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I'm gunna be by a relatively shallow river in the next couple weeks camping and I want to go for trout with a fly.

Honestly fly fishing just looks kind of confusing to me and I dont know if I have the time to get the setup and learn how to do it in time. if I did a little weight and just cast out, will I still be able to catch trout?

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by Practical-Jay-7

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

Use a casting bubble a few feet in front of your fly

fishyaker Loc: NW Michigan (Lower Peninsula)

It might depend on if you are trying to keep a "dry" fly on top (insect, grasshopper, ant, bee, etc.) or fish beneath the water surface with a streamer and imitate crayfish, minnows, leeches etc.

Oj's idea of the bubble will be perfect for underwater, and if you want to stay on top a tiny buoyant bobber could work...keeping the whole process relatively simple for you. If you do want to fish in the surface film, I would suggest applying a little bit of fly floatant to the fly for extra flotation.

FinFisherman Loc: Born in Ohio - 40 yrs Florida- Clearwater,Fl

I agree! I even use the casting bubbles to sling our Florida lizards which try to run on the water, around for snook and a Redfish will even grab a lizard.

GLA Loc: WA State

A "torpedo" shaped bobber works well for casting flies and will float on the surface. Fishyaker is right about treating a "dry" fly with floatant. I've caught many trout using this set up. Good Luck!

Captain Lahti Loc: Kennewick, WA

Clear bubble bobbers that can be partly filled with water to give just the right amount of casting weight are the go to for a none fly rod fisherman wanting to cast flys. For dry flys it’s common to put the bobber at the end of your line and tie in a dropper line up a short ways, 18”-24”, from the bobber with a few inches, say 6”8”, for the dry fly to hang off that dropper. Or if you want to drift wet flies like nymphs and woolly buggers, etc. then tie the bobber on the end of your main line and add finer tippet line past the bobber that is long enough to reach the bottom of the stream and tie your wet fly to it. Get a small spool of tippet leader material of fluorocarbon or mono n 4X or two lb test for your dropper. Go with small parachute Adams and skeeter patterns along with elk hair Caddis patterns with a few hopper patterns for fall fishing. and small nymph patterns. Some nymph patterns have tungsten beads tied in for a head and thinly dressed bodies and work great. Keep in mind the size fish your targeting and don’t use flys bigger than the fish. And sharpen the hooks and crush the barbs down for easy release. Tight lines!