| Dry flies are used to mimic adult insects, so before | | | | taken on during periods when there is little or no |
| you fish a trout stream, make sure you have an | | | | surface activity to warrant our attention and allow use |
| understanding of what fish normally feed on before | | | | of the imitative flies. There are few cases where |
| deciding to use dry flies. Once you have determined | | | | attractors will work. They could even be as effective |
| that they will be a natural choice for a particular trout | | | | as or more effective than the flies that we believe are |
| stream, you can apply paste dressing to your flies to | | | | highly imitative. |
| allow them to float high on the water. They imitate a | | | | Most fly fishermen preferred dry flies for rivers and |
| wide range of foods, including adult mayflies, | | | | were not interested in anything else. Some used |
| caddisflies, midges, grasshoppers, crickets, ants and | | | | nymphs, wet flies, cone head leach patterns, dry flies |
| many others. | | | | and streamers. Nymphs such as the pheasant tails, |
| The magic of seeing a trout, bass or panfish take a | | | | gold ribbed hare's ears and halfbacks could be worked |
| dry fly floating on the surface of the water is one of | | | | in the surface film or add a small split shot and work |
| the greatest sights in fly fishing. Dry flies offer several | | | | with them deeper along the weed edges for a great |
| advantages over wet flies when fly fishing. This is a | | | | deal of action. |
| controversial subject and in a gathering of a dozen fly | | | | Nymphs are actually the stage right after the buzzer |
| fishermen, you might have 12 opinions. | | | | just before the fly hatches. They work well all year |
| Dry flies are made to mimic the final stage of an | | | | long and are excellent when fished deep in the colder |
| insect's life. Wet flies are used underwater to imitate | | | | months. To get the best result use short fast strips |
| minnows, caterpillars, and grubs. Dry flies must have | | | | retrieve. Nymphs are made to simulate aquatic insects |
| the correct silhouette and be the correct size and float | | | | that have yet to appear as adults. They are still in the |
| in the right manner. | | | | underwater cycle of life not yet having reached the |
| Fishing with a dry fly attraction pattern is most often | | | | adult stage. |