Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



The "drag" is most fatal to the suc- 

 cess of the dry-fly angler, and, with 

 the methods of overcoming it, will be 

 discussed at some length in another 

 chapter. We have already discovered 

 that one of the basic principles of dry- 

 fly fishing is the natural motion of the 

 insect on the surface of the stream, and 

 if this motion, or action ojf the fly, is 

 disturbed by interfering causes, one 

 might as well give up hope of tak- 

 ing a fish until another cast has been 

 made. 



When ready to make the second 

 cast in our pool, draw in your mind's 

 eye an imaginary line, beginning at the 

 spot where you made yotir first cast, 

 straight across the pool to the other 

 bank. Again make the necessary num- 

 ber of false casts, both to dry the fly 

 and to lengthen the line, and then let 

 the fly drop on the imaginary line, but 



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