Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



to float down as far as advisable before 

 making another cast. One cast follows 

 another across the stream until we have 

 covered all the good water below the 

 rocks. Whether successful or not in 

 taking a fish from this water, we now 

 begin casting about two or three feet 

 above the rocks, first to the left of them, 

 then directly above them, and then to 

 the right of them, letting our fly float 

 down past the rocks before lifting it 

 from the water, endeavoring to tempt 

 any trout that may be watching for 

 food from any of these strongholds. 



Now a short distance above these 

 rocks there is a stretch of very swift 

 water, more or less rough. We know 

 that at certain times such water is the 

 delight of the wet fly angler, but how 

 about the dry-fly man? Let us wait 

 and see. We are still near the right 

 bank of the stream (the left as we look 



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