Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



of the line lies in an up-stream direc- 

 tion, and that before the current can 

 carry the centre of the line far enough 

 down-stream to produce a drag, the 

 fly will have an opportunity to float 

 down a short distance naturally. As 

 the trout we are after may be only 

 a few inches below A, the fly, let us 

 hope, will float without drag until it 

 is over the fish. So in all cases where 

 a drag is imminent, cast a slack line. 

 Under the conditions illustrated by 

 Fig. 7, where the current in the centre 

 of the stream is slow and where the 

 fly lights swift, the "belly" in the line 

 should naturally be down-stream. When 

 casting directly up-stream, in order to 

 prevent Uning the trout — that is, hav- 

 ing the leader fall directly over its 

 head, endeavor to throw an up-stream 

 curve in the leader so that the gut will 

 float down behind the fly. 



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