Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



this low water and on the still pools 

 the one practical method of deceiving 

 the trout is by means of the dry-fly. 



Another mecca of the devotee of the 

 floating fly is the stream that has been 

 fished for years and that frequently has 

 the reputation of having been "fished 

 out." But many streams bear this 

 reputation undeservedly. It has come 

 to them on account of the frequent 

 lack of success of anglers who fish them. 

 In New York State there is a beauti- 

 ful stream on whose banks and in whose 

 bed many fly -fishermen may be seen 

 throughout the season. In the summer 

 of 1911 some twenty anglers were stop- 

 ping at a comfortable inn near its banks. 

 The weather and w^ater conditions were 

 very poor from their stand-point. 

 Their "hard luck" had been really 

 heart-rending. "Fished out" was a 

 frequent cry as the discouraged fisher- 



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