Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



rag, and squeeze the fly ifi its folds to 

 get out some of the water that it has 

 absorbed, and then, putting it close 

 to his mouth, blow into its feathers 

 and hackles. This will restore to the 

 hackles their old "fluffy" appearance. 



Next, he should straighten out the 

 wings and coax them into shape with 

 the fingers, finally oiling the fly again 

 when approaching smooth water. 



One of the beauties ot fishing the 

 rough stretches is the very near ap- 

 proach to the fish that may be made 

 by the careful angler, and the advan- 

 tages and possibilities of close fishing 

 will form the subject of ^ little talk 

 in a subsequent chapter. 



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