TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



meets with much success because it is the "rule" and not 

 the "science of the game" which claims his attention and 

 consequently he loses much of the real "sport of an- 

 gling." 



If the wet-fly angler, like the dry-fly advocate, feels 

 that he must fish by rule, let him make his "little book" 

 from knowledge gained by personal experience, observa- 

 tion and study of the many conditions that are encountered 

 both on lake and stream as well as the "ways and means" 

 employed by successful wet-fly fishermen. 



If he will observe this suggestion I feel quite certain 

 that his "little book" of rules will never be fully written 

 and that he will become a good and successful wet-fly an- 

 gler without having any set rules to hamper him. 



178 



