Just curious: Does anyone swing dry flies? I never read of anglers doing it, but I don't see why not.
Opinions please,
Rany
Just curious: Does anyone swing dry flies? I never read of anglers doing it, but I don't see why not.
Opinions please,
Rany
Used to swing elk hair caddis patterns way back in the day...
Randy,
As a rule of thumb I do not do so most of the time, but I will test the waters every time I go out on the river and if the fish strike on a swung fly, that is what I will do. Most of the time it is on a dead drift and certain flies also require a twitch now and then to imitate the real bug.
Larry ---sagefisher---
The technique of "waking" a fly is quite commonly used for Atlantic salmon and steelhead and, under most conditions, is more effective than a conventionally dead-drifted dry fly. Sometimes waked flies can be very effective for trout but a fly skating across the surface can frequently alarm the fish and put them down. I often use a waking technique for trout when fishing imitations of large, active insects like Skwala stoneflies in the spring or Giant October Caddis in the late summer and fall; allowing them to dead drift but stopping the drift occasionally to force them to wake for a short distance, imitating the commotion generated by an egg-laying female or, in the case of the October Caddis, an adult returning to the water to drink.
I do it sometimes when craneflies are out. Take a big leggy bug and skate it across the top of the water. It's a fun way to fish.
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