"Larry L" wrote

... the way small
baits are actively fished in streams for trout by the better practitioners
... very short line, enough weight to get to the bottom, constant contact
with the lure so that you can feel the rocks and takes ( assume take :-) ,
but still a natural drift ... maybe a tiny strike indicator, but not a
'float' something big enough to keep your fly off the bottom or muscle
it's drift.



google "high stick nymphing" and similar words for ideas on what I have in
mind here

and

to remove any silly snob-guilt about "fishing like bait" .... G