THE SCIENCE OF 



DRY FLY FISHING. 



HOW TO CAST A TROUT FLY. 



CHAPTER I. 



OPENING REMARKS THE BACK CAST THE FORWARD CAST THE STEEPLE CAST 

 THE SIDE CAST THE WIND CAST ACCURACY LONG DISTANCE CASTING 

 VARYING THE DIRECTION OF CAST THE SPEY CAST OVERCOMING THF 

 FORCE OF WIND. 



TTT may be most seriously argued and maintained that 

 * dry fly fishing takes second place 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, 

 or 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. 



As regards the construction of the sporting weapons and 

 appliances used in the various fields of sport, but very few can 



