THE CLASSES. 3 



others, like the needle brown, continue hatching and 

 breeding through the season. The streams of Eipon 

 produce them in great numbers, and all fish that take 

 flies feed off them greedily for trout they may be con- 

 sidered the leading class. The following species are in 

 the class : 



The Needle Brown . . . PAGE 1 1 



Early ,, (or winter brown) 13 



Little Early .... " 



Red Brown . . . . 15 



Royal Charlie ... 20 



Light Brown . . . . 23 



Mottled ,, ... 25 



Stone Fly 29 



Bio Brown .... 36 



Yellow (Yellow Sally) . . 44 



Orange 74 



2ND. DKAKES. The Drake genus claims next the 

 attention of the flyfisher, which are all bred in the wa- 

 ter. The Green Drake is the largest, and the pattern 

 fly of the class the white Drake is the smallest. 

 They have close thick shoulders and smooth taper bo- 

 dies, which curve upwards like the feathers in the tail 

 of a Drake from which it is said they are named. 

 Their bodies consist of eight or nine joints or rings of 

 a dim transparency, and in length near two -thirds of 

 the fly ; they have a pair of smooth oblong wings which y 

 when at rest, stand upright like those of a butterfly, 

 and are generally about the length of the fly, and bet- 

 ter than half the breadth ; a diminutive wing stands 

 at the root of each large one ; and they have two or 

 three hairs in the tail. They are indifferent runners 



