How to Fish Traditional Wet Flies
Traditional wet flies are generally fished by casting across and downstream and then letting the flies swing across the current and occasionally pulling them back upstream, keeping a tight line as the flies swing. Strikes are usually felt, rather than seen because the line is kept tight. You can also dead drift traditional wet flies, especially soft hackles like you would a nymph. The soft hackles pulse in the water as the fly drifts creating a very life-like look. Traditionally wet flies were fished for Brown trout & Grayling but can be deadly for Sea trout and even Salmon.

Not a lot of people know that wet flies can also be great for Rainbow trout, fish them on a floating line with a long tippet after casting  give the flies time to sink before retrieving your flies or  fish in a team of flies with the point fly being that bit heavier to pull the wet flies down then a slow retrieve can be deadly.

They can also be fished on an intermediate fly line and again a slow to medium speed tetreve works well.