Introduction 



fly fishermen who would like to use the 

 dry-fly. But how shall they go about 

 it? It is difficult, if not impossible, for 

 the majority of anglers to find instruc- 

 tors who take them upon the streams; 

 it is next to impossible in this coun- 

 try to procure Mr. Halford's early 

 works; at the time these lines are 

 written there is no American book 

 upon the subject. It is the hope of 

 the author, that some anglers so situ- 

 ated may acquire from this little book 

 at least a rudimentary knowledge of 

 this beautiful art that will enable them 

 afterward to follow alone the delight- 

 ful paths travelled by the dry-fly en- 

 thusiasts, and by practice become ex- 

 perts. 



In treating a subject so fully covered 

 by other writers in this case, English 

 writers almost exclusively it would be 

 unfair to withhold appropriate thanks 



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