| When looking for information on how to fly fish, fly | | | | Exercising patience, he may walk slowly and quietly |
| fishing tips or fly fishing techniques, many anglers, or | | | | into the water at the tail of the stretch and as |
| anglers to be,who limit their search to books or | | | | closely as possible to the bank the fish are under. |
| material written ithin the last few years or decades | | | | Having attained the desired position, he should remain |
| are short-changing themselves. | | | | there long enough to allow all commotion made by his |
| Fact is, many anglers continue to miss out on great | | | | entry to cease, during which time no motion of the |
| fly fishing information by not reaching back into the | | | | rod should be made, because the sight of any |
| rich history of the sport and seeking the advice and | | | | moving object will send the now alert trout scurrying, |
| wisdom of true fly fishing pioneers. | | | | while the ripples will make him uneasy for a short |
| Now when I say pioneers, I'm talking about the guys | | | | time only. The horizontal cast should be used if |
| who didn'thave anyone to learn from - the | | | | possible. The fly should be floated down about a foot |
| groundbreakers. | | | | from the bank, and it should not be retrieved until it |
| Remember that when dry-fly fishing first made its | | | | has traveled more than half the distance between |
| appearance here in America from England it came | | | | the angler and the spot where it alighted.... |
| without instructions. | | | | When satisfied that no trout are within the section |
| That's when anglers such as Emlyn Gill, George La | | | | covered by the fly, the angler should lengthen his line |
| Branche, Theodore Gordon and Samuel Camp, just to | | | | and fish the fly a few feet above-always permitting |
| name a few, came up with their own set of | | | | the fly to travel over the water already fished. He |
| instructions for dry-fly fishing. | | | | should continue this until the maximum line that can |
| Yes, they were the true pioneers - and they wrote | | | | be handled neatly without moving from the original |
| the first books about the artistry and craftsmanship | | | | position is being cast. When the line becomes |
| of what it took to successfully fly fish in these | | | | unwieldy (in this method and position it is courting |
| American waters. | | | | failure to attempt anything over thirty-five to forty |
| For some strange reason, the last few generations | | | | feet, even if one is expert) an advance may be |
| of anglers have not been exposed to this classic fly | | | | made a few yards up-stream as closely to the bank |
| fishing information that helped shape American dry-fly | | | | as the depth of the water and free casting space will |
| fishing. | | | | permit. As it is quite possible-and likely, too-that a |
| True, there are many fine fly fishing books being | | | | trout has been under the fly all the while, but was |
| published today. But, for some reason, it's the | | | | not interested in it, the angler's advance will drive him |
| story-telling aspects, only found in the older classics, | | | | ahead, and indications of this should be sharply looked |
| that can get your blood racing and beckons you to | | | | for. The discovery of the fish will save much valuable |
| the nearest stream or river. | | | | time, for in that case the immediate stretch may be |
| It's these older classics that represent the very heart | | | | abandoned, because any fish above the one seen will |
| and soul of fly fishing; its mystery, its allure. | | | | have certainly taken alarm at the actions of his ! |
| You've felt it, haven't you? | | | | fellow and will have lost all desire to feed for some |
| Fly fishing classics every angler should have as part | | | | time. |
| of their library include a wide array of books written | | | | ********************************** |
| by fly fishers for fly fishers and span anywhere | | | | How did you do? And, that's just within 2 paragraphs! |
| between the early to mid 1900's. | | | | Imagine the number of tips you'll find throughout an |
| Here is a glimpse of the quality and quantity of fly | | | | entire book! |
| fishing instructions you can find in any one of these | | | | Reading the early American fly fishing classics is a |
| classics. Feel how smooth and flowing they are when | | | | must for all anglers who are passionate about learning |
| being told as a story, as opposed to some stuffy, | | | | as much as they can about the world's oldest |
| boring tutorial or manual. | | | | outdoor sport. |
| Within these two excerpts (taken from George | | | | Remember, it is from these now classic books that |
| LaBranche's, Dry Fly and Fast Water) there are no | | | | America learned how to fly fish using the dry-fly. |
| less than 20 fishing tips; at least 10 in each paragraph! | | | | Surely, these books haven't lost the capacity to |
| See if you can you spot them. | | | | continue to teach more generations the art and craft |
| ********************************** | | | | of fly fishing. |