CHAPTER XVI 



The History of the Floating Fly 

 and Some of Its Interesting 

 Literature 



WHO invented the artificial 

 floating fly and the methods 

 of using it? 



During the winter months of 1910- 

 11, the author read in the neighbor- 

 hood of one hundred and fifty angling 

 books, or at least looked carefully over 

 their pages, having in mind, inciden- 

 tally, the idea of discovering, if possible, 

 the first mention of the dry-fly in an- 

 gling literature. In one old book, pub- 

 lished about a century ago, he found a 

 story of a French angler living in Scot- 

 land who tied his imitation flies in 

 what the author called "a peculiar 



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