HOW TO FISH DRY FLY 



A7 M10 A 10. M2. 



How to Fish Dry Flies that Imitate American Trout Stream Insects 



The Floating Fly is More Widely Known 



The dry fly has made rapid strides in the estimation of 

 American trout fishermen during the last ten years, so that 

 the new art is now widely known all over the continent, 

 although it is not, as yet, practiced to any great extent, 

 for the reason that method and special tools have not been 

 fully described in a simple manner. I believe every thought- 

 ful trout angler wants to acquire the latest and best up-to- 

 date information about dry fly fishing so that he may learn 

 to test his skill in this most satisfying branch in the art 

 of angling. 



The object of this little booklet is to give a detailed, 

 easily understood definition of the dry fly in compact form 

 as a handy guide, to describe exclusively how the art may 

 be practised on American streams with dry flies copied 

 from native insects without any reference whatever to 

 methods used on British streams; this field has been so well 

 covered, not only by eminent English writers, Halford and 

 others, but also by two expert American anglers, Emlyn 

 M. Gill and George M. L. La Branche, who have described 

 their views with great detail and compared the difference 

 in the method pursued in England, as well as by themselves 

 on our own streams. If it is the; readers' desire to go fur- 

 ther, and study the art more thoroughly from the British 

 standpoint, they should get Halford's books from England, 

 and read "Practical Dry Fly Fishing," by Emlyn M. Gill, 



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