Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



semble the natural action of living 

 flies. 



But while we have freely admitted 

 the great killing powers of the popu- 

 lar Parmacheene belle, not only in wil- 

 derness streams, but in other waters 

 not so far removed from civilization, 

 there is little question that it is 

 an absolutely useless lure in many 

 of the well-known and much-fished 

 streams of Sullivan County, New York, 

 Pike County, Pennsylvania, and other 

 similar waters. I make this state- 

 ment not entirely from my own ex- 

 perience, but on the testimony of skil- 

 ful anglers who have fished these 

 streams for many years, and who have 

 tried on them at various .times nearly 

 all known flies. Relying upon the 

 trustworthiness of information gained 

 from such long experience, I have 

 seldom, if ever, taken on my trips to 



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