NOVEMBER. F 95 
Light, dark, and little dark drakes.—Continue to hatch, 
more or less, as the weather and water permit. 
Red and little red drakes.—Out on fine days, but less in 
numbers. 
Freckled and light duns.—Out on fine days and warm even- 
ings, but not numerous. 
fed dun.—Out on fine evenings. 
House and lion flies, and bronze beetle.—Out in good num- 
bers, on fine days, to the end. 
Ear wigs—Out numerous at the back end and close of 
the season, when many fall on the waters, and are taken by 
grayling and smelt. They vary from a quarter to half an 
inch in length. Some are red, others jet black, and are 
glossy. The short flappers of some are edged with amber, 
and, in the sun, throw off short gilded reflections, from a 
thin fine down. The three-eighths black are probably the 
most numerous. The black silver and golden hackle will 
imitate these insects if drest to shape and size. 
Note.—The dark drakes bear cold days like the blue 
drake in the spring. According to observations of many 
years, the remnants at the close of the season are the needle 
brown, lion and house fly, the bronze beetles, and the ear 
wigs, with some small hardy gnats, beetles, etc., that are of 
no use to the flyfisher. The angling flies have dwindled 
away, a touch or two ef frost and all the top food of the 
fish will be swept off. The needles are the last to give 
in; and imitations of bygone flies will not prevail. The 
fish will continue to rise so long as flies come naturally on 
the water, but not longer ; they rarely rise in the absence 
of all top food. The hardy winter craftsman with his 
brandlings may pack his pannier with black fat grayling, 
but the flyfisher’s occupation is gone ; his flimsy foundations 
have perished ; they were but a breath, subject to all the 
skiey influences, which begins and ends their career ; and 
