The Wet Fly is a classic pattern that is often fished in the traditional cast across and let it swing through the current toward your side of the river. This is used for species from grayling, trout to steelhead and salmon. However, the wet fly can be identically fished like a dry fly with the presentation maneuvered with mends and the rod tip. MidCurrent has a nice tutorial on fishing a wet beyond the swing. Remember Wets are perfectly suitable for lakes as well and are a staple for caddis, mayfly and chironomid/buzzer/midge/gnat patterns. By the video the wing on the Gimp appears to be canted toward the tier. I would have to think it is best positioned over the top of the shank. The body tied from yarn is similar to how many patterns were tied thirty + years ago. Wool and then synthetic yarns that were three strand were unraveled and a single strand was used to tie in and wrap the body. Still a perfectly suitable body.
The Gimp is an excellent and unusual trout fly that deserves a place in your kit. Tie this one!
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Hello JJ…well I have personally attended Hughes lectures and have many of his books. He is gifted at teaching to the beginner’s level and his books are perfect too for the beginner. He and Rick Haeffle authored a book (The Complete Book Of Western Hatches: An Angler’s Entomology And Fly Pattern Field Guide, Rick Hafele, Dave Hughes) years ago that I bought and learned how to negotiate the entomological names and pair them with the common names. After many years, I don’t know all the species/genus names and don’t sweat it either…helps to know what a Hex or Callibaetis or Diptera references but unless you are driven don’t worry at the complexities.
If you can ever see Huges or Haeffle do so. Not sure where you live, but they do frequent some Western US fly fishing shows, fly shops and fishing clubs meetings. Thanks for the visit JJ
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