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 COM- 

 PARISON 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 THE BLUNTED HOOK 

 A CHAT AT LUNCHEON 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 dry fly method one fly only is used ; this fly 

 is cast up stream just above the rise, or 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 wet fly method 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 allowed 

 to sink below the surface of the water. These comprise two 

 entirely distinct styles of wet fly fishing. 



In the one style the flies at the end of a long line and 

 cast are allowed to sink well below the surface and to 

 be carried down stream towards every spot where trout 

 may be lying. The stream is thus thoroughly searched by 



