"Larry L" wrote in
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"Tom Nakashima" wrote

There was a thread awhile back on wet fly fishing. I'm
quite interested in fishing the wet fly.
I was wondering if dry flies could be altered on the spot,
say something like an Adams Dry Fly, altered into a wet fly
by cutting down some of the hackle? Or solutions to make
the dry fly sink without adding shots to the leader or tippet.
thanks,



The properties of the various materials used IS the major element of
fly design.

Dries, if designed well, will have stiff hackles ( to spread the
weight of the fly over more surface area ) and water resisting
materials ( to help maintain floating )

Wets, if well designed, will have soft hackles ( to move with the
current and angler pulsing) and water absorbing materials ( to help it
sink and to add translucence and 'breathing' )


Thus, the answer is "No" A good wet fly is more than just a fly
beneath the surface and a sunken fly designed to float will seldom
compete with a well designed soft hackle or wet




The Usual comes to mind as something that should adapt well for
underwater fishing as a nymph, but as a wet it might be difficult to sink
it.

Try to find a copy of Wet Flies, by Dave Hughes. I think its a pretty
good intro

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Scott
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