CHAPTER XVIII 

 DRY-FLIES USED IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA 



Although there are a number of different patterns of 

 dry-flies used in England, those in vogue and used by the 

 greater number of good dry-fly men are the ones suggested 

 by the dean of dry-fly fishermen, Frederic M. Halford. 



In America we have not as yet any one who fills just 

 such a place in the dry-fly fishing world as does Mr. Hal- 

 ford in England, because the application of the art in this 

 country is not old enough, in the first place, and because 

 the American method fundamentally differs from the 

 English method in the second place. 



The difference between the English and American 

 method being that with the former the angler only "fishes 

 the rise," while with the latter he "fishes the stream"; in 

 other respects the two methods are practically the same. 



The following pages give Frederic M. Halford's latest 

 patterns of dry-flies, a list of dry-flies taken from George 

 A. B. Dewar's book, entitled "The Book of the Dry-Fly," 

 a list of dry-flies given by Emlyn M. Gill in his book, 

 called "Practical Dry-Fly Fishing," and a list of dry-flies 

 used in America : 



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