CHAPTER II. 

 ARTIFICIAL FLY-FISHING. 



WET, or sunk, fly-fishing up stream is 

 universally indulged in throughout the 

 North; and I strongly urge this method 

 whenever practicable. You are more 

 certain of hooking fish; a much shorter 

 line may be used, and you are proceeding 

 in the direct way to keep out of sight. 



CHOICE OF A ROD. 



A rod of 9 ft. 6 in. to n feet is about 

 the handiest length, and, personally, I do 

 not like them too supple; the lighter, with 

 a moderate stiffness, the better. Limber 

 rods for up-stream fishing are not good. 

 There is so much difference of opinion as 

 to what is the best material for rod-making 



