Making a Fly Light Gently 



be well to repeat the instructions here: 

 Do not cast for the spot on the water 

 where you desire the fly to fall, but at 

 a point in the air a few feet above this 

 spot. This is a useful thing to know, 

 as dry-flies must not hit the water 

 with a splash. 



And now, if your first cast has not 

 been successful in every way if the 

 fly has fallen on its side instead of 

 "cocked" it may be a consolation to 

 the beginner to know that the most 

 expert anglers cannot always control 

 the position that the fly will assume 

 when it reaches the water; but the ex- 

 pert will not lose patience and retrieve 

 the fly too quickly, for he has had too 

 much experience to alarm the trout 

 unnecessarily. 



[57] 



