ON FISHING THE DRY-FLY 



Without a doubt, Old Scout, learning to cast the 

 dry or floating fly is the post-graduate study in the 

 fine art of fishing and there is more real enjoyment 

 in coaxing the wise old trout into the creel by this 

 method than any other angle of the sport. All the 

 knowledge you have gained through study of the 

 habits of the trout in your wet-fly casting will stand 

 you well as a beginner at this end of the game. 



Dry-fly casting comes to us from England, where 

 it is practiced to a finish, and as the sport has been 

 adopted here, changes have been made in the manner 

 of using the dry-fly, occasioned by the difference in 

 the streams of this country and England. In that 

 country it is the custom to cast to a rising trout, or 

 at a point where a trout is expected to rise, and on 

 the placid, slow, smooth-running waters of England 

 this can be done with success, while over here the 

 swifter running waters in which we find the wiley 

 trout are not so adaptable for casting to the rise. 

 The dry-fly caster generally fishes all the water, as in 

 wet-fly casting. In fact, in fishing a stream the 

 quieter pools and stretches can be worked with the 

 dry-fly, and the more broken and white water given 

 over to the wet-fly. In this way a stream can be 



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