DESCRIPTION OF FLIES. 31 



cially in the evening of a warm day. The body is made 

 with pale pea green siA ; wit.gs, feather from a sea swal- 

 low of a very pale dun or white hook No. 0. 



BLUE GNAT. 



This fly comes on about the middle of May and continues 

 to the end of June, in cold stormy days ; wings, feather 

 from a starling, the body of mazarine blue silk hook No. 1. 



YELLOW SALLY. 



This fly comes in about the middle of May and continues 

 to the middle of June. The body is made of very pale yellow 

 silk, and the wings with a white sea swallow's feather 

 dyed a pale yellow hook No. 1. 



LITTLE RED LEGS 



Comes on about the tenth of Oct. and continues through the 

 season and I believe it is the same fly that we find 

 in spring with a red body, which I call the spring black ; 

 the wings are made with a feather from a young rook, and 

 put on as a hackle ; the body is warped with pink silk 

 and a little red worsted or mohair under the wings. 

 This fly is a very good killer. 



GREY DRAKE. 



This fly comes on about the middle of May and continues to 

 the middle of June, (in those rivers where they frequent ;) the 

 body is made with a little grey wool from a turkey carpet, 

 warped with grey silk, and ribbed with black, and 

 two or thrse strands from the feather of a black cock's 



