"Mu Young Lee" wrote in message
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On Thu, 1 Jun 2005 wrote:

Do you worry that too much weight can somehow mess with the drift of
your nymph?

I use an interative approach where I lengthen the leader a little bit, add
a little more weight, and repeat the process until I start ticking bottom
or snagging the occasional bit of vegetation.

the upside of being down deep always trump the downside of possibly
having too much weight?

Catching fish has a huge upside in the level of enjoyment and development
of confidence to the point where eventually you can fine tune your
technique and back of on the amount of weight.

Mu

ya know, i just can't resist the opportunity to soapbox on some of this
"nymphing technique" as it relates to fishing with a fly rod.

at some point (and for me, it's after one lead ball), this leaves the
world of "fysshing with a flye", or whatever, and enters the world of "catch
the *******s anyway you can".

if one wants, or needs, to start adding chunks of lead to a line, very
early on a lightweight spinning rod becomes, quite obviously, a much more
efficient tool; and more stylish, to boot.

yfitons
wayno