FISHING WITH FLOATING FLIES
FISHING WITH
FLOATING FLIES
BY
SAMUEL G. CAMP
AUTHOR OF "FISHING KITS AND EQUIPMENT,"
"FINE ART OF FISHING," ETC
NEW YORK
OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY
MCMXIII
Copyright, 1913, by
OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY
All rights reserved
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |||
| I. | The Matter of Equipment | 9 | ||
| II. | The Fly Rod | 22 | ||
| III. | The Reel, Line and Flies | 36 | ||
| IV. | How to Cast the Floating Fly | 55 | ||
| V. | Where and When to Use the Floating Fly | 68 | ||
| VI. | How to Fish the Floating Fly | 80 | ||
| VII. | How to Fish the Floating Fly, Continued | 93 | ||
| VIII. | Insects of the Trout Stream | 107 | ||
FISHING WITH FLOATING FLIES
FISHING WITH
FLOATING FLIES
CHAPTER I
The Matter of Equipment
No man knows, or ever will know, the artof fly-fishing in its entirety, and thepresent writer is far from claiming omnisciencein the matter. Wherefore the factmay well be emphasized that the followingpages are not intended for the expert—the seasonedangler skilled in wet, dry, and mid-waterfly-fishing—but, rather, for the beginner at thesport of fishing with floating flies and for thenovice who may take up fly-fishing with the purposeof ultimately employing the dry fly. Atthe outset, before going into the details of thedry fly caster's equipment and methods, it w