52 LIST OF FLIES. 



and continue through June and July. They cast 

 their skins and become the black red drake. 



Hackled, for legs and wings, with a dark leady fea- 

 ther from the coot or water-hen; body, red or crimson 



silk. 



60TH. BLACK RED DRAKE. Near the same size 

 as the black drake, but smarter. Head, top of shoul- 

 ders, and body, a deep red or black brown ; shewing 

 orange or yellow at the joints, sides of shoulders, and 

 setting on of the legs. Belly, a dim amber ; legs and 

 whisks, a dim ale transparency ; eyes, large and dark. 

 The drawing was from one taken off a spider's web ; 

 the wings tied to the tail by the spider's threads. 



Black red cock's hackle, or purple feather from the 

 cock -pheasant's neck, for wings and legs ; orange silk 

 for body. 



61 ST. GREY SPINNER [see spinner class]. Length, 

 one inch more or less ; wings, the same, which are of 

 a brown transparency, with patches of lighter shade, 

 branched and crossed, with dark veins. Shoulders, 

 thighs, and breast, shades of ash, with dark marks ; 

 body, a greenish ash, with dark touches along each 

 side ; when held to the light the middle joints shew a 

 dim transparency ; thighs, lighter, darkening down the 

 legs. Is the largest of the spinner class, not numerous, 

 but may be sometimes seen on the banks of the streams, 

 from the beginning of this month into July. They 

 are not imitated for small flyfishing the hind legs of 

 some measure three inches. 



Slips, for wings, may be found in those of the wood- 



