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The cutthroats aren’t huge but are known to rise quickly for dry flies.
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Brian Higgins, Outside Online, 20 Aug. 2025
In fly-fishing, the dream cast is the one which lands the dry fly upon the riffle with all the grace and likeness of a real fly dropping onto water.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
When bugs are coming off the water, and fish are looking up, throw dry flies.
—Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 12 June 2024
Because dry flies need to float, the hooks they’re tied on are much lighter hooks.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
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Brian Higgins, Outside Online, 20 Aug. 2025
In fly-fishing, the dream cast is the one which lands the dry fly upon the riffle with all the grace and likeness of a real fly dropping onto water.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
When bugs are coming off the water, and fish are looking up, throw dry flies.
—Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 12 June 2024
Because dry flies need to float, the hooks they’re tied on are much lighter hooks.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
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“Dry fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20fly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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