Wet Nymph Fly Dry Fly Fishing and Poppers

Dry Fly Fishing on the surface and wet fly subsurface flies are the two most common fly fishing categories. Just as the name indicates the surface flies usually suspend themselves on the surface of the water. The submariners or wet flies go below the surface of the water imitated the aquatic life cycle of the mimicked insect.

Popovers, oops that’s breakfast!

Fly Fishing Tips Poppers are one of the most popular and effective fly baits. The popper is simply trying to pass itself off a member of the fish’s food chain. Imitating larger insects, frogs and even bait fish just for starters.

You will find fancy paint jobs, doll eyes and rubber legs dressing the poppers, making them look great to us, but do you for one second think that a largemouth bass really cares.
The most important thing about poppers is well, they “pop”. Their flat and concaved heads cause and gurgling and popping sound when retrieved across the surface of the water.

Sub surface flies come in three main types. You will find the nymphs, wet flies and the streamers.

Nymph flies imitate the nymphal stage of aquatic insects. This is the stage before the adult, the dry stage of aquatic insect life. These flies certainly weigh more than the dry flies and of course you can easily add weight to help them sink to the proper fishing depth for the conditions you are in. The additional weight will make them a little more difficult to cast but, the wind resistance will be a lot less.

You will notice that most wet flies imitating the adult stage will have wings where the nymph will be wingless. Some nymphs represent small crustaceans like the scud or sow bug.

Streamers are the final group of the sub surface baits. Steamers are usually meant to resemble minnows or other types of bait fish like perch or shad. A streamer is usually tied to a longer hook and has long sloping wings to form the body of the fish.

You will often find them in larger sizes up to 5 inches long and sometime even bigger. Often they will have lead weights for eyes at the front. This extra weight can give the steamer a jiggling motion, and even causes the hook point to ride point up making the streamer a snag less as it rides across the bottom of the lake or river.

Imitating the subsurface aquatic life cycle of many insects is the wet fly. Often lacking in the feathery collar and wingless and by designing them to be heavier by wrapping lead wire on the hook shank before tying the fly making it sink to be fished below the surface.

Keeping your surface fly “high and dry” will be easier with the aid of fly floatant, a silicone gel you work into the fly feathers with your finger tips, or you can also find it in a spray bottle variety. Many anglers prefer the Gink and Aquel brands which prove to be very effective.

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Whether you are dry fly fishing, popping for blue gills and largemouth bass or working a minnow-imitating streamer always be prepared for the whack and very hard pull of a strike. There is nothing more thrilling than catching a trophy fish. You can find more informative Fly Fishing Tips advice and Fly Fishing Tips tips!

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