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Catching Trout on a Dry Fly

Many people have said that catching a trout on a dry fly is the ultimate fly fishing experience. Dry fly fishing is sometimes thought to be the "purist" form of the sport of fishing. This may be said because in many scenarios the fish is fooled into believing that your artificial fly is a real natural insect. This is the ideal and can also be the most fun type of fishing. Many times a trout can be seen feeding on naturals and you can watch as your fly is then taken by the fish. This kind of sight fishing for a rising trout is certainly exciting and fun. Here are a few pointers to help make this happen more often.
 Instead of starting at the beginning, let's start at the end..... the end of you line.... with fly selection. The specific fly you use is obviously very important.
Sometimes "matching the hatch" is more important then at others. For example you may be fishing a stream that has a huge hatch of tiny trico mayflies. These are best imitated by a size 20, 22 or 24 trico dry fly, of which their are numerous patterns and colors. Since the fish are feeding constantly on this species of insect any fly  that is much different will generally be completely ignored. The fish are literally genetically programmed to feast on the tricos when they hatch so you should do your best to hatch this hatch as best you can. Even then a well presented trico dry fly may drift over a feeding fish many times. The fish have such a large selection of tricos to eat you will have to practice patience and persistence.
A much different situation might be a early season trout stream which has primarily recently stocked trout. They are not yet used to feeding on a specific hatch of a specific type of insect. The stream may have only a modest population of aquatic insects and they hatch sporadically. In this situation the fish tend to be much more opportunistic and less picky. Their food supply is not thousands of one specific insect all at once. This can make the selection of your dry fly less specific as well. You may go with a general dry fly pattern such as an Adams, a Black Gnat, a Humpy or a Wulff. These should still be matched in size and color to anything you do see flying around. 
Even if you do not see many flying insects, such as mayflies or caddis flies, you may still catch trout on the surface. They may be waiting for a mayfly hatch just as you are!  Keep making do presentation to likely spots and be ready for a strike. And as you are fishing remember to be observant. Some anglers are so busy try to spot fish in the water and watch their fly drifting downstream they totally miss the caddis flies landing on the brim of their hat (telling them what to fish with!).
A few other points to keep in mind: In fast water fish have less time to study a drifting insect. They react quickly and may be less selective then fish in slower moving, crystal clear water. Another key point when fish a dry fly is that you want to have your fly land, gently in most cases, well above the fishes feeding range so in then floats naturally into his line of sight. If you land right on top of him or just in front of him it may only serve to spook him. This is one of the main reasons that most dry fly fishing is done with an upstream cast. Of course the position of the angler and the position of the feeding fish may not always make this possible. Since fish will always hold in the current facing upstream the fisherman is much more concealed by being downstream and casting upstream and floating the fly down to the fish. When wading always move slowly and quietly so you don't scare the fish.
One last suggestion and perhaps the hardest thing to accomplish is to make sure your fly presentation is a drag free drift as much as possible. This is obtained with proper casting and mending your line. In most cases a fly that is not floating freely but being influenced by some drag on the line or leader will not fool a fish.
Always keep  in mind that when dry fly fishing for trout you want to match the hatch and make a good presentation of your fly with a drag free drift . And then be reading for a hungry trout!

About the Author

Additional information on fly fishing is available at http://flyfishingfun.wordpress.com/ as well as http://www.squidoo.com/catching-trout-on-a-dry-fly  David Waters is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education. He is a avid fitness enthusiats as well as an expert outdoorsman with extensvie experience in fishing, hiking and camping. He is a founding member of the Nahanni Camping and Fishing Club.

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