iv. LIST OF FLIES. 
sary to give an appropriate name to each class, in order to 
distinguish them. Their names are as follows :— 
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1st Class, BRowns.—From the prevailing color, which is brown, 
more or less mingled with orange and yellow. The Stone 
Fly is the largest of the class, and superior trout fly of 
the angler’s list. There are eleven species, all termed 
Browns ... as ie eeie ane sie ase a, 2 
2nd Class, DRAKES.—Named by the flyfishers of yore. The 
Drakes are the only class that have protective skins when 
they leave the water, in which they can fly about and 
cast off at leisure. Casting changes their color, and to 
appearance doubles their number. There are about six- 
teen different species, all of the name of Drake. The 
green, grey, and brown Drakes are the largest types of 
this class oe ae wy ants oe ane as 3 
3rd Class, Duns, are named from their colors of deep sable 
hues to the light tinges and shades of an evening summer 
cloud in the setting sun. There are seventeen species, 
all named Duns, of which the red Dun is the largest 
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4th Class, SPINNERS, are named from their round shoulders, 
long small bodies, narrow wings, and long legs. There 
are twelve species, all of the name of Spinners. The type 
of this class is the Jenny Spinner, or Harry Longlegs ... 7 
5th Class, Hous—E Fty.—Named from their resemblance to the 
House Fly. There are seven species termed Flies 
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7th Class, ANTS.—Their are two species of their common name 9 
6th Class, BEETLES.—Nine species of their common name 
Few of the flies in these classes bear the old conventional 
names, which do not fall in with this arrangement ; most 
of them having been given without regard to distinction or 
description. The terms “Browns,” “Drakes,” “Duns,” 
and “Spinners,” are significant and proper, and are of very 
ancient usage by flyfishers, but the misapplication of them 
has ever caused great confusion. Thus all the “Drake,” 
