106 ON CREEPERS. 



and are found by the natural flyfisher ; but soon after 

 they find other places of repose. They are the largest 

 creepers, and produce the largest and master fly of 

 the angler's list. In April they are in perfection, and 

 are found under loose stones that lie hollow in shallow 

 streamy places, and near the edges of the water. Trout 

 roam in search of them. 



2ND. NEEDLE BROWN CREEPER. Shape and size 

 nearly similar to those of the bodies, legs, etc., of the 

 flies. Colors, brown, of lighter or darker shade. Is 

 the smallest creeper, and produces the smallest fly of 

 the browns class. Numbers of them may be seen on 

 the under-sides of stones, taken up from just within 

 the water's edge, and their empty creeper skins on those 

 without. They are hatching, when the weather is open, 

 nearly the year round. Some of them leave the water 

 with their wings only in the bud, and may be seen run- 

 ning exceedingly fast on the tops of posts or large 

 stones by the water sides, when the sun shines warm 

 upon them query, are they males ? 



SRD. YELLOW BROWN (yellow Sally). Length, 

 about three-eighths, more or less ; legs and whisks, 

 yellow ; head, shoulders, and body, yellow ground, 

 marked on the upper parts with dark brown. Is a 

 beautiful little creeper, and may be found when the 

 water is low, under stones by the sides and in shal- 

 low runs, at the time of hatching, when they fix 

 themselves to the under-sides of stones just without 

 the water's edge. 



All the creepers of this class are readily taken by the 



