| If you go into any fishing tackle shop, you will find | | | | swimming to the surface or drowning, etc. You do |
| a plethora of fly fishing flys. In fact, you might | | | | not need perfect technique to fish with wet flys. |
| find that the shop has an overwhelming amount | | | | Dry Fly Fishing Flys |
| of fly fishing flys. It can be hard to know where | | | | These fly fishing flys are meant to resemble an |
| to even start looking, let alone how to know | | | | insect floating on the surface of the water |
| which flys to buy. | | | | (although, some do not imitate insects, but rather |
| To help you out, here are some basic descriptions | | | | frogs, snakes, or mice, etc.) To keep the fly on |
| of some of the major types of fly fishing flys: | | | | the surface of the water, many of them need to |
| Wet Fly Fishing Flys | | | | be oiled with something like Gink. Some flys rely |
| The flys are supposed to resemble certain insects | | | | on the surface tension of the water to float. |
| as they would look beneath the surface of the | | | | Nymph Fly Fishing Flys |
| water. Fish will bite at wet fly fishing flys, thinking | | | | A nymph resembles an insect living under water. |
| that they are drowned insects, aquatic insects, or | | | | It can also resemble certain larvae. Some nymphs |
| larvae swimming to the surface to hatch. When | | | | may have added weight to keep it underwater. |
| using wet flys, you are not necessarily trying to | | | | Streamer Fly Fishing Flys |
| imitate a particular insect or fish, etc. (whereas | | | | These types of flys do not resemble insects. |
| you are trying to do so when using dry flies or | | | | Rather, they look like injured fish. If you are |
| nymphs). Wet fly fishing flys are supposed to | | | | fishing for a predatory fish, a streamer fly is a |
| imitate insects in motion... they look like they are | | | | good choice. |