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Having an off-day of fishing? Here’s how to put your mind at ease
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Photo: Clay Banks/Unsplash#2 CHANGE YOUR TACTICS
Sometimes when you’re fly fishing, only one specific technique will catch fish, but those times are very rare. If you’re trying—and failing—to do something complicated such as dead-drift nymphing or casting into a stiff wind, just stop. While you’re taking a break, rethink the situation and find a different, preferably easier approach. Maybe forget about matching the hatch, and just tie on one of your confidence flies. Or bust out a tried-and-true Fly Fishing 101 technique. Mine is the wet fly swing, a simple tactic that’s been catching fish all over the world for 200 years. It’s not glamourous, but it works, and it’s hard to screw up.