Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



known dry-fly "purist" and angling 

 writer, in a book published as late as 

 1908, advocates the use of a rod eleven 

 feet long, weighing eleven ounces — one 

 that "can easily be wielded single- 

 handed." What strength must he 

 possess who can wield such a weapon 

 easily ! 



Some views, entirely contrary to those 

 held by English authoritieiS, will be ex- 

 pressed by the author, which he would 

 be glad to designate "the American 

 methods," if we had a number of dry- 

 fly anglers sufficiently large to merit the 

 somewhat ambitious title, "the Ameri- 

 can school." 



Incidentally, some of theSe differences 

 of opinion may meet with the severe 

 criticisms of a few of the old-timers 

 among American anglers, who read 

 Halford in 1889, and who have regarded 

 his book as almost sacred ever since. 



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