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Dry fly fishing

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Watch angler Geoff Thomas catch a brown trout using a large dry fly that imitates a cicada.

Film clip courtesy of Geoff Thomas.

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Rainbow Productions

Reference: Trout secrets. Rainbow Productions Ltd, 2001

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Carl Walrond, Freshwater fishing – Fly fishing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/18279/dry-fly-fishing (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 1 March 2009.