THE 



SCIENCE OF DRY FLY FISHING 



HOW TO CAST A TROUT PLY 

 CHAPTER I 



Opening remarks The back cast The forward cast The steeple 

 cas t The side cast Avoiding the drag Lightness in picking 

 the line from water The wind cast Practising over water 

 Accuracy Long-distance casting Varying the direction of 

 cast The loop cast Overcoming the force of wind. 



IT may be most seriously argued and maintained that 

 dry fly fishing takes a place second to no other pastime 

 in the world. No game is more alert or more wary 

 than the trout, and certainly there is no pursuit more 

 engrossing, nor any sport more fascinating, than trout 

 fishing. It cannot be claimed that there are any odds, 

 as between a man and his quarry, more evenly balanced, 

 or of so sporting a character, as the chances between 

 the trout and the angler. 



There is no sport in which skill, knowledge and 

 enthusiasm meet with so certain a reward throughout 

 a season as in Dry Fly Fishing, and herein lies its 

 deserved popularity. 



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