Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



County not generally known by New 

 York anglers, when I came to a smooth, 

 flat pool, generally shallow, and not 

 promising any favorable results, except 

 possibly in one spot. A little more 

 than half-way up the pool near the 

 bank to my right, was a fairly large 

 rock, and the water in front of it was 

 at least three or four feet deep. Not 

 wishing to waste any time on the un- 

 promising water, I immediately waded 

 to the point 0, in Fig. 10, which is a 

 very correct diagram of this pool. My 

 position was about twenty-five feet 

 below the rock R, where I thought a 

 trout should be. The little whirling 

 dun lighted gently, with wings upright 

 at C. When it had floated down to a 

 point opposite the centre of the rock, 

 I was not much surprised to see a very 

 fair trout rise to the fly. The fish 

 missed and was frightened, so I went 



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