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Old 01-15-2019, 06:38 PM
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So what Is your preferred method of fly fishing? For myself, I really enjoy swinging soft hackles and streamers both on a single and two handed rods
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Old 01-15-2019, 11:32 PM
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Sight fishing dries. When it's good it's tough to fish any other way
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Old 01-16-2019, 06:13 AM
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Chironomids under an indicator..Lake fishing
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Old 01-16-2019, 07:10 AM
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Depends on where and for what I am fishing, but in general follow the hatch with wet flies, emergers then dries. Mostly Dries.
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Old 01-16-2019, 07:27 AM
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Sight fishing on dries is of course the best, but my heart still jumps every time my indicator goes down.
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Old 01-16-2019, 07:32 AM
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Fly fishing does cover a lot of ground, in Steelhead fishing the tug is the drug. Bass topwater poppers. Early season sight fishing for Lakers, lots of methods and madness out there. mind you other times on streams I am mesmerized with this.

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Old 01-16-2019, 09:50 AM
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Dry dropper all year long. Every now and then I fish for a good streamer take, there’s just something about a good side hook-set from the hip.

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Old 01-16-2019, 10:01 AM
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Stripping streamers in clear water for aggressive fish is hard to beat

If the fish are biting I am not going to get picky on the method though
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Old 01-16-2019, 12:56 PM
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Streamer junkie here!
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Old 01-16-2019, 01:01 PM
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I love to European nymph. Fishing dries is a close second.

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Old 01-16-2019, 01:13 PM
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x3 on dries. Certainly the most challenging in trying to fool fish consistently. I can have my arm twisted however to trolling streamers or dropping an cronomid under an indicator on a lake. Nymphing least favourite (still fun) but likely most productive.
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Old 01-16-2019, 01:29 PM
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I don’t prefer one method over the other. However I tend to start by drifting dry’s over spit that look like they’d be holding fish. If that’s not working then l add a nymph on a dropper. If that’s not catching I’ll throw everything I can think of at them

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Old 01-16-2019, 04:34 PM
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Hanging a balanced leech and/or a chironomid under an indicator is my go to for most lake fishing, except for the backswimmer/boatman action in the fall when covering a rise is the most exciting time.
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Old 01-18-2019, 12:25 PM
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hopper/ dropper while prospecting water. Nothing beats a parachute adams on glass when the fish are biting though.
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Old 01-18-2019, 02:25 PM
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Early on while learning fly fishing, my most consistent days were nyphing, double rig. Nothing like proper placement, and catching on drys though.
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Old 01-18-2019, 05:54 PM
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When I first started I also preferred dries and it is very exciting for sure. Now I find that I catch larger fish when I’m subsurface with wets and streamers
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Old 01-18-2019, 10:22 PM
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Foambugs!!! On the bow. Lots of other good stuff to but by far big ol dryfly eats
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Old 01-18-2019, 10:36 PM
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Last year it was 8”-12” streamers for big lakers, browns, walleye and pike, I go through phases.
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Old 01-27-2019, 06:23 AM
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So what Is your preferred method of fly fishing? For myself, I really enjoy swinging soft hackles and streamers both on a single and two handed rods
X2...Nailed it with first post.
Swinging wets for Atlantics and Steelhead is my hands down favorite thing to do.....when I daydream about flyfishing,that is what comes to mind...but in landlocked Alberta I get my swing fix swinging streamers,traditional wets,and soft hackles which are very productive,in fact,in recent years I’ve gravitated more towards soft hackles then anything else because they work so well.
That said....fishing dries is great fun when the fish are looking up and cooperative,but day in and day out soft hackles are da bomb....productive like nymphing with the fun of actually casting/swinging flies.
I could care less how productive indi-nymphing is,it’s a gross way of “flyfishing” imho.....I quit fishing with a bobber when I was 12.😝
If I wanted to nymph under a bobber I’d use(and have used)a centerpin outfit
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Old 01-27-2019, 07:26 AM
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It’s a hard tie between nymphing with an indicator (stillwater and flowing water) and stripping streamers. I love both of those methods. Dries and poppers are fun, but I’m more confident with the former methods, and thus I find it more enjoyable.
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Old 01-27-2019, 02:19 PM
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Swinging and stripping streamers, then dry fly with a dropper.
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Old 02-13-2019, 06:03 PM
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Dry flies while walking and wading on a warm summer day is my favourite. On a lake, casting damsel or dragon nymphs into the edge of a weed bed is lots of fun. Fish are pretty aggressive and the takes explosive.
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Old 02-14-2019, 09:27 AM
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#bobberfree
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Old 02-14-2019, 10:10 AM
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Spot and stalk lips.
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Old 02-14-2019, 10:46 AM
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Very unusual but probably why I like it. Sheridan lake has chironomid fishing at 60 to 80' depth. All my >10 pound trout have been caught during this hatch.
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Old 02-14-2019, 12:10 PM
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Two-handed, Tight line, Floating line or Light tips, Swung flies to tide fresh steelhead and chinook. The grab is mind-blowing.
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Old 02-14-2019, 12:45 PM
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imho.....I quit fishing with a bobber when I was 12.😝

That’s funny😂
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Old 02-14-2019, 07:57 PM
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My favorite is spring time surface popping for jacks , big or small , still love it!
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