Hi all,
I have a couple of fly fishing related questions I am hoping someone can help me with.
1) I typically fish a dry dropper (e.g. a Royal Wulff with a Hare and Copper or Pheasant Tail dropper etc.) on local small Waikato streams. One thing I notice is that in fast turbulent runs my dry fly tends to sink just below the surface, like and emerger I suppose. when this happens it makes it hard to use as an indicator. I use floatant (e.g. Loon) and this works for a short time, but the fly will eventually start to dip below the surface. I think this is mostly due to the turbulence of the water and perhaps the tight water I fish making it hard to "dry" the fly with false casts. But I was wondering what do other people do in these situations?... I have been reading a little about CDC flies - better buoyancy I think, is this what people use? or perhaps dry flies with foam?
2) Our local season here goes to the 30th of June, which means I can fish into the start of winter. The last couple of trips I have noticed that my success is dropping away (not that I am that good in the first place :)). However, I have seen YouTube videos and read about using egg patterns at this time of year. I assume people use egg patterns in the Waikato, are these just the orange fluffy flies used else where? Do people use other variations?
Thanks for any suggestions you might have.
Cheers!