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Cast a dry fly on the meandering bends of Slough Creek, one of Yellowstone’s most productive cutthroat fisheries.
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Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 2 June 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
That means traditional dry fly water, like slow-moving pools, becomes even harder places to fool wary trout.
—Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 29 May 2024
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Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 2 June 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
That means traditional dry fly water, like slow-moving pools, becomes even harder places to fool wary trout.
—Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 29 May 2024
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“Dry fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20fly. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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