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Re: Nymphing - A Primer
« Reply #10 on Feb 7, 2011, 8:09pm »

That's a great article - thanks for posting it up.

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Re: Nymphing - A Primer
« Reply #11 on Mar 5, 2011, 12:54pm »

Steve, great article! I'm sorry I am just reading it now in full.

I wouild like to add a couple things:

1. I don't want my fly on the bottom. I would prefer it 6-18 or so inches off the bottom. Of course the only sure way to know you are near the bottom, unless you know the runs imtimately, is to bounce your fly or shot off of it on occasion. If the fly is on the bottom you obviously get snagged more often. You will also foul hook fish more often, especially in our steelhead streams where large fish are stacked up sometimes in small areas. And trout are not like a sucker or carp, whose mouth are designed to feed on the bottom. (though they of course can feed on the bottom) The fish will often move up one or more feet to take a fly, if the water is clear enough for them to see it, and especially in water not freezing cold.

2. I prefer to always set the hook with a sweep of my rod downstream, or straight up. This way I am not pulling the fly out of the fish's mouth as often. Of course you can still hook fish by pulling upstream, but I feel you will drop more fish that way.

3. Many anglers also do not set it hard enough (in my opinion). You would be surprised how hard you can set the hook, especially when steelhead fishing with tippet heavier than 4x. You must compensate for the bend of your rod, the stretch of your line and the drag of the water.

4. I also do not like my indicator to get too far downstream below me during the presentation. I know that you get a longer drift this way, but I find that you also lose more fish after a brief hook up this way. I believe this is beacuse when you set the hook, you are inevitably pulling upstream b/c your float is so far downstream. It's all about the odds, and increasing them in your favor.

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Re: Nymphing - A Primer
« Reply #12 on Jul 30, 2011, 3:55pm »

Okay, I suspect I'm being thick-headed here, but I'm trying to understand. When you say,

"I typically start with a 9â€² foot leader, place a blood knot 81/2 to 9â€² feet from the indicator to hold my split shot, then another 16â€³ ï¿½ 20â€³ of tippet to my first fly, then the same tippet section to the second fly. This is my general template, especially when fishing from a boat or fishing tailwater rivers."

How long is your leader + tippet to the first fly?

Thanks,

cass

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