Project Gutenberg 2012-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 244 Walker, Charles Edward 1953 Old Flies in New Dresses How to Dress Dry Flies with the Wings in the Natural Position and Some New Wet Flies Produced by Pat McCoy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Old Flies in New Dresses" by Charles Edward Walker is a practical guide on the art of fly-dressing, written in the late 19th century. The book aims to improve upon existing methods of creating artificial flies used in fishing, specifically by advocating for the accurate representation of wing positions that reflect natural flies. Walker discusses various fly types, like the Alder-fly, emphasizing the importance of their shape and coloration in effective imitation, which can lead to more successful fishing experiences. The opening of the work introduces the author's purpose and methodology for fly-dressing. He critiques previous attempts to imitate natural flies, noting inaccuracies in typical representations, particularly in wing positioning. Walker shares his initial experiments with dressed flies, recounting successful outcomes when he adhered closely to the natural positioning of the wings, as opposed to conventional methods. He emphasizes the significance of understanding the anatomy and behavior of these flies to enhance the effectiveness of their imitations, setting the stage for detailed discussions of various fly types and techniques that follow in the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Flies, Artificial SH Text Browsing: Cooking & Drinking Browsing: How To... Category: How To ... Category: Sports/Hobbies 163477 2025-06-16T05:34:35.249568 text/html 157420 2012-03-31T18:54:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1172564 2012-03-31T18:54:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1256704 2025-06-16T05:34:43.025520 application/epub+zip 1257112 2025-06-16T05:34:38.818535 application/epub+zip 121663 2025-06-16T05:34:37.239559 application/epub+zip 705129 2025-06-16T05:34:46.041531 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 680372 2025-06-16T05:34:41.966521 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218489 2022-09-18T05:14:30.090562 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132309 2025-06-16T05:34:34.662561 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 132186 2012-03-31T18:54:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 45791 2012-03-31T18:54:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 132225 2012-03-31T18:54:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 45756 2012-03-31T18:54:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19964 2025-06-16T05:34:46.211516 application/rdf+xml 11443 2025-06-16T05:34:37.856593 image/jpeg 3020 2025-06-16T05:34:37.520553 image/jpeg 1248647 2025-06-16T05:34:35.304583 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog