130 MINOR TACTICS OF THE CHALK STREAM 



fly is hopeless, and also in the roughest of weather, 

 then I may claim that it is an art worthy to stand 

 beside the art of the dry fly as a supplementary 

 resource of the angler that is at once fair, sports- 

 manlike, and capable of adding immensely to his 

 enjoyment, his sport, and his opportunities for 

 using the highest skill, not inferior in any sense 

 (except in the matter of the avoidance of drag) 

 to that exercised by the dry-fly expert. 



