"DonO" Wrote; I have a list of questions I would like answers to:
Who tied the first 'dry fly' ?- intentionally to stay afloat. My contribution, It is, however, unclear who actually developed the first dry fly, if any one man can be said to be the inventor. James Ogden, another Cheltenham tackle dealer, claimed to have been the first to use a dry fly, stating that he used dry patterns during the 1840's. But although Ogden certainly fished patterns that floated, others did so before him, without making any claims for primacy.
