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have come to the conclusion that nothing is better 

 than the patent preparations on the market, 

 though instead of using a feather as some do, I 

 place a little of the liquid in a common nose ato- 

 mizer and so spray the whole box at once. With 

 care the liquid can be applied with a feather or 

 even with the fingers. If you do not have a 

 sufficient stock of flies to last for a morning's 

 fishing, then you must carry one of the little bot- 

 tles supplied for the purpose. When I advise the 

 fisherman to buy the prepared "dri-fly," I do so 

 after many sad experiments. If you desire 

 something else, then use the best white paraffin 

 oil such as can be secured from any dealer in 

 paints. Do not forget the "deer's fat" or other 

 grease for the line, that it too may be impervious 

 to moisture. You will have discovered by this 

 time that in dry-fly fishing the premium is placed 

 upon care and thoughtfulness. 



I have already mentioned these two methods 

 of fishing, but perhaps I cannot better serve my 

 readers than by elaborating a little. As has 

 been intimated, the dry-fly "purist" waits for a 

 rise before he casts; and we all have a picture of 

 the patient angler crouched upon one knee wait- 

 ing for the tell-tale ripples. That means an 

 open, placid pool, such as we seldom find in this 



