A simple way to
identify and
catch the big one in river!
River dry fly fishing considered as the purest form
of inspired generations of writers, artists, poets and even
philosophers to wax lyrical about its
pleasures.
The gist to river dry lies in the rise. Here, the angler
waits patiently for a rise to begin before he or she starts to
fish. And the art comes in persuading a particular trout to
take your artificial pattern among a host of natural flies.
Rise forms vary widely from hour-to hour and river-to river.
From the way a trout breaks the surface (a rise), an
experienced angler can tell how and what the trout feeds.
The classic rise is when a series of concentric rings fan
out on the surface as the trout confidently engulfs the fly as
it drifts past.
Trouts do not rise vertically in the water, instead they
drift back on the current to intercept the fly. The trout will
then return to its station in the stream, usually in between
weed beds on a shallow gravel run, under a bridge, overhanging
tree or in a hatch pool, to wait for the next free meal.
Other rises includes:
Nebbing rise occurs when the trout pushes its nose right out
of the water as heavy hatches of flies hover over its head.
Splashy rise is a violent splashing which usually happens in
the evening when the trout are after mayfly or caddis.
Sipping rise happens when insects are trapped in the surface
film and usually leaves a bubble behind.
Sub-surface rise causes all the problems as the trout seems
to be rising to take a surface fly, but it is really taking an
emerging nymph. As it does so, it disturbs the water making it
looks like a proper rise.
Head and tail rise are usually seen in smooth stretches of
water to nymphs trapped below the surface film where the whole
fish appears.
The challenge comes in first identifying the fly that the
trout is taking, whether they are taking duns or spinners, or
if they are hymphing sub-surface.
After selecting the correct fly, the next challenge comes in
persuading the trout to take it.
The observant dry-fly angler learns by experience to
recognize the different types of rise that commonly make. This
will help him to select the correct fly and present it in a
manner that the feeding fish will accept.
Once a correct imitation fly to match those that the trout
are taking is selected, get a position downstream and cast at
but not over the rising fish.
Highlighted are the common rises, to net that 'big one', all
you need is to match the correct fly to what the trout is
looking for and cast your rod!
Wishing you loads of catch!
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