dries are easier to fish except in heavy pocket water, then I perfer wets or nymphs
dries are easier to fish except in heavy pocket water, then I perfer wets or nymphs
Dries are easier. Nymphs are more productive once you get the hang of it. Now if you're talking about the kind of nymphing where a guide ties on a team of weighted nymphs and a ball of yarn and you get 100 yard drifts on a drift boat, then that is easier. But I don't really consider that to be flyfishing either.
Must be my Greenie(Colorado) roots in fly fishing, but I think nymphing is easier..
Apples and oranges. The skills to do both effectively have some overlap, but they are not the same. Fishing dry you have a much more visual experience, watching for rises, seeing the take. Nymphing you need to know more about what is under the surface, and your casting skills need only be rudimentary, but your mending skills need to be finely honed for the best results.
Both methods catch fish. The difference in success is almost always the guy holding the rod.
Dennis
For me, doing a lot more nymphing than dry fly fishing, the dry fly is harder to cast properly. But nymphing has some little "secrets" you have to master to be effective too.
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Fishing the Ozarks
Hi Folks,
While I assume that most folks are
speaking of nymphing or dry fly fishing
on streams, here on my still water lakes
I find them both easy and productive to
fish. I often switch back and forth
between the two or sometimes will use a
dry as an indicator on a nymph. It's all
good.*G* Warm regards, Jim
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