middle water

[ScottyP]

To fish the 'middle water' I usually just move the strike indicator closer to the fly or move the shot up closer to the indicator. Dry/dropper can fish the middle water effectively in slower water where the dropper has a better chance to sink down farther. Mend your drift to improve the dropper droppin'. Beadhead nymphs are good droppers to get down through the film a little better, but you'll want a bushier dry to keep it from being pulled under with the beadhead. I see fish feeding in that middle zone mostly in slower pools and thats where I go for the dry/dropper. In faster riffled water, I'll try to spot a fish. If I see it flash, that's usually from turning on it's side and taking something right off the bottom. If the fish is coming out of his lie more than a few inches to intercept something, I feel I have a better chance of him taking a fly that is higher in the water column.
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