American Dry-Fly Methods 



principles upon which all experts agree. 

 So the general rules governing the use 

 of the dry-fly that will be described in 

 this work resemble closely those ad- 

 vocated by Mr. Halford and other 

 English authors; but in all cases the 

 methods are those used by the writer 

 himseK, which have been learned, first, 

 by his early crude experiments, made 

 before he had read any authoritative 

 works on the subject; by study of the 

 books by English writers; by experi- 

 ences on the streams in the company 

 of expert dry-fly anglers; and last, by 

 many long discussions with several 

 skilful users of the floating lure. The 

 various differences between the methods 

 that will be advocated for our American 

 streams, and those described by English 

 authorities for use on their chalk 

 streams, will be pronounjced in some 

 details, and such things as the advo- 

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