The dry action this time of year is limited on the Sipsey even in the early morning and late afternoon, so I started working a fairly fast run with a Prince Nymph size 20 under an indicator. After no interest at all I tied on the Seal Leech with no reaction as well. I did notice as I moved up the tailrace there were some activity subsurface meaning the trout were not taking anything on top but right below the surface. So, noticing that I tied on a size 20 dry PMD. I did get some runs at the fly but no takes. By now it is approaching
The end result of a good
drift next to the boulder just as the fly passed next to the edge. The take was
a simple swirl right below the surface. I missed numerous trout here in this
area, mainly because this is something new for me. One learns something every
time they wade into the water trout fishing and today was a learning curve for
me. Rests assure I will use the soft hackle here again.
I'm interested in knowing how you guys would fish a wet fly in slow water or when trout are feeding subsurface?