Catching More Trout With the Slim Shady Fly
I'll never forget the afternoon I finally tied a slim shady fly onto my leader after three hours of catching absolutely nothing but sticks and moss. The river was low, the sun was bright, and the trout were being particularly snobbish about everything I threw at them. I'd gone through my usual heavy hitters—the Pheasant Tails, the Hare's Ears, the flashy Rainbow Warriors—and gotten nothing but cold shoulders from the local brown trout. But the second that thin, unassuming little nymph hit the water, everything changed. ...