Took out the 10ft 3wt rod with a monorig set up out for a spin this weekend. Caught both these fish, one while tight lining, the other with a dry fly, both using just the monorig described by troutbitten. I wasn't surprised that tight lining worked since the monorig is similar to a traditional euro nymphing rig, but what surprised me was how well it fished a dry fly as well. My season is about to wrap up but for a first season fly fishing I'm stoked with what I've learned and the fish I've been able to net.
Posted by LazyGamabunta
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Dry dropper even more so – a tungsten bead head weighted nymph helps the casting of the mono, and then immediately being able to pick up almost all the monorig off the water to be tight to that dry fly is incredible for lightning quick hook sets.
Then you can just tightline riffles with the dry fly hanging out of the water where it’s not deep enough to float it and catch fish on the single nymph.. it’s a ridiculous way to fish.