Streamcraft; An Angling Manual - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...Trout Habits; Lures and their Use (Concluded) HEN it comes to the manipulation of the wet fly after it has been cast, "fishing the fly," our real expert customarily does not draw it against the current, but after casting it up and across the stream, draws it diagonally across and down, on or just under the surface generally, and recovers it with the back-cast before it comes to a stop by the straightening of the line. The fly should most always be played deliberately over or through the water, not quickly; it should remain a perceptible time, and longer on still water. A good plan is to pause after it alights--draw a short distance--pause--draw again--pause--then make the back-cast. Flies are best played upon the surface by an upward and backward movement of the rod, under the surface by a side and upward movement. It is better to use but one fly in stream fishing and two for lake fishing, and when using two the dropper or bob may just touch the water occasionally, the tail or bottom fly then being under. Flies should be attached to the leader not less than three feet apart. Mr. Southard commends fishing with the fly from four to six inches underneath the surface in calm water without a ripple; also the plan of making a few false casts even in wet-fly fishing, placing the fly within an inch or two of the surface before landing it quietly, when fish are rising to the surface. Striking the Fish.--The following advice is pertinent with regard to the attempt at hooking or striking the fish, when fishing with the fly. It must be done very quickly in clear water with a snappy rise; quickly in roily water with an ordinary rise; slowly when a slow rise. The greater the slack in the line the greater must be the force of the strike; less...
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About the Author:
Dr. George Parker Holden was a luminary of the American angling world in the early twentieth century, who wrote the angling manual ""Streamcraft"" in 1919 and numerous articles for the Angler's Club of New York Bulletin. His milestone book from 1920, ""The Idyl of the Split-Bamboo,"" is credited with starting the home rodbuilding movement.
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230348654
- ISBN 13 9781230348650
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages50
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