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