WNY Fly Fishing - Fishing Wet Flies

I love fishing these flies, you can cover a ton of water and the takes are nothing short of explosive. Pick an area where there is a nice riffle or run with medium depth and current speed. Work out enough  line to cover the run you are going to cover and cast with medium sized loops.
 Tight or tailing loops can result in a bird’s nest of tangles. Present your flies slightly upstream from where you are, so the flies can naturally drift and then swing down from your position. One trick I use is to slowly raise your rod tip to make the flies skitter across the water for several feet, this works a lot when the hatch is winding down. The leaders should be heavier than normal, 3x is my go to setup when fishing wets, you can use 4x with a softer flex rod to take up the shock from the take. The setup is as follows, I tie the second fly off the hook point of the first fly, you can leave a large tag end off the leader to tippet and tie the first fly off of that if you like, I like to put about 18" between the flies, now depending on how deep the run is you may or may not need some split shot. I use very small shot around size B or BB to make casting easier and the splash smaller so you wont spook the trout. When choosing flies I use the same patterns I nymph with only with soft hackles, here are some examples of wet flies, you can change the colors as you see fit with the bug life in your streams.