Cast the Soft Hackle beadhead Pearl Nymph across the river with a weight above, let it drift and sink, then let it swing downstream, which lifts the fly upwards in the water. If a fish doesn't grab the fly on the dead drift, they will often take it as a rising caddis. The soft hackle bead head pearl fly is an effective lake pattern also, imitating a rising callibaetis nymph, or just as a buggy looking meal. Yum, Yum!!
The stocker rainbows in the Brazos river below Possum Kingdom dam were having a field day on midges and I cleaned up using the beadhead pearl soft hackles I got from you.They hit it just as the line straightened and started to rise at the downstream end of the cast.Great fun.