Is This Really Fly-Fishing? 



mind as to what kind of food the trout 

 thought was being presented, when 

 fished for with this lure. The ques- 

 tion might naturally be asked, and not 

 ill-naturedly, whether the use of the 

 imitation of the belly-fin of a trout 

 should be classed as fly-fishing or bait- 

 fishing. Is it not possible that the 

 trout may take this red, white, and 

 yellow counterfeit for a minnow or 

 some other small fish as it moves 

 through the water as commonly man- 

 ipulated by fly-fishermen using it? 

 And may not the same question be 

 asked when the silver doctor and other 

 "fancy" favorites of the wilderness 

 are used? It is certain that these 

 flies are not made with the idea of 

 imitating winged insects or the larvae 

 of winged insects; nor as a rule do 

 wet fly fishermen present them in a 

 way to make their movements re- 



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