CHAPTER V 



Up-Stream Fishing, Methods of 

 Casting, and Some Condensed 

 Rules for Using the Floating Fly 



IT has already been noticed, possi- 

 bly, what a part naturalness plays 

 in dry-fly fishing; we have learned 

 that the fly is an exact imitation of the 

 natural insect; it must be presented 

 to the trout in an absolutely natural 

 manner, and when the fly is on the 

 water it must have a natural motion. 

 We do not merely hope that by some 

 lucky chance the trout may take the 

 feathered lure for "sometjiing good to 

 eat" without knowing exactly the nat- 

 ure of the food presented; the trout 

 must see that the fly is an insect upon 

 which it has fed many times before; 



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