Contents 



CHAPTEB rAGB 



VIII. How the Dry-Fly May Be Used on 

 Rough Waters as Well as on Placid 

 Pools * . . . . 80 



IX. That Cruel Thing, the "Drag," and How 



Its Evil Effects May Be Overcome . 91 



X. Wilderness Fishing Different from Tak- 

 ing "Educated" Trout jrom Much- 

 Fished Streams 105 



XI. Often Dry-Fly Anglers Like Conditions 

 that Prove the Waterloo of the Wet 

 Fly Man 118 



Xn. Fine and Far-Off Casting, and the Value 

 of Close Fishing, When thranmng a 

 Fly Upstream. ........ 128 



XIU. The Advantages of Stalking a Trout 

 from Behind, and Examples of Good 

 and Bad Generalship 138 



XrV. Two Old Trout of the Pools, and the 

 Little Dry-Fly that Finally Accom- 

 plished Their Ruin 157 



XV. Artificial Dry-Flies, and a Few Words 



About the Living EpheTneridce . . 172 



XVI. The History of the Floating Fly and 



Some of Its Interesting Literature , . 188 



Appendix 309 



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