Hi All;
I’ll be attending the VA Flyfishing Festival this Saturday, have a new bamboo rod to christen and was hoping to break it in at the show.
The weather is not going to be great, rainy, in the 60’s with a chance of thuinderstorms.
Any suggetions on how to fish for trout in these conditions??
Thanks in advance;
Wayneb
Hey Wayne, I would think that the water at this point is already running swiftly and with the addition of more rain, I am thinking fishing under the surface with Nymphs. May I stand corrected.
When you see lightning … get off the water!! Otherwise, I’d use weighted nymphs! Have fun!!
bead head pheasant tail nymphs
could be worse. you could be knocking ice out of the guides in the middle of a spring blizzard.
I understand that if a lightning bolt travels from the rod and down the line to the water and stuns fish, you can be charged with it.
Ed, running and ducking
yeah if that lightning bolt hits that rod you will be charged alright. You will also need to change your drawers if you survive it that is. 
Umbrella in one hand rod in other, problem solved 
Actually another of my favorite times to fish is in a light rain or preferably a mist or even fog in dead quite …
The fish don’t care. They are already wet. lol
Sorry. Just had to say it.
so if you will only be fly-casting with bamboo at the show,
likely a bad idea waving sticks at thunder clouds outside…
Inside would be best to plastic pools…
Always stay on the safe side !
Take care - sm
I have had some great fishing during heavy rain storms. The rain adds ‘fresh’ fresh water to the stream/lake and also adds more oxygen, cools the surface water and often there will be a hatch coming off. Start with a dry if you see critters around or a dry dropper with a nymph as the dropper then if that doesn’t produce, like has already been suggested to you, do down deep to the bottom with heavy nymphs. Have fun.
Larry —sagefisher—
Used to love rainy spring days back in Washington. BWO’s were usually hatching. Had some great fishing.
While float tubing in a lake one afternoon a thunder cloud blew over me and the thunder and lightning start. The fastest you can go in a float tube is really slow.
“The fastest you can go in a float tube is really slow.” Not necessarily! Some years ago I was float tubing for bluegills when a sudden summer storm came up. The wind was pushing me along away from my car and the access site faster than I could have run on land. I had just finally hunched over and turned my back to the wind and hoped I wouldn’t get fried by lightening when a bass boat overtook me and hauled me aboard. Otherwise i would have had a long walk around the lake when I eventually reached the other shore.