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of them answer better when dressed hacklewise, 

 than with wings which are somewhat stiff and 

 unyielding by comparison. In the list of various 

 dressings which I have given, it will be observed 

 that I have marked those patterns which are 

 more suitable for streams in which the dry-fly 

 cannot be used. 



In order to fish with a dry-fly, it is necessary 

 for the angler to face up-stream. It may so 

 happen that hitherto his piscatorial experiences 

 have been limited to the Northern or Welsh 

 rivers, where he has been in the habit of standing 

 with his face turned across or down the stream. 

 Now, however, he must make up his mind to 

 resolutely face the other way. At first this may 

 seem awkward and troublesome ; he is unused to 

 it, is slow to realize the necessity for so doing, 

 and begins to wish himself back again on a river 

 such as he has been accustomed to, and where he 

 can fish as he has always done. If he is fortunate 

 to have the assistance of any friend who is anxious 

 and willing to initiate him into the mysteries of 

 the, to him, new art, he must necessarily do his 

 best to follow out the instructions given him, so 

 long as his Mentor is beside him. Let him be 

 left alone for a short time, and the chances are 

 that the instant he is unobserved he will turn 

 himself down-stream again, inwardly cursing the 

 whole thing and denouncing it as confounded rot. 



