DRY-FLY FISHING 



surface. Be this as it may, the fact remains that 

 to be successful, you must either use the fly on 

 top, or submerged. A dry fly pulled below the 

 surface often works well. It seems as if the fish 

 saw the fly on the surface and did not take it but 

 decided to do so when it was being pulled away 

 below the surface. Under some conditions, this 

 method takes fish better than any other. One 

 afternoon recently I hooked fifteen fish nearly all 

 in this way and found it better than a dry or a wet 

 fly used alone. 



In regular fishing I find that too many fish are 

 lost by breaking the leader in hooking them if the 

 size of the leader near the fly is less than .010. I 

 have gut of this size which pulls four pounds, but 

 this is very exceptional. The usual gut pulls about 

 two to two and one-half pounds in this size. 

 When I find that fish are not being hooked and 

 are missing the fly I put on smaller gut. In order 

 not to break this fine tackle, I have had made a 

 special form of rod which is adapted to this pur- 

 pose. It is ten feet six inches long, the greatest 

 length which can be continuously used in one 

 hand without undue fatigue. The weight is seven 

 ounces without the extra hand piece below the 

 reel which I use in order not to become too tired 



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