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Trout flies - dry flies.
Trout fishing with dry fly is my favourite method. The dry
flies selected here are from my fly boxes, a few examples of the many
types that exist. Split wings, parachute flies, stimulator, hackled flies,
Cul de Canard and more traditional types, olives, royal wulff and greenwell.
Each of these flies has its uses. Some may not look very imitative to
our eyes but to the fish they are food. Ally's Spinner (for want of a
better name) is a simple thread body with a light CdC dubbing and a natural
Cdc wing. It caught over 30 rainbows on the South Fork of the Boisie in
a couple of hours when they would not look at a sophisticated pattern!
Dry fly fishing is first observation, spot the fish, identify the food
and then you can start. After observation comes presentation, you should
be able to get the fly over the fish accurately and drag free. That is
where casting skills are important. Why you need to curve cast, reach
cast slack line cast and so on. Nowadays I have great faith in CdC as
a fly tying material and use it a lot for bodies, wings and hackles.
| Olive cripple |
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Tups Indispensable |
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Deer hair caddis |
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| Coffin fly spinner |
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Blue Quill |
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Royal Para-Stimi |
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| Upright Greenwell |
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Harrop Dun |
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Coq de Leon caddis |
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| Ally's Grannom |
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Klinkhammer |
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Cul de canard caddis |
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| Parachute Greenwell |
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Ally's Spinner |
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Cdc and Elk |
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| Stimulator |
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Adams |
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Cdc ant |
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| Swisher's Speckled-X |
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Hackle rough olive |
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Ally's Yellow May |
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| Tan Tarantula |
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Royal Wulff |
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Large Olive emerger |
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