Nothing can beat a day of fly fishing. Get your fishing tackle and fishing gear ready and set off for a day outdoors, fly fishing in your favorite stream. The tug on the fishing rod or fishing line when your fly fishing has snagged a trout. Feel the power of the fish swim and battle against your fly fishing expertise. Man against nature. Feel the surge. Feel the sweat.

Breathe the fresh air and listen to the la of the waves and current against your hip waders while you cast a fly fishing lure again for the next big one. Your fishing tackle contains some of your secret fly fishing gear. Success. You reel in your catch. His tail slaps the water one last time before he relinquishes control.

1. When you arrive, look for structure in the water. Anything that breaks the flow of water (rocks, branches, logs) creates an eddy line. Fish like the slower water and the protection the rocks and logs provide.
2. Shadows in the water indicate where the water is deeper. As your eyes adjust, you should be able to distinguish the shadows of the fish. This tells you where to cast your line.
3. Other popular spots for fish to rest are undercuts in the riverbanks and areas where the vegetation hangs out over the river’s edge.
4. Rings in the water are formed when the fish rise to the surface to catch some lunch. Look for these rings as you walk along the riverbank.
5. Transitional water, or seam lines, where the faster water meets with the slower water, are usually a good spot to find fish. The fish rest in slower water and move into the faster water to escape predators or catch food.
6. Be aware of aquatic life: nymphs, hatching insects, flying insects or spinners. Nymph will be found near the edge of the water. After they hatch, they swim to the surface. Emerging insects come out of their shucks and dry their wings on the surface of the water. This is the adult stage. After they mate, spinners (dead insects) will fall into the water. Look to see what the fish are interested in. They may be eating spinners all day, or may be more interested in nymphs or hatches. Identify the size, color and shape of the insect the fish are interested in.
7. If you don’t see any flying aquatic life, screen the river bottom. Do this by kicking at the river bottom. Pick up rocks and look underneath them to see larva or nymph stages of aquatic life.
8. Search the edge of the river to find what insects are crawling around. Fish often eat small insects that fall into the river such as ants, beetles and grasshoppers.
9. In deep, swift water, get your wet flies and nymphs down to where the fish are feeding by using split-shot about 18″ above or right at the eye of the hook. Pause a little longer on your backcast to compensate for the added weight.

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