Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



was useless to "waste time on this 

 pool," as trout were never caught 

 there. Wet fly fishermen often say this 

 of good pools. 



However, I did not believe him, and 

 the whirling dun continued floating 

 down most enticingly. 



Then another angler came along, and, 

 stopping to tell me the same thing, hur- 

 ried up-stream. 



Some time afterward, completely 

 baffled, I followed in the steps of the 

 others, and left this most promising 

 looking pool a sadder but not a wiser 

 man. Not a sign of good fish had I 

 seen. There were tall trees behind me, 

 and heavy clouds in the sky, and both 

 weather and water conditions were 

 such that it did not once occur to me 

 that I or my rod might possibly have 

 been seen by fish feeding by the op- 

 posite bank. Nor did a realization, or 



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