Practical Dry-Fly Fishing, by Emlyn M. Gill, 1925, illustrated

Description: Practical Dry-Fly Fishing, by Emlyn M. Gill, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1925 — 216 pages — illustrated — measures: 5" x 7 1/2" Contents: IntroductionEnglish Dry-Fly Methods Modified by American Ideas and Conditions"Fishing the Rise" and "Fishing the Stream," and a Word About the English "Purist"Largely Statistical, Describing Rods, Lines, Leaders, Flies, and Other TackleShowing that Americans May Use the Dry-Fly, Thought There Is No American Fly-Fisher's EntomologyUp-Stream Fishing, Methods of Casting, and Some Condensed Rules for Using the Floating FlyTying an Eyed-Fly to a Leader, and Some Practice on a Hypothetical PoolIn which the Beginner Visits a Real Pool, from which a Few Trout Are TakenHow the Dry-Fly May Be Used on Rough Waters as Well as on Placid PoolsThat Cruel Thing, the "Drag" and How Its Evil Effects May Be OvercomeWilderness Fishing Different from Taking "Educated" Trout from Much-Fished StreamsOften Dry-Fly Anglers Like Conditions that Prove the Waterloo of the Wet Fly ManFine and Far-Off Casting, and the Value of Close Fishing, When Throwing a Fly Up-StreamThe Advantages of Stalking a Trout from Behind, and Examples of Good and Bad GeneralshipTwo Old Trout of the Pools, and the Little Dry-Fly that Finally Accomplished Their RuinArtificial Dry-Flies, and a Few Words About the Living EphemeridæThe History of the Floating Fly and Some of Its Interesting LiteratureAppendix: The Proper Equipment for a Dry-Fly Angler Described Briefly

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