English Dry-Fly JjUerature 



like, most artistic, and most scientific 

 of all methods of taking trjout. In the 

 article referred to there had been an 

 important error — an error of omission. 

 While beUeving that a comparatively 

 small number of American anglers were 

 famihar with dry-fly methods, yet I 

 had assumed that all would know what 

 was meant when the dry-fly or float- 

 ing fly was mentioned. The first im- 

 portant contribution to dry-fly litera- 

 ture was made in England in 1851; 

 and from that time until now in that 

 country it has been one of the most 

 fully discussed methods of fishing. 

 Some of the British dry-fly books pub- 

 lished within the past thirty years may 

 be ranked properly among the great- 

 est works of angUng Uterature. Many 

 American enthusiasts and collectors 

 possess at least a few of the most im- 

 portant of these works; and yet even 

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