TACKLE 



run from .006-inch to .12-inch diameter. Two 

 or three heavier leaders should also be taken along 

 for very heavy high-water and large 

 flies; fine leaders will not cast large 

 flies properly. This is all that is 

 required in the way of leaders. 



The question of flies is one that 

 has been fought over for genera- 

 tions, and the war is not over yet. 

 However, I think I can clear up 

 some of the mystery and perhaps 

 reduce the number of patterns the 

 fisherman thinks he must carry. I 

 have found in wet-fly fishing three 

 things which seem to affect the at- 

 tractiveness of the fly: the size, the 

 weight, and the brilliancy in the 

 water. Usually, when a change of 

 pattern causes the fish to take the 

 successful fly, it is either because it 

 is different in size, runs deeper in 

 the water, or has more or fewer 

 feathers on it. I have rarely found 

 that the pattern itself is of any importance. As a 

 general thing the bright fly takes more fish. To 

 this class belong the Silver Doctor, Silver Grey, 



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Fig. 10. LINE AND 

 LEADER GAUGE 

 GRADUATED IN 

 .001 INCHES 



