Dry Fly Fly Fishing for Trout with Stoneflies and Salmonflies

Published on Jun 12. 2013 - 11 years ago
Updated or edited 6 years ago

In this short Simms fly fishing video, Jake Dodd catching trout on dry flies during a golden stone and salmonfly hatch. Jake fishes a fly called a "chubby" with a great stonefly profile - a good dry fly to fish when there are various stonefly species hatching.

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