PODCAST: Dry Fly Skills Series #7 — Fishing Dry Flies — S12, Ep7

by Domenick Swentosky | Sep 15, 2024 | 3 comments

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For this final episode in the dry fly skills series, we work through some scenarios that anglers frequently encounter. Because, just like nymphing, fishing streamers and fishing wets, we fish dry flies for many different reasons and in many different ways.

We addressed some of this in episode one, and in this final episode, we complete the bookend by thinking about how things layout and going through some strategy and thought processes. Now that we’ve spent a good bit of time on leader design, fly selection, casting, building in slack, we consider these four scenarios:

Head Hunting
Fishing Terrestrials
Small Stream Stuff
Working a Hatch

My friend, Matt Grobe, joins me to put a cap on this Dry Fly Skills series.

Resources

READ: Troutbitten | Category | Dry Fly Fishing
READ: Troutbitten | Two Ways to Spat a Terrestrial Dry Fly
READ: Troutbitten | Twelve Small Stream Fly Casting Tips

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Domenick Swentosky

Central Pennsylvania

Hi. I’m a father of two young boys, a husband, author, fly fishing guide and a musician. I fish for wild brown trout in the cool limestone waters of Central Pennsylvania year round. This is my home, and I love it. Friends. Family. And the river.

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3 Comments

Curt D Mueller on October 10, 2024 at 3:19 pm
Dom and company —
Just finished your dry fly fishing podcast series, and loved it.
Question — I’m trying to use your leader formulas, and am having some frustrations with the blood knot. I try to tie the segments with the specified lengths, but my sections are generally 1-2 inches too long. This is less of an issue with longer segments, but 1-2 is quite large for 6″ and 8″ segments. My guess is that the blood knots start out “too loose”, but I’m not sure. Any suggestions on how to address this issue?
Many thanks!
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- Domenick Swentosky on October 13, 2024 at 9:36 pm
  Hi there. I think everyone needs to find there own “waste” length. But for me, it’s about 1.5 inches. On each side, I allow an extra 1.5 inches of material. This consistently works for me, so I end up with the expected length (almost) every time.
  Make sense?
  Dom
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  - Curt D Mueller on October 16, 2024 at 8:08 am
    Yep, thanks!
    Any thoughts on using surgeons knot instead? Easier and movable…
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