Dry fly fishing for trout, and matching the hatch especially, can be difficult and discourages some beginning fly fishers, but there are times when trout are looking up to feed and matching the hatch isn’t necessary. Dry fly fishing for brown trout is difficult, but they can be fooled with scaled down versions of attractor dry flies when hatches are sporadic and there are not a ton of naturals on the water. These times are great to hone your skills and learn to dry fly fish.
Fly fishing just before the water gets too warm to safely catch and release trout is often a good time to find them in a mood to hit an attractor dry fly, even on slick pools. This video features trout fly fishing tips and techniques for beginners and seasoned anglers alike. Fly fishing for beginners during a hatch when trout are selective is difficult, but in this case, matching the hatch is taken out of the equation and all that is left is concentrating on making good presentations that will get a trout to eat a dry fly.
This video documents a fun late spring trip to fly fish for trout in Pennsylvania. The trout fishing took place on a warm summer day, but the water temperatures were still in the acceptable range for safely releasing trout. In addition, I used 5x tippet and got the trout released with minimal handling.
I am an an outdoor writer and my fly fishing articles articles have appeared in national publications including American Angler Fly Tyer, and Outdoor Life. I also was the outdoor columnist for two Upstate, New York newspapers (Albany Times Union and Amsterdam Recorder) for many years. My photos illustrated many of these these articles.
I am a lifelong fly fisherman, starting with my first fly rod at age 7. I have fished for saltwater species in Georgia and Florida, and have fished as far north as Alaska. Most of my fishing has take place throughout the Northeast. I have tied flies for the same amount of time and created patterns for trout and warmwater species.
I am the author of three fly fishing books including, “The New York Fly-Fishing Guide (Amato Publications), “Warmwater Fly Fishing- Finding and Catching Warmwater Species), and his new book, “The Greats of Adirondack Fly Fishing.” My new book explores the lives of six anglers who shaped fly fishing in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, including the fly patterns that they developed. The book brings forth tales that need to be told about the way that fly fishing was in the Adirondacks as we strive to return angling to its former glory there.
I filmed and produced two fly fishing DVDs including “Tying. And Fishing for Smallmouth Bass,” and “Tying and Fishing for Panfish.”
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