FLT FISHING 



AND THE REASONS WHY 



FLY fishing is a delicate art, and all art fas- 

 cinates because the true artist never arrives, 

 but ever strives. Skill in the handling of 

 the rod is essential to real enjoyment in 

 fly fishing, and the sportsman who learns to use the 

 rod properly may, with practice, constantly improve 

 his form, adding distance, accuracy, and delicacy to 

 his casts as time goes on. 



Not the least of the pleasure of fly fishing, and 

 upon which much depends, is a knowledge of the 

 fly book. I am a firm believer in the standard 

 makes of flies, and have little faith in the belief 

 prevalent among some fishermen that one or two 

 flies each of the four hundred varieties made, are 

 necessary to insure success in Maine trout fishing. 

 There are times when the fish will take anything 

 that is thrown to them, no matter how it is thrown. 

 They will rise within ten feet or forty feet of the 

 canoe ; they will take a delicate cast, and they will 

 jump for a fly that strikes the water with the force 



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