CHAPTER III. 

 DRY FLY-FISHING. 



DRY fly-fishing has hitherto been very 

 little practised in north-country rivers, 

 but is rapidly becoming more general; 

 perhaps it is owing to the presence of 

 so many south-country anglers patroniz- 

 ing our northern rivers. The best course 

 for the novice to adopt is to watch an 

 expert, if possible, for a few days. In 

 dry fly-fishing the rod should be about 

 eleven feet long and possessed of plenty 

 of driving power, with a tapered reel-line 

 and the gut cast tapered also. The flies 

 should be dressed on eyed hooks for many 

 reasons, and to see the collection of a 

 dry fly-fisher proper is interesting in the 

 extreme, not only for the many different 

 specimens but for the correct imitations 



