Ray Bergman’s Dr Burke

This fancy fly, of silver body, yellow hackle and a white wing with jungle cock, is named for Dr. Edgar Burke, of the Jersey City Medical Center, in Jersey City, N.J. Dr. Burke is the author of a brochure entitled “American Dry Flies and How to Tie Them.” His paintings of flies are recognized everywhere as the finest and most beautiful. A most complete set is found in Ray Bergman’s book, “Trout.”

The Doctor says:

“It seems to me to be true that the better the angler the more he appreciates the brown trout. Brook trout are the fish for the casual fisherman ; the brown trout is for the expert angler.” Concerning flies the Doctor has stated: “Indeed but two, the wet Quill Gordon for the first two weeks of the season and the dry Hendrickson for the rest of it.”

His fly “was a deliberately ‘studied out’ creation intended for dusk fishing in the Kennebago watershed in extreme Northwestern Maine. It is composed of elements that will retain their flash and glitter as long as there is a vestige of light in the sky.”