River and stream dry flies should include Goddard Caddis, Humpy and Irresistible in sizes 14 as well as 16. All are going to float extremely well, especially in choppy waters. Smoother stretches of water that are moving are going to be better suited for ant patterns, Elk hair Caddis, Renegades, Adams and Royal Wulff, all in sizes between 12 and 18. The most common types of dry flies of the Sierras are going to center on the yellow, tan and cream spectrum as well as light olive and dark olive.

Popular still water fly patterns are going to include variations on the Leech, the Wooly Bugger and the Wooly worm, which are all capable of being fly cast and then retrieved as well as trolled. There are a number of other lake flies including emerger patterns such as Caddis Pupa, Crippled Mayfly or nymphs, such as the Damsel, Bird's Nest, Sheep Creek and Pheasant Tail. Standard types of dry flies such as Black Gnat, Mosquito, Adams and Light Cahill in the sizes ranging from 12 to 18 are all commonly used.

Make sure to select the tippets for tapered leaders using this formula: Size of the hook divided by 3 will equal the tippet size.

Example: size 16 fly / 3 = 5X tippet.

A basic set up should be rounded out with fly floatant, strike indicators and some tiny split shot as well.

Photo Credits: Simon Collison

Originally posted 2009-09-23 03:00:34. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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