On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 03:44:27 -0500, flyman23
wrote:


The past few years I've been fishing 2 nymphs, tying a dropper off the
hook of the top nymph. I've found that about 95% of the time I only
catch fish on the bottom nymph. I've even switched them around on some
days just to experiment. I was wondering if others have the same
experience and might know why this is?


For the large fast flowing rivers of the central North Island of NZ
this is the preferred method of nymphing. The top nymph incorporates a
lot of lead and/or tungsten and is used purely to get the nymphs down.
This heavy nymph hardly resembles a natural but the dropper nymph (8"
- 10" below) is much smaller and resembles the local insects -
therefore it is the major fish catcher. Also the nymph on the dropper
appears to move through the water with a more natural manner. This
does not stop the odd trout impaling itself on the "bomb".

Smaller streams require a different set up.