ON THE RIVER YORE, HACKFALL, 
THE CLASSES. 
Trout, Grayling, and Smelt, the treasures of the streams 
and the delight of the flyfisher, feed on numbers of natural 
flies of different kinds, which for better distinction may be 
divided into the following classes. Each class contains many 
distinct species or families that differ from each other in their 
sizes and colors, but are alike in their shape and construction, 
which classes them naturally together not to be mistaken. 
The classification of shape with the descriptions of sizes and 
color, may serve as guides to the different species of each 
class, with a view that they may be distinguished and known 
whenever they meet the eye of the flyfisher. 
1st.—Browns.—The browns claim priority in the ang- 
ler’s list, they are all bred in the water, and are of the same 
shape and construction as the stone fly, which is the largest 
of the class, and the needle brown is the smallest ; they 
have three shoulder joints that join together in a line with 
the head and body, which gives the length and cylindrical 
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