Normal fishing historians will tell you that the first description of the first salmon dry fly and this unique form of fishing came from North America and Mr George M. La Branche, who wrote about his fishing in a book: The Salmon And The Dry Fly from 1924 – But we have found a salmon dry fly pioneer that will  top Mr George M. La Branche – It is a British angler: Major J.R Fraser that writes to tell British anglers about his exclusive dry fly fishing – Farlow: A British tackle make of the time, also runs a series of Mr Fraser salmon dry flies – that actually is to be found in Farlow’s catalogue along with the detailed description from 1909 and at least ten years ahead