TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



a fly because everything is visible and on that account "can 

 be successfully acted upon in consequence." 



That notv^ithstanding everything is visible and that a 

 well-hooked trout requires ''but little skill" to handle and 

 land, dry-fly fishermen, when fishing under most favor- 

 able conditions, are kept "in suspense." 



It certainly is interesting as well as amusing to note 

 some of the things NOT mentioned in this article, as, for 

 instance, how and where the writer obtained this wonder- 

 ful and profound knowledge about wet-fly fishing and the 

 anglers who practice this method. 



What spirit it was that urged him to write about a 

 method of fly-fishing of which his very words convict him 

 of having no real knowledge. 



Why he lays claim to being any kind of an angler or 

 sportsman after making this kind of a statement, "for after 

 he" (meaning the trout) "is once hooked the whole pro- 

 ceeding begins to quiet down and lose its charm." 



Upon what theory he ever expects to gather in a single 

 recruit to the ranks of the dry-fly anglers with such an un- 

 fair article as "Caught with the Dry-Fly." 



Why he puts up as "one of the strongest arguments" 

 for the dry-fly the "pleasure derived . . . in caus- 

 ing the fish to rise and take the fly," when this is equally 

 true in every way as regards the wet-fly. 



England gave birth to the dry-fly method of trout fish- 

 ing, and it has been extensively and successfully practiced 

 there for many years. 



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