if your dry flying flowing water, work from tail out to head slowly, watching upstream for the risers. They'll tell you what they prefer as far as rifle, eddy, etc.
The smaller guys typically move around in the tailouts, and will splash when rising. The larger guys will hold at the head of the pools and will only break the surface with their backs, so watch carefully. When you've identified one rising, don't cast straight to it, but consecutively cast closer coming in from the shallow side, and yes, you need to be positioned on the inside, or shallow side of the flow (wading).
As the waters drop from now till Oct, your going to find that the hatches take place during an ever decreasing window of time during the day. This is when the fish will feed voraciously and will readily hit a well presented dry fly.
When I fish nymphs on a lake, I'll give my sinking line plenty of time to hit the bottom, then retrieve with short jerks. When I use spinning gear on flowing water, I'll pinch on small lead wieghts until I feel it bounce on the bottom.
In either case, make sure your hooks are sharp and your knots/line are secure. And remember that a nice fish can be caught again in a few days if released quickly.
Last edited by winged1; 08-22-2009 at 08:58 PM.
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