Upstream Wet Fly

[Mike62]

My biggest salmon out of the Fish river came on a White Miller; just a smidge under 6lb.

...after I dunked it and then turned around and fished it downstream on the swing.

[ForumGhillie]

Smuggler, the Firehole is absolutely magical, as is all YNP. I love it in the Fall. For got to change the manual settings on my camera before shooting this, but you can see the dancing White Miller caddis. Trout were leaping in the air.

John

for those of you who are White Miller fans, try the Lackawaxen River in north east Pennsylvania, at the end of August.... it is like a snowstorm !!

Dana

Dana,

Of course, you Easterners have milder snowstorms than we do.

[letumgo]

[Theroe]

[bearbutt]

Of course, you Easterners have milder snowstorms than we do.

...Said by a mid-westerner who never had his butt buried by a N'easter, lol.

bb

[ForumGhillie]

Of course, you Easterners have milder snowstorms than we do.

...Said by a mid-westerner who never had his butt buried by a N'easter, lol.

bb

Ya, I have seen enuf Lake Superior N'westers, starting with the gails of Novermber.

[ssj]

I've been fishing upstream wets for more than ten years......and am really bad at it. I like to say that I might be pretty good at it in twenty or so years...if I live that long.

[bocast]

https://wetflyswing.com/wet-flies-with-davy-wotton/

I thought it was a very informative podcast for those looking into fishing wets. Davy Wotton and this forum were my teachers in wet fly fishing. I'm curious as to whether the hordes buying ten foot or eleven foot 3 and 4 wt "euro-nymphing" rods ever stop to apply those rods to deliver a cast of 3 wet flies. That would boost the ranks of wet fly fishers.

[letumgo]

Thank you for the podcast link. I'm downloading it now, and will listen to it later today.

[mooney4]

Loved reading this whole thread from start to latest post!! Thanks for the Wetfly swing podcast post too!. Happy New Year everybody!!