The Language of Fly-Fishing

19th century adult angler angling appear artificial attested become boat body brown trout called cast catch century colour common Dark dates derives developed difficult downstream dressing dry fly early English especially example fact feather feeding fish fishermen flies floating fly-fishing given gives gnat grayling hackle hand hatch head Hills History hook important insects kind knot known lakes late later leader least less lure means method midge natural noted nylon nymph Olive origin particularly patterns perhaps play possible practice present pupa rainbow recorded reel referred relatively represent rise river salmon sea trout sedge seems sense Skues sometimes spawning spinner stillwaters stream suggests summer surface tail taken technique term tied Treatise trout fishing typically upstream usually wet fly wind wings writing wrote