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which rather confuses than distinguishes them; for 

 instance, the blue dun (blue drake), March brown 

 (brown drake), the former named a dun, the latter a 

 brown, when both are drake flies, being of the green 

 drake shape. Neither are the feathers used in dressing 

 by which they are often named, any guide to the flies, 

 the wings of which they represent. But the striking 

 difference in shape of the three great divisions of the 

 aquatic angling flies are a sure and plain distinction, 

 and an easy introduction to the knowledge of all their 

 species to which all practical flyfishers and fly makers 

 must come, who mean to persevere through the season 

 with the best success, the general routine of small flyfish- 

 ing. They are for all seasons to come, and to those 

 who know them, a key to the aquatic angling flies of 

 all the trout streams in our Island. 



Some portion of the top food of the fishes the flimsy 

 foundations of the small flyfisher have been discribed, 

 which when on the water the fishes eagerly indulge in, 

 but their main supplies are generally more substantial, 

 which they find at the bottom or in the water. The 

 minnow, worm, and the larvae of insects are favourite 

 food of the fish, and the most popular baits with the 

 craft ; these form another branch or rather branches in 

 the art of angling. They are fair and unexceptionable 

 baits for the general and honourable angler, and free 

 him from many preparatory labours and attentions 

 which are required in small flyfishing. There are no 

 varieties of them to puzzle him, they fill up intervals, 

 give the same roving exercise as the small fly, and do 

 well for the pannier, for they in general kill the largest 

 fish. 



