Dark Side Instruction

On Feb 6, 3:05*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:


And, always remember, when the hatch starts, rip off the nymph and
shot, and put on that dry.



I'm pretty sure I'll remember that part, Dave

I'm going to try a few days, indicator-less. I sight nymph that
way fairly often all summer, see a fish, or a bulge, or a blink, and
toss a beadhead in there and 'sense' the take with my eyes ... somehow
(blink. bulge, see fish move )

but, the amount of water here in the Stan is what befuddles me and
intimidates me. Next time out I'm taking a 10ft 5 wt I have and high-
sticking ... sticking to only water I can fish that way and feel it's
appropriate ...

FWIW, I'm sure your 'slower than the current' advice is something I
need to take seriously .... I tend to try and make the bobber drift
like a dry, i.e exactly with the current .... but I can 'understand'
that it needs to go slower .... need to progress from 'understand' to
'really get it' ... I guess

On 2011-02-06 19:08:02 -0500, Larry L said:


FWIW, I'm sure your 'slower than the current' advice is something I
need to take seriously .... I tend to try and make the bobber drift
like a dry, i.e exactly with the current .... but I can 'understand'
that it needs to go slower .... need to progress from 'understand' to
'really get it' ... I guess

Always remember that the current below the surface where the fish are
feeding is slower than the surface current. Your lure must not move
too fast.

Don't give up your nymphing efforts. In nymphying, like dry fly
fishing, there is nothing between you and the fly.

Dave

On Feb 6, 6:08*pm, Larry L wrote:

.... need to progress from 'understand' to
'really get it' ... I guess

Well, a guess is better than nothing, I guess.

The problem would appear to be not so much getting OFF the platform as
getting ON it in the first place.

giles
get it?