A Dry -Fly Beginner Defined 



the exact type of beginner that I have in mind will 

 be equally well understood; he is not the tyro who 

 has never as yet had the pleasure of using a fly-rod, 

 or the man who has no knowledge of trout streams 

 or the habits of trout. I assume that those who 

 have asked me to write these instructions are al- 

 ready good anglers. It is my hope that this article 

 will be of assistance to those who are fly-fishermen, 

 but who have not as yet tasted the pleasures of 

 luring the trout with the dry-fly. It is not difficult 

 to believe that the step from the expert wet fly fish- 

 erman to the dry-fly expert is a comparatively short 

 one, and easily accomplished by one willing to de- 

 vote some thought to the subject, and some time to 

 practising on the streams. In this way it is prob- 

 able that all our best American dry-fly anglers have 

 become experts. They have first been expert wet 

 fly anglers; then their attention has been drawn to 

 the dry-fly; they have received a few " points" from 

 friends enough to start with; they have practised 

 on the streams, perhaps somewhat crudely at first; 

 they have read much of the very fine literature 

 written in England upon the subject; they have 

 been quick to understand the methods used by our 

 English cousins; they have adapted and changed 

 the English ideas to meet the conditions upon our 

 streams, and in a comparatively short time they have 

 become successively our pioneers and our experts 

 in dry-fly angling. 



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