32 LIST OF FLIES. 
ing is best known and practised, greet with glee the presence 
of the stone fly—she fills his pannier with the finest trout 
—replenishes his pocket, his pipe, and his pot—then in the 
village forum the happy angler sings and recounts achieve- 
ments glorious— 
“O’er a’ the ills of life victorious.” 
Walbran, of Mickley, says he killed a trout about one and 
three quarters pound weight, that had a hundred stone flies 
in its stomach. The author killed one with the minnow 
soon after sunset, in brown water, in the mill race above 
Skellbank, which weighed near two pounds, and had in its 
stomach four large bullheads and a great old mouse, which 
all seemed as if just taken, but did not satisfy the trout, 
for he ran twice at the minnow which cut short his evening 
forage. 
25TH.—_TuHe MALE STone FLy is less in size and rather 
darker in color; shews more gild in the sun, and is extra- 
ordinarily quick on the legs, but short in the wings, which 
do not reach the end of his body—probably to confine him 
to his native element. The craft unanimously prefer the 
female. 
Materials for his imitation may be selected from those 
for the female. 
26TH.—BEE oR Bank Fuiy.”—Full length, half an inch 
or more; length, from three-eighths to half an inch; has 
four narrow wings, a quarter and one-sixteenth, which fold 
flat over the back, clear and tinged brown like those of the 
honey bee, which the fly resembles. Head, shoulders, 
belly, and legs hairy, of a red brown or hoary grey color; 
back, dark brown and shiny, with a ring of lighter on the 
(17) Being in doubt concerning the identity of this fly, I asked Mr. Francis for 
his opinion, which is that it is intended for the ‘‘ Great Dark Drone” of Ronalds. I 
should not be inclined to think its imitation would prove of much service to the 
flyfisher unless employed for chub fishing. 
