Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



smoothness, and flexibility, and the an- 

 gler who has not used one has a fresh 

 pleasure before him in fly-casting. As 

 to the size of the hne, the same thing 

 that was said of "weight for length" 

 in rods may be said of lines, changing 

 the expression to "weight for size." 

 In a line it is the weight that counts; 

 and lines of different makes designated 

 by the letters D, E, or F, vary both in 

 size and in weight. It is probable, 

 however, that the beginner in dry-fly 

 fishing wiU be perfectly safe if he buys 

 an E hne, though I often use with much 

 pleasure the heavier D line. Some may 

 look upon a trout line of this size as 

 suitable only for tournament work, 

 and be inclined to criticiise its use on 

 the streams. They may be right. 

 But if the reader will bear with me for 

 a moment I think that the proposition 

 will seem more reasonable to him: In 



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