Imaginary Difficulties 



customed. Many are wont to imagine, 

 at first, that there is something more 

 difficult about dry-fly angling than 

 fishing with the sunken lure. This, I 

 think, is not so when one has acquired 

 the knack of it. It may be possible 

 for a bungling fisherman to meet with 

 success in some wilderness waters, or 

 at times in streams nearer civilization 

 when they are high and discolored. 

 But to be a finished wet fly angler one 

 must possess as much skill as the dry- 

 fly fisherman. Nothing but experience 

 can teach a man where the trout lie 

 in the streams; if one starts right, and 

 is shown how, it is comparatively easy 

 to cast a fly skilfully. There are no 

 insurmountable obstacles in the way of 

 becoming a successful dry-fly angler 

 that do not confront the user of the 

 sunken fly. 



But give the dry-fly a chance; one 



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