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Choosing the Correct Fly—Part II

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By Mike Mercer
| California Fly Fisher Verified
When approaching a stream and deciding which fly to use, I typically have two consecutive thought processes—first general, then specific. Initially, I study the water to be fished and decide whether to start with a dry fly, nymph, or streamer. To do this, I observe the water’s prevailing characteristics—is it fast, slow, deep, shallow, clear, or colored?
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Choosing the Correct Fly

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By Mike Mercer
| California Fly Fisher Verified
It was nearing dark on Hat Creek when it began. The small mayflies seemed to appear magically on the water’s surface, their tiny sailboat wings fluttering as they struggled to gain flight. Water that had only minutes before been flat and undisturbed was now suddenly alive with fish. The angler had been waiting patiently in the streamside grass for this event and was prepared. He knew the hatch would be PMDs, that they would be in the size 18 range, and that they would be pale yellowish olive.
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Extend That Drift

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By Mike Mercer
| California Fly Fisher Verified
The fish was driving me nuts. Tucked into the slower flows against the far grassy bank, it was rising steadily, locked onto the parade of freshly hatched mayfly duns floating jauntily over its haunt. Across and slightly upstream from the fish, only 30 feet away, it should have been an easy mark, yet 20 casts later I had yet to get so much as a look. The problem, I knew, was micro drag.
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