swinging flys question

[Fish For Life 0]

When it come ti swinging flys is it only done with wet flys or can/is it done with nymphs as well?

[JSzymczyk 0]

You'll pick up the odd fish doing it with any type of fly. I've caught fish of many types, even the Most Worshipful Trout (yeah right) skating dry flies on a down and across cast. Not always, but more than a few times.

 

The idea that the fish will see that your totally fake offering is acting "wrong" is BS, unless they are keyed specifically on a major, high availability variable. Even then, the idea that our flies look anything like a natural is BS too.

[FlyFishin'Jam 0]

I don't always swing flies, but when i do i swing them upstream

[Piker20 0]

i have found in a strong flow, winged wet flies will remain in profile and present side on better across the flow. Hackled wets can collapse on themselves and look like a wet lump of nothing. A nymph will be different again and I would have no issue swinging a nymph across the stream.

[phg 0]

I like to swing an EHC, especially once it gets a bit waterlogged.

 

Nymphs sometimes work, although I prefer to dead drift nymphs. Still, if I'm not getting any takes on the dead drift, I'll try other presentations.

[whatfly 0]

Swinging is a technique, not bound to a style of fly, although there are some flies used more often than others. There are times where it can be effective, but others when it is less so. Read a book on traditional wet flies or streamers for more detail.

[bad fish rising 0]

steelhead sized "10-6" soft hackles or flynymphs swing well in my opinion