Another way to fish small, nearly invisible dry flies is to put a small bright bit of yarn on the leader about 18 inches above the dry fly and to make downstream presentations.

The 5-weight fly line you may use for fishing small dry flies has a tip diameter of about .030 inch. The 9-foot, 6X leader you attach to it should then have a butt diameter of about .020 inch.

When fishing tiny dry flies, anglers often worry about the strength of the tippet ... increase their odds of success when that’s actually the quickest way to pull a small hook. Fly rods with slower, ...

Yes, tracking small dry flies in busy water can be a difficult task, but the results turn out to be rewarding. It’s some of the last reliable dry-fly activity for anglers to revel in before the cold.

One small box of dry flies is all that is necessary for success. If you find the trout absolutely won’t eat your dry flies, perhaps on an alpine lake, the trout will eat a lightweight squirreltail ...

That’s a bad attitude, I know, but fishing micro dry flies also means fishing hair-thin tippet. Quite often, however, this is the presentation required to get the job done, particularly in late summer ...

Fly Fishing Lessons That Transfer In the life of every dry fly angler, there comes a time when a friend who has no business outfishing you does so by using subsurface flies.

Who wouldn't want to throw two dry flies? A double dry rig is a great way to improve your fly fishing.