

 long small bodies, narrow wings, and long legs. There 

 are twelve species, all of the name of Spinners. The type 

 of this class is the Jenny Spinner, or Harry Longlegs ... 7 



5th Class, HOUSE FLY. Named from their resemblance to the 



House Fly. There are seven species termed Flies ... 8 



6th Class, BEETLES. Nine species of their common name ... 9 

 7th Class, ANTS. Their are two species of their common name 9 



Few of the flies in these classes bear the old conventional 

 names, which do not fall in with this arrangement ; most 

 of them having been given without regard to distinction or 

 description. The terms " Browns," "Drakes," "Duns," 

 and " Spinners," are significant and proper, and are of very 

 ancient usage by flyfishers, but the misapplication of them 

 has ever caused great confusion. Thus all the " Drake " 



