{"id":8402,"date":"2011-06-24T13:29:11","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T17:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adirondack.net\/dacks\/2011\/06\/need-fly-fishing-tips.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:17:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:17:53","slug":"need-fly-fishing-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adirondack.net\/dacks\/2011\/06\/need-fly-fishing-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Need Some Fishing Tips, Then Again.. Who Doesn&#8217;t?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adirondack.net\/dacks\/2011\/06\/need-new-rod\/\">purchased a fly rod<\/a> earlier this week, and am anxious to try it out. However I have to work all day Saturday, and have a prior commitment on Sunday. <b>Monday is the day!<\/b> I am going to head back over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adirondack.net\/dacks\/2011\/06\/early-season-trout-fishing\/\">Mettawee River<\/a> in Granville since I had some pretty good luck there two weeks ago. I have a few questions that you might be able to help me with though&#8230;<br \/>\nLet me start by telling you about my new rod. <b>7&#8217;6&#8243;, 4wt. L.L. Bean Quest II<\/b>, two-piece. I am going to use a reel that I have taken off a broken rod, already spooled with 5wt. line. Overweighting this rod won&#8217;t be a big issue, as I will be <b>fishing small streams<\/b> and won&#8217;t have much line out. I think it might even <i>help<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The river, as it is called, is nothing more than a <b>good sized stream<\/b>. I won&#8217;t be fishing any spots where the banks are more than 50 feet apart. The water is about waist deep, and I will be wading (with a borrowed pair of waders, <i>more on that in the future<\/i>). I&#8217;ll probably get to the river around 4 or 5pm and<b> fish for a few hours<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>I have also purchased an <b>assortment of flies<\/b>, and a plastic, buoyant box for them. I have an assortment of <b>dry flies<\/b>,<b> streamers<\/b> and <b>nymphs<\/b>, as well as several leaders for a few different applications.<\/p>\n<p>My question to you experienced fishermen is this: <i>After a weekend of scattered thunderstorms and showers, do terrestrials tend to catch a trout&#8217;s eye?<\/i> I would think that these creatures would <b>naturally be washed into the stream<\/b> with the rain runoff. <i>If not, what do you suggest I start with?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Also,<i> how long do you fish the same fly before determining that the fish are eating something else?<\/i> As I am new to all of this, the only knowledge I have is what I have read in instructional books\/blogs. I am used to using the same bait all day (night crawlers) so if I don&#8217;t get a bite after about 10 casts, I just <b>move to the next pool<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Any comments or advice are greatly appreciated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I purchased a fly rod earlier this week, and am anxious to try it out. However I have to work all day Saturday, and have a prior commitment on Sunday. Monday is the day! 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