Ok..I am pretty new to fly fishing and I need some late season pointers. I live up in Massachusetts and we have been having some mild weather for this time of year so I have been trying to hit the rivers when I can to work on fishing.

From what I can tell there isn't much "bug" activity so I have been trying to use wooley buggers. I am not sure what to call most of the water I fish but I think it is "pocket water". The water is a fairly fast flow 1-3' ft deep. There are decent size rocks breaking the current dispersed through the area.

The only real success I have had fly fishing is dead drifting a nymph. I tried to used this technique targeting the "seams" on either side of the rocks...The fish should be using these correct? I hear a lot about fishing a bugger down and across...I get the gist of that but I am not sure how to apply to the type of water I am fishing...Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thanks,
Mike