The Angler's Flies and How to Tie Them 



FTER the angler has attained 

 to some little skill at fishing 

 with the fly by far the most 

 enthralling branch of his art- 

 ful recreation and has made 

 his own rod, yet he will not 

 long be entirely satisfied with- 

 out an attempt at the con- 

 struction of these dainty imi- 

 tations of natural insects, 

 however crude may be his first attempts in this 

 direction. 



Call J. McCarthy of Chicago, a veteran 

 practical angler, tackle-maker, and holder of 

 numerous casting records, well expresses the 

 feeling of many fishermen who have had wide 

 and varied experience of fresh-water sport, when 

 he says that the finesse obtained with fly- 

 fishing is somewhat lacking in bait-fishing. 

 "There is an indescribable sense of pleasure and 

 satisfaction experienced by the angler when he 

 has succeeded in gently placing a fly under an 

 overhanging bush or tree, making it appear as 

 if it had dropped therefrom, and his pleasures 

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