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and ultimately congregate in backwaters

eddies

do not believe the dry fly opportunities are over.

high viz parachute pattern tied onto the tippet

then on a dropper off the bend of this

and it is often difficult to decide if the rise was to your fly

or to a natural. This is when the use of two dries comes into play.

and upstream reach mends to facilitate longer downstream

drag free drifts and absolute fly first presentations.

calmer pools and tail outs I generally

as when fishing emergers

I like to position myself adjacent to the trout

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