spent three days last week scouting brookie stream around Ashville N.C. on
the east slope of Blue Ridge Mountains.
A heavy thunder shower, two inches of fast new water, cold weather and
probably a chilly fisherman produce very few fish but one could feel spring
almost ready to spring out.Did play one nice rainbow in the lower end of
one stream, around 16 inch she was probably a breeder tossed out by the
local hatchery that survived thru the winter. Took enough line to make me
realize I should stretch line before first use each year as it came off in
rolls and the year old tippet finally failed just at my feet.
Now my question--need suggestion of easy way to go from dry to nymph--as I
fish upstream and come to a five foot or deeper pool just know there is a
fish or two down deep- anyone have a trick to change rig for a nymphing
attempt without mess of changing fly-adding weight etc?
Please don't suggest I carry two rods as I catch plenty of redodomems whith
just one--Joe the Elder