Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



lowed to float down on the surface of 

 the water with no other motion than 

 that imparted by the current. 



However much anglers may disagree 

 about many theories, yet on these 

 points all writers, all experts, and all 

 users of the floating fly are apparently 

 in accord. They all accept the exact 

 imitation theory — a bone of conten- 

 tion among wet fly anglers for many 

 years. There is no divergence of opin- 

 ion in regard to fishing up-stream — an- 

 other topic of discussion among the 

 wet fly men that probably will never 

 be settled to the satisfaction of all. 

 And the proposition that the dry-fly 

 must float down with the current, with 

 no other motion whatever, is univer- 

 sally agreed to. So in many ways the 

 dry-fly fishermen form a happy and 

 harmonious family, and the knotty 

 problems that are forever coming up 

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