84 LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 



From the middle of May to the end of the season 

 the conditions grow more favorable to the dry-fly, 

 and on low, clear water at the tail end of the season 

 it is by far the most effective lure. 



On any water that is not broken by rapids or riffles, 

 the dry-fly can be used to advantage, and even on 

 waters that are swift and rapid it will be found 

 effective. 



STUDY AND SKILL NECESSARY 



One of the main points in casting the dry-fly is to 

 study the currents, as one of the greatest little old 

 jinks to the successful use of the dry-fly is the drag 

 caused by the fly falling on water moving at a speed 

 different from that of the water on which the line 

 falls. Select your casting position where the fly and 

 line will light on water of the same speed, so that 

 the fly will not be drowned by the drag of the line. 

 Another point that will make your dry-fly work bet- 

 ter at the start is to avoid raising the tip of the rod 

 as the fly falls on the water, and this is a small point 

 that the wet-fly fisherman has a tendency to overlook 

 through habit acquired in casting the wet feathers. 

 To raise the rod at this time will pull the dry-fly 

 under water. At the same time the beginner should 

 never strip in the line until the fly has started down- 

 stream with the current. If you find it necessary to 

 cast on waters of different speed to the current, cast 

 a slack line, and if the fly lights on water moving 



