80 LIST OF FLIES. 



scrupulous at the well scanned fly ; or like the monarch 

 of the wood, " fleshes his tooth " in his nightly prowls. 

 Grayling range the stills, watching the streams and 

 catching the food they bring. The wreckless young 

 smelt springs boldly at the maggotted hook an easy 

 prey for the Tyro. 



FKOM the beginning of the season to the present 

 month, the sun seems to have about finished his an- 

 nual work of reproduction of the Insect Tribes, and 

 such angling flies as are now in existence or may hatch 

 or come upon the waters during the remainder of the 

 season are continuations (or the second swarms) of 

 those species that have been described in the list. 

 Some of the later flies slightly differ from those of the 

 spring, in sizes and shades, and may or may not be of 

 the same species, but not to entitle them to other 

 names, which might render the list less distinct and 

 clear. The waters are full of creepers, and numbers 

 of flies are hatching daily, particularly drakes and duns, 

 the former the most numerous in the day time ; which 

 with their changes of colors, long and short whisks, long 

 forelegs, case and round eyes, etc. ; present many va- 

 rieties for examination and copy. 



The following extracts from Note-books, may best 

 shew the flies etc., that are hatching and on the water 

 during the remaining months of the season. They 

 were written from observation, made on or about the 

 days mentioned, in many different years. 



