CONTENTS 



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Introduction vii 



I. English Dry-Fly Methods Modified by 



American Ideas and Conditions . . 3 



H. "Fishing the Rise" and "Fishing the 

 Stream," and a Word About the Eng- 

 lish "Purist" 17 



III. Largely Statistical, Describing Rods, 



Lines, Leaders, Flies, and Other 

 Tackle 27 



IV. Showing that Americans May Use the 



Dry-Fly, Though There Is No Ameri- 

 can Fly-Fisher's Entomology ... 38 



V. Up-Stream Fishing, Methods of Casting, 

 and Some Condensed Rules for Using 

 the Floating Fly 46 



VI. Tying an Eyed-Fly to a Leader, and 



Some Practice on a Hypothetical Pool 58 



VII. In which the Beginner Visits a Real 

 Pool, from which a Few Trout Are 



Taken 72 



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