CHAPTER IV 

 How TO CAST THE FLOATING FLY 



THE sportsman who has fished only with 

 the wet fly may rest assured that should 

 he take up dry fly fishing he will discover 

 a renewed interest in the sport of fly fishing for 

 trout, which, perhaps, through custom, may 

 have lost something of its former charm. 

 Moreover, in dry fly fishing he will find a sport 

 of such wide scope that, it is safe to say, he 

 will never consider himself other than a be- 

 ginner in the art. For the scientifically in- 

 clined sportsman the man who chronically 

 seeks to know the " reason why " it is dif- 

 ficult to name any outdoor recreation which 

 would prove more to his liking or more worthy 

 of serious research and study in its various 

 branches, particularly that dealing with the 

 entomology of the trout stream. 



In photographic work most people are per- 

 fectly willing to " follow the directions," trust- 

 ing that the results will be good enough, and 

 caring little for intimate knowedge of the 



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