CHAPTER XVI I 

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The History of the Floating Fly i 

 and Some of Its Interesting \ 

 Literature \ 



WHO invented the artificial 

 floating fly and the methods 

 of using it? 

 During the winter months of 1910- 

 11, the author read in the neighbor- 

 hood of one hundred andtfifty anghng 

 books, or at least looked carefully over 

 their pages, having in mind, inciden- 

 tally, the idea of discovering, if possible, 

 the first mention of the dry-fly in an- 

 gling literature. In one old book, pub- 

 lished about a century ago, he found a 

 story of a French angler hving in Scot- 

 land who tied his imitation flies in 

 what the author called "a peculiar 



