FLY ATTACHMENT TO LEADER 



All the best dry flies are made on eyed hooks none are 

 made with a snell lashed to hook. Flies fastened to leaders 

 by a loop is fatal to a feathery cast, so that it is absolutely 

 necessary to learn how to properly attach gut-end to eyed 

 hook with a neat, firm knot. 



FLIES MOST SUITABLE FOR SURFACE FISHING 



The two principal classes of natural insects are defined 

 in my book, "Trout Stream Insects," as drakes and duns. 

 Each have their wings in exactly opposite positions, the 

 drakes have wings raised from, and erect above the shoul- 

 ders, and after they have risen from the bed to the surface 

 of the stream, they always float. The duns have wings 

 hanging from, and below the shoulders. They do not rise 

 to the surface and float, but the natural dun creeper travels 

 along the bed to the river side then climbs upon rocks and 

 vegetation, where they emerge into the perfect insect, alight- 

 ing on any object but the water's surface. To be consistent, 

 to follow nature, as all dry fly purists say you must, it is 

 perfectly clear that drakes are the only insects we should 

 imitate to use as dry flies, and the duns copied to fish wet. 

 Nevertheless, if the angler so desires, with the aid of dry 

 fly tools and methods, any fly, erect or lapwing, can be 

 made to float long enough for trout to seize it with the aid 

 of a dash of paraffin by an angler of ordinary skill. 



WHAT FLY SHALL WE CHOOSE? 



When we arrive at the stream, the first problem to solve 

 is what artificial fly to use; for the beginner this problem 

 is the most difficult and requires time and study. First we 

 look over the water, the runways, eddies, lines of bubbles 

 to find out what insects are on the surface; the size, the 

 color, if possible, what species of insect. If insects are flying 

 in the air, capture one. Note the color of its upper and 

 under tail, its shoulders, color of feet and wings; then pull 

 from your box of flies the nearest imitations of it. I leave 



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