76 LIST OF FLIES. 
Grayling range the stills, watching the streams and catch- 
ing the food they bring. The reckless young smelt springs 
boldly at the maggoted hook, an easy prey for the tyro. — 
From the beginning of the season to the present month, 
the sun seems to have about finished his annual work of 
reproduction of the insect tribes, and such angling flies as 
are now in existence, or may hatch or come upon the waters 
during the remainder of the season, are continuations (or 
the second swarms) of those species that have been described 
in the list. Some of the later flies slightly differ from those 
of the spring, in sizes and shades, and may or may not be 
of the same species, but not to entitle them to other names, 
which might render the list less distinct and clear. The 
waters are full of creepers, and numbers of flies are hatch- 
ing daily, particularly drakes ana duns, the former the most 
numerous in the day time, which, with their changes of 
colors, long and short whisks, long fore legs, case and round 
eyes, etc., present many varieties for examination and copy. 
The following extracts from Note-books may best shew 
the flies, etc., that are hatching and on the water during 
the remaining months of the season. They were written 
from observation, made on or about the days mentioned, in 
many different years. 
