Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



him a ridiculous figure, by calling all 

 who do not adopt his methods "poach- 

 ers." It would not be fair, however, 

 to the British angler men of the Hal- 

 ford type to convey an impression 

 that ill-natured criticism is common 

 among the British sportsmen. I have 

 read much of their literature, bearing 

 on all sides of the question, and have 

 found a general inclination to be tol- 

 erant of each other's opinions, and 

 most courteous in their arguments. 

 Their ideas of sportsmanship are high, 

 a condition that I believe is very gen- 

 eral among dry-fly anglers everywhere. 

 The fascination of the game seems to 

 be the attraction of this method of 

 fishing, and not the "heavy creel" at 

 the end of the day. 



The purist's method of angling, 

 sportsmanlike and praiseworthy though 

 it may be, is not, I think, the style of 



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