DRY-FLY FISHING 



cession, but. failed to hook a single one. They all 

 seemed to miss the fly. After spending about 

 three-quarters of an hour in this way, to make sure 

 of the matter, I put on a thin end about .010-inch 

 diameter and four feet long, making the leader six- 

 teen feet long. This did two things: it made the 

 leader less visible near the fly and it enabled me to 

 cast the fly more gently on the water so that it 

 floated up better on the hackles. The result was 

 remarkable; I hooked seven fish in succession, miss- 

 ing only a few of those which rose. This experi- 

 ment satisfied me that my tackle had not been 

 right in the first place. Another time, at the 

 Nine Mile Pool on the Northwest branch of the 

 Upsalquitch on a very bright clear hot day, we 

 failed to get any fish in the run at the top but could 

 see a large number about three feet below the sur- 

 face in the centre of the pool in deep water. I put 

 on a dry fly with a .010-inch leader and failed to 

 raise any fish at all; I then got out a very fine 

 drawn gut leader about nine feet long and .005- 

 inch diameter, and added it to the other leader, 

 making in all about twenty feet, and used the same 

 fly, but took a very light 4-oz. trout rod so as not to 

 break the fine gut. On the second cast I hooked 

 a fish, and by holding very gently, finally made him 



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