Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



is a greater rarity than the really good 

 dry-fly man." And later, Mr. R. B. 

 Marston, the veteran editor of the 

 London Fishing Gazette, echoed this 

 sentiment by saying: "A real expert 

 with the wet fly is a much rarer bird 

 than one with the dry." 



In discussing the degrees of expert- 

 ness of wet fly fishermen it is neces- 

 sary, in America at least, to differen- 

 tiate the conditions under which the 

 fishing is done. It is well known that 

 in many waters of the wilderness there 

 are vast numbers of trout in keen com- 

 petition for food, and that these fish 

 see an angler and his feathered lures 

 infrequently. Almost anything in the 

 way of a small bunch of bright feathers 

 and glittering tinsel tied to a hook 

 seems often to prove an irresistible 

 attraction to the trout, and the pres- 

 entation of such flies need not be 



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