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