Emergers Are Not Dry Flies

[Wildfisher]

If we are being honest flies like the Klinkhamer, DHE etc are wet flies with a built in indicator.  It's not dry fly fishing, it's shallow nymphing.

Really no better than fishing with a bung. :lol:

Are they  allowed on dry fly only waters like the Derbyshire Wye? 

[Wildfisher]

But are these camouflaged wet flies  allowed on the Derbyshire Wye?   

[Fishtales]

Andy

Because of that thread I am going to rename My Dry Fly so I think it is now My Wake Wet Emerger Dry Fly  :shock: NOT :

[haresear]

Yer not going to get a twenty pager out of this one on here Fred
That is because we do our fishing on the water :wink:


Andy

:lol: :lol:

Alex

[Wildfisher]

But what about the Derbyshire Wye?    :lol:

Would you fish an indicator wet fly ( aka an emerger) there?

[burnie]

http://www.goflyfishinguk.com/fly-fishing-locations/derbyshire/derbyshire-wye.php
So you have to use a floating line, but it says you can use an upstream nymph or upstream dry, it must be nearly 20 years ago when I fished it with my brother, then it was strictly "dry fly", they did not give us a list of banned flees, nor did anyone check our tackle.......................ooh 'er matron :roll:

[Wildfisher]

Richard, the Haddon Esate waters are dry fly only - no wets allowed.

What I want to know is are emergers  allowed?  Many consider  them dry flies, but they are quite clearly not.

[burnie]

http://thepeacockatrowsley.com/fish/
Fred, they just seem to say "dry fly only" but don't actual list what is and what isn't considered a "dry fly". When I fished it was generally considered that dry's were tied on up eyed hooks don't know if that would hold much water as an argument these days . I also fished the upper Hampshire Avon and the tributaries the Nadder, Bourne and Wyle , which were also either dry fly or on the odd one you could upstream nymph, same rules applied then, this was before the emergers like the Clink was around. There looks to be a lot more information on the Peacocks facebook page. I remember paying £40 for a days fishing back in the 1990's, so prices look to be much the same , though dearer when the May fly are about.

[Brutha]

Isn't a dry fly just one which "floats on the top"?

[Wildfisher]

Isn't a dry fly just one which "floats on the top"?

That's what I mean. a DHE / Klinkhamer is like an iceberg, most of it is below the surface, so it can't be a dry fly.

We need a new definition. It's a bit like embeded prorgramme code in your computer, smart phone etc. It's not hardware and it's not software. It's firmware

So let's call an emerger  a Damp Fly.   :