TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



and not over two flies for trout you can make no mistake 

 and will have greater success in the long run. 



Buy nothing but the best grade of flies even though 

 you have fewer in number. The few will last longer, give 

 better satisfaction and do better work. 



Use either eyed or snelled flies as your fancy happens 

 to be since one is about as good as the other as a general 

 proposition so far as trout fishing is concerned. For the 

 beginner, all things considered, the snelled fly is the bet- 

 ter one for him to use, and the only kind all anglers who 

 fish with more than one fly should employ. 



In "dry" fly-fishing the eyed fly is the only one to use 

 if you wish to follow the "code'' of the "purist" and be- 

 come a "disciple." 



When selecting "snelled flies" make a practice of test- 

 ing every snell, first, to see that it is securely fastened to 

 the hook, and, second, to see that the gut of the snell is 

 free from imperfections. This will save your feelings 

 later on when you land "the big fish" instead of loosing 

 him. 



That trout in different waters will at times take some 

 flies more readily than others is certainly true ; but this is 

 largely due to the fact that when trout are not feeding they 

 insist upon having a fly cast to them that is especially in- 

 viting. 



I have often noticed that beginners who have had the 

 advantage of friendship and coaching of a successful 

 angler after acquiring the rudiments of fly-fishing, nearly 



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