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A FINAL CAST 



We have now considered more or less com- 

 pletely most of the matters with which the be- 

 ginner at dry fly fishing should be familiar, 

 namely, the correct tackle, how to cast, and 

 where, when and how to fish the floating fly; 

 also we have said something of the insect life 

 of the trout stream and of the playing and 

 landing of the fish when hooked. But we have 

 almost entirely neglected any hint of the great 

 fascination of fishing with the floating fly. It 

 is the writer's earnest hope that these pages, 

 which deal so exclusively with the practical side 

 of the matter, may, nevertheless, lead the 

 reader to the stream-side, fly-rod in hand, 

 where, as he quietly follows the stream and his 

 sport, it will presently appear that the matters 

 upon which we have herein placed the most 

 emphasis are, after all, rather unimportant 

 that the true reason for the dry fly may be 

 found in the sunshine on the riffles, the cool 

 lapping of the stream about a moss-grown 

 boulder, in the quiet of a glassy pool where the 

 duns dance and the peaceful pines are reflected 

 clearly. 



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