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Interesting thread. What books on nymphing have all of you found helpful? I can honestly say I've found nymphing to be one of those "magical" things for which books can only crudely describe the basics of actual action. Books have helped me understand the foods and feeding of nymphing fish, but only actually doing it has taught me much about the technique. Joe F. |
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rb608 wrote:
wrote: Interesting thread. What books on nymphing have all of you found helpful? I can honestly say I've found nymphing to be one of those "magical" things for which books can only crudely describe the basics of actual action. Books have helped me understand the foods and feeding of nymphing fish, but only actually doing it has taught me much about the technique. This reminds me of a nice experience I had on the Crowsnest earlier this summer. Let me preface it by saying that I rarely fish subsurface flies, as I don't really care for weighted flies, split shot, etc., and I don't have a lot of confidence in my abilities. The water was low and clear, and I had been fishing dries with decent success, catching fish in the 8-10" range. I noticed a larger "flash" in a deep hole and decided to give it a shot with a subsurface fly. It took me several casts to get the fly to drift close to where I had seen the fish's flank. When I did, I just tightened up the line without having seen anything concrete to indicate he had taken it, and I had the fish on. It turned out to be the biggest trout I've caught in my limited experience, and the first one I had caught when specifically targeting him with a nymph. I had read all the books about tightlining, indicators, right-angle nymphing, etc., etc., but it was really just instinct that made me set the hook. Hmmm, I could have sworn I had a point to this when I started writing it ... Oh yeah ... the next time I'm on the water and get the urge to fish like the hoi-polloi ;-), I'm forsaking all the excess stuff and just relying on blind luck. :-) Chuck Vance (even a blind liberrian finds the slop sometimes) |
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