A Dry-Fly Changes Its Rdle 



up-stream), and so we first let our fly 

 drop on this swift water, near the bank 

 to our left. Bing! A fine rainbow 

 trout rose at the first cast, but we 

 missed it, either because we failed to 

 see the quick flash of the fish under 

 water, or because we did not strike 

 quickly enough. For the dry-fly 

 what became of it? When it touched 

 the surface it did its best to play its 

 dignified part of a dry-fly, it skipped 

 along over the turbulent stream for a 

 moment, but the water was too rough 

 and strong for it to keep afloat, it was 

 sucked under, and, therefore, became 

 the wet fly that we have been accus- 

 tomed to use. Not exactly the same, 

 perhaps, for this dry-fly, though now 

 wet and sunken, still retains its char- 

 acter as an imitation of a natural insect. 

 Having had some success with our very 

 first cast in swift water, we will continue 



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