Sorry I've been really busy lately and this one takes a bit of time

Davy explained this to me best. You have to be in total control of the drift and you have to see the leader move when fishing with a floating line set up. If you get really good at dead drifting wet flies as is the case with the boss, you can hook up with almost every fish that takes your wet flies. I noticed that if I waited for the "tug" then I would miss fish like crazy. It wasn't until I fished with him in New York that I actually "got it."

When you are fishing wets on a sinking line you are tighter to your flies due to the line drag through the water column. Hook sets are better and easier as there is tension on the flies, so that when the fish takes the flies the hooks go in.

Rod angle is also important. There are guys the hold the rod high and at a 45 degree angle, then there are others who hold the rod high and on a level plane. However they hold the rod the angle that the line leaves the top guide is near a 90 degree angle. This allows for sufficient tension that us essential to allow the flies to drift in a natural manner and provides a buffer that is needed in case of a very positive take.

Grease up the butt section of the leader and use green amnesia or golden stren to make up the butt section of the leader. This will provide a visual aide for detecting even the slightest of takes.

I will end with this, wet fly fishing is the most difficult of all angling methods that I have fished. There are times and places where other techniqes don't work and wet flies will shine. I doubted it until I saw it first hand.