{"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’t?"},"content":{"rendered":"
I 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. Monday is the day!<\/b> I am going to head back over to the 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… The river, as it is called, is nothing more than a good sized stream<\/b>. I won’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, more on that in the future<\/i>). I’ll probably get to the river around 4 or 5pm and fish for a few hours<\/b>.<\/p>\n I have also purchased an assortment of flies<\/b>, and a plastic, buoyant box for them. I have an assortment of dry flies<\/b>, streamers<\/b> and nymphs<\/b>, as well as several leaders for a few different applications.<\/p>\n My question to you experienced fishermen is this: After a weekend of scattered thunderstorms and showers, do terrestrials tend to catch a trout’s eye?<\/i> I would think that these creatures would naturally be washed into the stream<\/b> with the rain runoff. If not, what do you suggest I start with?<\/i><\/p>\n Also, 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’t get a bite after about 10 casts, I just move to the next pool<\/b>.<\/p>\n Any comments or advice are greatly appreciated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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! I am going to head back…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[13,20],"class_list":["post-8402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fishing","tag-fly-fishing","tag-trout"],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nLet me start by telling you about my new rod. 7’6″, 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’t be a big issue, as I will be fishing small streams<\/b> and won’t have much line out. I think it might even help<\/i>.<\/p>\n