Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



tation fly labors under the disadvan- 

 tage of having attached to it leader 

 and line, and that these impediments 

 to its freedom of movement often tax 

 to the utmost the skill of the angler. 



" But what a cruel thing is that which 

 has been well named the 'drag,'" ex- 

 claims Mr. Dewar. "Trout do not 

 like even natural insects to play pranks 

 on the water," he says. "The drag 

 is one of the greatest protections in 

 rather fast running streams that Nat- 

 ure affords the trout against the dry- 

 fly fishermen." 



Imagine for a moment a little live 

 dun on the surface of a rapidly flowing 

 stream. It is tiny, delicate in con- 

 struction, as light as a piece of thistle- 

 down, and to resist even the weakest 

 current is as powerless as a small child 

 would be if thrown into the Niagara 

 whirlpool. It must go wherever the 



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