The 10 Best Wet Flies

The 10 Best Wet Flies
Wet flies are designed to resemble a tasty creature that has been washed under the surface of the water. Because of this, a small collection of wet flies will work in a wide variety of situations. Whether they are your first choice or a last resort when your dry flies aren't producing, these wet flies are ones you should have.

Black Gnat

Photo Couresy of FlyDepot.com
Photo Couresy of FlyDepot.com

Simple is often best. This fly is easy to fish and good for just about any trout waters.

Royal Coachman

Photo courtesy of BigYFlyCo.com
Photo courtesy of BigYFlyCo.com

This is an attractor fly. Give it a shot when there is little happening on the surface.

March Brown

Photo courtesy of FlyDepot.com
Photo courtesy of FlyDepot.com

Work this fly close to the bottom in shallow water early in the afternoon.

Gray Hackle

Photo courtesy of BigYFlyCo.com
Photo courtesy of BigYFlyCo.com

Use this just as the caddis hatch is starting to emerge.

Gold Bead Wooly Bugger

Photo courtesy of Cabelas.com
Photo courtesy of Cabelas.com

This variation of the classic wooly bugger pattern adds weight and sinks the fly deeper.

Light Cahill

Photo courtesy of FlyDepot.com
Photo courtesy of FlyDepot.com

This is a popular wet fly with a dry fly variation. Fish this about mid-level in the water.

Alexandra

Photo courtesy of BigYFlyCo.com
Photo courtesy of BigYFlyCo.com

This is the old "Lady of the Lake" design. It is elaborate and hard to find but very effective.

Gray Ghost

Photo Courtesy of Cabelas.com
Photo Courtesy of Cabelas.com

This is best used to imitate bait fish below the surface of the water when there isn't a hatch.

Governor

Photo courtesy of TheFlyFactory.co.uk
Photo courtesy of TheFlyFactory.co.uk

This generic design is used to imitate non-traditional hatches, such as beetles.

Adams

Photo courtesy of TheFlyStop.com
Photo courtesy of TheFlyStop.com

When you don't have an exact match to what the fish are eating, throw this out there.

Article Written By Mati Bishop

Mati Bishop has been a freelance writer since 1999. He has been published in "Hawaii Skin Diver Magazine," the "Hawaii Wellness Directory," "Kailua-Kaneohe Sunpress" and a collection of Web sites. Bishop studied journalism at Windward Community College on Oahu, Hawaii.

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