Fishing Q&A - what is diff in wet flies and dry flies?

what is diff in wet flies and dry flies?

i am going to try and do some trout fishing this summer and gonna try a fly & bobber . so what is the difference between dry and wet flies? what should i be using? i live in colorado any suggestions on type or color? What size do you recommend?

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dry flies are meant to float on the surface and may require some drying off with your fingers after a couple casts. i would recommend a went fly with a bobber because it will sink it has a little bb set on near the eyelet of the hook. good luck
dry flies float, wet flies sink. your leader should be no less than 6'. so you have your line with a clear water buble (they slide on your line, a bobber stays in one place) partially filled with water (this gives you the weight that a sinker would for casting distance). then a barrel swivel (this stops the water buble from going all the way to your flie). tie on 6' of 2# test leader (or a flie tippet) and then your flie. i used to use this method at quincy reservoir (in aurora) and had a lot of luck. i used a pmd (pale morning dun) #18 or #20 or a small mosquito imitation in the same size. wet flies are the same only the flie is different. i used wooly buggers in olive green, cinnamon or black size #12 or #14 if you can find them. matukas in the same size. there's a flie shop in aurora, at Iliff and tower, i can't remember the name of it but, it's behind americas bar and grill. they have all these flies. good luck and tight lines.~~~*<>{ add: where are going to fish? the arkansas is cool, the platte, north and south, the lakes and streams over by grandby are beautiful too. add, add: dry= #18 or smaller. Wets= #12 or smaller
Dry flys float on the surface, wet flies sink.
others have defined the diff. Why aren't you going to try using a fly rod with fly line? I have used the bobber method when the area was over grown to the point that I could not cast, but use of the flyrod and line is what makes fly fishing different from other types.
Ok then lets solve this problem youve got, firstly dry flies, they represent the fly hatches in the middle stage of their life past pupae and then the fully grown fly emerges on the surface, also it can be other large flies such as dragonflies etc that have been blown onto the surface by the wind also ants do this, its one of the best ways to fly fish on a light leader, about 4lb should work, use a co polymer leader not flourocarbon as it will sink your fly, to prevent your fly from sinking add floatant like loon aquel or gink http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/standard-pod-wrapped.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/pod-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20431-cat600030&rid=&indexId=cat600030&navAction=push&masterpathid=&navCount=3&parentType=index&parentId=cat600030&id=0011253 A strike indicator is good for fishing them, use a floating line in warm weather for the best catches of trout. Also use only loon if its a fly that floats using CDC feather. Now for wet flies, as the name suggests they go under the surface, best fished on a flourocarbon leader on an intermediate line, these can imitate all sorts of things, they are not nymphs and fished closer to the bottom a slow jerky retreive is whats needed to catch. You can use a sinkant on these but its not always needed, dont confuse them with lures though as they are smaller than lures and not so thickly dressed with marabou etc, you dont need an indicator just feel for takes, hope this helps you out, the fly guy AIRFLOW Dries http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/horizontal-pod.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/pod-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20431-cat20528&rid=&indexId=cat20528&navAction=push&masterpathid=&navCount=5&parentType=index&parentId=cat20528&id=0001018 Wets http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/index/index-display.jsp?id=cat380001&navAction=jump&navCount=1&cmCat=MainCatcat20431&parentType=category&parentId=cat20431 *Added* For dries i recommend about size 14, for flies such as the adams. wets i suggest about size eight and onwards depending what your fishing for have a variety of different sizes and keep changing your size/type if you arent catching.
dry flies as it says, float on the topand are fished upstream,, wet flies sink and are fished downstream, nymphs are generally weighted and sink and are fished eithe downstream or upstream
I like use a black ant fly in Oregon. You can use the black ant there if you like too o.k.