14 LIST OF FLIES. 



4TH. EAKLT SPINNER. Full length, near three- 

 eights ; length, better than one-fourth ; wings, full 

 one-fourth, fine, and clear, veined lengthways, and 

 tinged light brown ; thighs and legs, long and small, of 

 a dull reddish transparency ; is a very slender fly ; 

 hatches this month, and continues through April ; body 

 and shoulders a light leady grey color. 



Winged or hackled with a feather in the redwing's 

 wing ; body, yellowish ashy silk ; legs, a dark red brown 

 hackle ; must be drest very small and slender. 



STH. GRATEL SPINNER (Spider Fly). Full length, 

 about a quarter of an inch ; wings lie one upon ano- 

 ther over the back, and extend a little beyond the body ; 

 they are fine and clear, but when closed have a darkish 

 blue shine upon them ; body, a dark ashy leaden hue 

 rather lighter at the joints ; legs, a dark grizzly brown, 

 dim transparency ; is a thicker fly than the early spin- 

 ner, and much darker in color. Commence hatching 

 this month. 



Body, lead or ashy colored silk ; winged or hackled 

 with a starling's feather or the blue bio of a crow, with 

 a few fibres of dark brown mohair at the breast. 



This description is of the early hatchings of the 

 gravel spinners, just after they come out of the water. 

 In the beginning of May they assemble together in 

 great numbers, on dry sand beds by the water sides, 

 where they may be seen in quick rambling motion. 

 Their full length is then three-eights to three-eights 

 and one-sixteenth ; length, three-eights ; wings, three- 

 eights, which, when folded, lay one upon the other 

 over the back, and extend a little beyond the end of 



