Comments on: Wet Flies https://www.ontarioflyfisher.com/wet-flies/ Ramblings of a Southern Ontario fly fishing enthusiast. Fri, 23 May 2014 02:01:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Steve https://www.ontarioflyfisher.com/wet-flies/#comment-111 Fri, 23 May 2014 02:01:01 +0000 http://www.ontarioflyfisher.com/?p=729#comment-111 In reply to PR.

Glad to hear switching to a wet fly put you on to some fish! I’ve been fishing a bunch of soft hackles and other wets, but more recently I’ve really become fond of bead head soft hackles, such as the Bead Head Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle. These have to be some of the most versatile flies in existence. I usually swing them in shallow or slower moving water and dead drift them through deeper pools. If you get a chance, I definitely recommend trying them!

Cheers,
Steve

]]> By: PR https://www.ontarioflyfisher.com/wet-flies/#comment-108 Thu, 22 May 2014 20:37:42 +0000 http://www.ontarioflyfisher.com/?p=729#comment-108 I was out for 45 mins today and didn’t get a nibble on my nymph.
I switched to a something else (after reading your blog i’ve figured out is was a royal coachman) and was rewarded to an afternoon of fun. from the
1st cast the fish were dancing at it… When i picked it, I actually thought the coachmen was a dry fly, (compared to the nymphs). i thought my line was dragging it down under the surface, so I worked it to skip just under /over the surface -mimic some bug rising out. Fish loved going for it when it was near foam/bubbles.
Fish were all over it. Excited to try a gnat too.

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