Hurrying a Fishing Fault 



distance covered in the course of the 

 day? The author agrees thoroughly 

 with Mr. Dewar when he says that 

 "there is no surer sign of an unaccom- 

 plished dry-fly fisherman than hurry- 

 ing. A good fisherman will not hesi- 

 tate to stay an hour if he sees a good 

 chance of deceiving a heavy trout 

 which is feeding well." 



A short time ago the idea of fishing 

 a pool in the manner suggested in 

 Chapter VI was somewhat severely 

 criticised by a veteran New York an- 

 gler, who seemed to object to "laying 

 out a trout pool as one would lay out 

 a checker board." At the same time, 

 I gained an impression from his re- 

 marks that he did not think that the 

 dry-fly could be successful on Ameri- 

 can streams "because it was invented 

 for use on the placid English chalk 

 streams." A logical idea! 



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