What do you think is easier...Dry Fly Fishing or Nymph fishi

Sure they both have their own set of problems but which method do you find easier to catch trout. ... Forget whether there is a hatch on or not or what time of day or the temperature...Forget that trout get a high percentage of their food underwater.... Forget all that weasel answer stuff... Just, by which method of fly fishing, in its self, and when the occasion called for it, have you found easier to catch trout ..

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Dries for me. I just started fishing Nymphs a short time ago and have not quite got the hang of it yet.

Rocky

When they are going for dries, I rejoice. Mucho easier. Still, there is something hypnotizing about nymphing. And, in the winters out here, you'd better enjoy it or you are not going to fish.

I guess I'm one of the dry fly guys. That's the method I prefer and catch a good number of trout that way. My second choice would have to be a nice soft hackle wet fly, with nymphing being a third place finisher for me.

REE

I think each method has it's own challenges. I love watching fish rise to dries, but I'm not gonna waste precious fishing time waiting for a hatch. I'll fish what's working, even streamers...

And you didn't specify, are you talking nymphing with or without a bobber?

Bill

"standing in a river waving a stick"

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"standing in a river waving a stick"

mantis,

I fish dries more often than nymphs. Regardless, I believe that my honest, albeit somewhat bias, answer is that on moving water dries are more difficult. I base that opinion simply because there are more things to consider and accomplish to be successful.

Allan

BG
Well, there is a big difference isn't there. Always thought I had a soft touch untill a guide put a pair of tiny strike indicators on my leader. How easy it made nymphing... just flip it out and let it sweep. No wories about matching the hatch, no conflicting currents to worry about doing crazy things to your dry fly.. Yup strike indicators are a story by themselves. Like worm fishing with a bobber. No need to worry about back casts..just let it float down river, then lob it back upstream...Well, take your choice. Guess I just should have said which form of fly fishing is easier: Not just nymph vs dry..... I mean it is tough enough on here to get a straight answer... Again, though, which is easier to use to catch fish. Each in their own best condition... Heck, just about everyone wants to fish on top when there is a great hatch on and they are looking up.. Thats a weasel answer (not yours) But that was not the question...

Mantis,

Dries and Nymphs both have their difficulties!The Drift on both Methods must be Drag free and in Feeding Lies.Both have their times where they sometimes out fish each other(or at least for me).That said I wont state which one is a easier Method to use to catch Trout.Without a good PRESENTATION you wont catch jack!Now Nymphing,you make it sound easier than it is!When Nymphing you must apply the right amount of Weight,have the correct Depth so the Nymphs get down to the bottom,choose the right Nymph and keep the right Nymph on as the Trout Moods might change in a moments notice,have a drag Free Drift and be able to read Water(a very hard thing for Newbies)in order to find Feeding Lies.Samething with Dries except that you have Crosscurrents on top of the water.!If you put everything together correctly,it will make a difference on how productive your Outting will be.

Nymphing is the working man's game in fly fishing. I may have read that somewhere -- I can't remember where -- but I think it's true.

I do think there's more to it than just flopping your nymph rig out there and watching the bobber. But maybe I shouldn't get into that.

In some ways, dry fly fishing is easier because you can see the strike. On the other hand, you actually have to fly cast.

BTW, I like nymphing and don't find it boring.

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They both can be difficult but overall dry fly fishing tends to be easier or at least more intuitive.