Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



without having seen the streams them- 

 selves, one stretch of water looks about 

 as good as another from an angler's 

 stand-point, though of course they, too, 

 have their particularly favorable spots* 

 In contrast with these wide, smooth 

 chalk streams, imagine yourself on the 

 bank of a typical Sullivan County trout 

 stream and note the difference in the 

 general conditions. It is true that at 

 intervals there are long, smooth pools. 

 But as the angler stands in almost any 

 position on one of these streams, what 

 appears before him as he looks up over 

 the stream? Long stretches of swift 

 water tumbling over a rocky bed, with 

 here and there little surfaces of smooth 

 water, above, below, or between rows 

 of rocks, and at rather rare intervals a 

 good pool. If one stationed himself 

 on the banks of a stream like this, de- 

 termined not to wet his line until he 



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