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