| The Walker's mayfly nymph is a weighted fly | | | | flies. Downstream wet fly fishing for trout |
| which imitates the emerging mayfly before it | | | | on a fast moving river on a summer's evening |
| crawls out of the water and flies away. It | | | | is indeed a pleasure, brown trout and |
| therefore is not dry and sinks. These are | | | | grayling will both be there to pit your wits |
| cast upstream in front of a fish and | | | | against. Wet fly fishing for trout and |
| 'tweaked' or gently retrieved often with | | | | grayling in rivers and streams of the West |
| great success-they are ideal on a chalk | | | | Country and Wales is particularly good. Wet |
| stream when the fish are not rising. This is | | | | fly fishing for trout in Ireland has its many |
| usually the only acceptable form of wet fly | | | | opportunities. Most rivers and streams hold |
| fishing for trout on the major chalk streams. | | | | brown trout and there is lots of free |
| Wet fly fishing for trout in general is | | | | fishing. The Irish lakes hold some very large |
| practised in fast water when the current does | | | | trout and boats and ghillies are available on |
| the work or in still waters when the fly is | | | | the famous lakes such as Corrib, Conn and |
| cast downstream and slowly retrieved. Wet | | | | Mask. There are good numbers of small man |
| fly fishing for trout involves lighter flies | | | | made 'put and take' fisheries up and down the |
| which are cast downstream into pools or lies | | | | country. Some are excavated especially for |
| where fish are expected to be. This method is | | | | trout fisheries others are chalk and gravel |
| used at night for sea-trout, or sewin as they | | | | pits which have been stocked. In the main, |
| are known in Wales. Wet fly fishing for trout | | | | these waters are stocked with Rainbow Trout |
| in reservoirs and still waters involve much | | | | which are not indigenous but hail from the |
| bulkier flies which are cast out long | | | | Rockies in the west of the USA. Rainbows can |
| distances and retrieved .The flies imitate | | | | tolerate higher water temperatures and lower |
| various bugs and even perch fry which the big | | | | oxygen content in the water than the |
| rainbow trout hoover up in vast quantities in | | | | indigenous Browns and also can grow very |
| the spring. Still waters are on the whole | | | | quickly. Some waters are stocked with fish of |
| stocked with rainbow trout which feed on bugs | | | | over 15 pounds. The flies for these still |
| and fish fry and in the big reservoirs such | | | | waters imitate all sorts of bugs and fish |
| as Bewl Water, Chew, Blagdon, Rutland Water | | | | that live in the lake and some look nothing |
| and Grafham Water grow to a large size and | | | | like anything living there but still catch |
| are extremely powerful-hence great to fish | | | | fish! These fisheries offer the wet fly |
| for. On these large waters wet fly fishing | | | | fisherman great opportunities to improve |
| for trout is usually done from boats since | | | | casting select the right fly and catch very |
| the levels will fluctuate and this leads to | | | | big fish. We plan to offer information about |
| muddy banks when the water level drops. In | | | | these fisheries which will be a free service |
| the natural lakes in the Lake District, | | | | to the fishery owners-so keep visiting us. |
| Scotland and Ireland brown trout give good | | | | |
| sport on retrieved wet flies; often fished in | | | | Jon Kelly is a published author who writes on |
| groups of three. These lakes also contain the | | | | many diverse subjects that includes advice |
| large brown ferox trout which are cannibals | | | | and tips on fly fishing. We hope to provide |
| and feed on their smaller brethren-and are | | | | you with information you can rely on. To find |
| usually caught on lures and spinners-not | | | | out more please visit: flyfishingcentre. |