Salmon flies and how to fish with them
Salmon flies are some of the most artistic lures,
and many people spend years learning how to fish with them (not to
mention how to make them). Standard types of salmon flies include
winged wet, winged dry, nymphs, emergers, streamers and hairwings.
These are all either deceivers or attractors. Deceivers are meant to
imitate natural food sources, such as small fish or crustaceans.
Attractors are meant to catch a fish’s attention and provoke its
natural predatory strike instincts. Learning how to fish with either
of these types is essential to successful flyfishing.
The
main parts of salmon flies include the head, the wing, the tail, the
hackle, the body, and the rib. But what would learning how to fish
with these elements be without the hook? The hook usually protrudes
from the rear of the body of the fly, and is either hidden or, in the
more artistic designs, included as an element of the actual insect
being mimicked.
Tying
salmon flies
Tying
salmon flies has never been so fun or so creative. Learning how to
fish with them is often just as interesting. Both dry and wet
varieties of fly are incredibly diverse in appearance. Dry types
usually float on the surface and include such names as the cut-wing
green drake, the daddy longlegs, the ply-wing spinner, and the thorax
mayfly.
Wet salmon flies include such names
as the breadcrust, the Oakham orange, the gosling, and the sooty
olive. These types of lures are designed to sink below the surface of
the water to attract trout and salmon who are in a deeper water
mindset. When learning how to fish with these, remember that they are
meant to attract prey as they are retrieved, so practice is often the
real key to success.
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