CHAPTER II 



Wet and dry fly fishing discussed A morning on a trout stream 

 Hints The Blue Quill The rise The use of the butterfly-net 

 The food of trout Fishing the stream Fishing the rise 

 The spear Use of paraffin Stream lore Varying the fly 

 The Red Quill Catching fish Killing the fish The fishing 

 knife The rise and its advantages The rise discussed A 

 comparison Undivided attention to floating fly The dangers 

 of jumping fish, and how to conquer them Consideration for 

 others The file and disgorger The broken cast Useful knots 

 The blunted hook A chat at luncheon Further hints on 

 fishing Casting the fly on a rock, etc. 



THE student must first grasp this most essential fact 

 that there are two distinct and widely different methods 

 of fishing with a trout fly, and that these are known as 

 the dry and the wet fly methods. 



In the former one fly only is used. This fly is cast 

 up-stream just above the rise, or above the spot at 

 which the trout is supposed to be lying, and should 

 then float down toward the fish on the surface of the 

 water. 



In the latter from two to four flies should be attached 

 to the cast. These flies are cast either across and up 

 stream or across and down stream, and in both cases 

 are allowed to sink below the surface of the water. 

 Wet fly fishing is in itself thus divided into two dis- 

 tinct variations. 



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