And tie me on!
That critical choice which fly to put on, what size tippet, length of leader, weight or no weight? Throw in a lack confidence or complete confidence in me your fly and chaos may erupt. Start at the beginning, pick a rod and line weight you can comfortably throw with some accuracy. work on your cast and not just one type of cast. Then learn to read the water; look for seams in the flow, bubble edges, boulders, under cut banks. Pay attention to fish behavior; feeding when on what. Showy rises or slow bulges all give a hint to whether a nymph, emerger, wet fly, soft hackle or one of a half dozen forms of dry flies to tie on. The river is an active site and the decoding is fairly straight forward once you start paying attention. The next step is to resist the urge to just start casting spend the time watching and then start close and work outward. A couple of careful cast not a couple of tremendous slap the water chucks. Nothing rising maybe not an active day, maybe just move on to the next pool and start again. Slow day, tomorrow maybe better or try another technique or change the speed of the fly. Or maybe you need to come back during those magic hours (dawn or dusk) for success. If all else fails then tie on a bubble gum usual!
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