New member question

[68camaro]

Hi, new member here out of Richmond. I have only been focused on small stream fishing in central va for last year or so. I am currently third week into work-at-home directive and we are told to slow down business so I have lots of time on my hands.

Lately, I have been concentrating on dry flies. I am catching them and miss a bunch as well but I am finding the little guys. Occasionally will get bigger brookie or even 9" brown but rare.

I think I could do better and was wondering if I should be doing more nymph/midge "wet" fly fishing. I do know that trout eat more subsurface than on the top.

So the question I was wondering is, how much time do you spend wet versus dry fly fishing?

[Dougfish]

Welcome to the low rent district. And shit show.
I'll take the blame for your demise since I shared a link here. 

I fish weighted nymphs or streamers for trout 75% of the time.
No mater what size of water.
Esp. fall through spring.
15% dry/dropper. 10% dry only.

[68camaro]

Welcome to the low rent district. And shit show.
I'll take the blame for your demise since I shared a link here. 

I fish weighted nymphs or streamers for trout 75% of the time.
No mater what size of water.
Esp. fall through spring.
15% dry/dropper. 10% dry only.

Thanks, I do appreciate the link referral. I just hope I don't dumb down the fishing "success" curve of the forum

Your stats are what I was afraid of, I love dry but should probably step up wet game. I used to do wet more but got away from it, when I was big into bass fishing topwater was my focus as well, even when it shouldn't have been.

[Onslow]

Hi, new member here out of Richmond. I have only been focused on small stream fishing in central va for last year or so. I am currently third week into work-at-home directive and we are told to slow down business so I have lots of time on my hands.

Lately, I have been concentrating on dry flies. I am catching them and miss a bunch as well but I am finding the little guys. Occasionally will get bigger brookie or even 9" brown but rare.

I think I could do better and was wondering if I should be doing more nymph/midge "wet" fly fishing. I do know that trout eat more subsurface than on the top.

So the question I was wondering is, how much time do you spend wet versus dry fly fishing?

Midges are for pretentious twats.

I love bass fishing, largemouth to be specific. I wanna see some Nottaway floats, and some wading on the Slate River.

[Woolly Bugger]

depends on the water for me ... sometimes I just like to play the dry fly game... other times it's nymping...

[Yallerhammer]

I probably catch bigger fish on average with nymphs, but catch some good ones on dry flies too. I caught a 20"+ wild brown out of a heavily fished creek in the GSMNP on a #12 Beaver Tan dry a few years ago. I've caught lots of trout in the teens on dries over the years. Don't be afraid to use bigger dry flies. And fuck a midge.

[Big J]

If you aren't fishing dries 100% of the time, are you even fly fishing? 

[Dougfish]

If you aren't fishing dries 100% of the time, are you even fly fishing? 

You big fat pink weenie liar.     

[Stone-Man]

Let the creek tell you what to throw. If you can't buy a dry bite in 30 minutes or so.--- put your nymph on.  I dry fly a lot because I enjoy it more than a sinking bug - Personal preference ,  but I am not going to die on a dry once the creek tells me that it ain't a floaty bug day

  JT

[Phil]

Let the creek tell you what to throw. If you can't buy a dry bite in 30 minutes or so.--- put your nymph on.  I dry fly a lot because I enjoy it more than a sinking bug - Personal preference ,  but I am not going to die on a dry once the creek tells me that it ain't a floaty bug day

  JT

+2 here.

[ryguy]

Floating the Nottoway??

Where are you from in Richmond?

[streamereater_101691]

Welcome. You've got some pretty good answers so far. You are 100% correct that a trouts diet consists of sub-surface meals most of the time. There are times of the year/streams in particular that certain dries will work just about anytime. With that, I encourage you to try different techniques but don't get caught up in using a technique that you don't like, no matter how well its working. Fish the way you want to fish if you are enjoying yourself.

[driver]

Of all the places on the internet.. You ended up here. People must really have nothing else to do. 

[68camaro]

Of all the places on the internet.. You ended up here. People must really have nothing else to do. 

I put the blame squarely at the feet of dougfish...I was innocently going on with my life and everything was just fine...and then, WHAM...he sent me a link here......oh the horror.....

[68camaro]

Where are you from in Richmond?

Out by Swift Creek Reservoir of Hull St.