Egg patterns

"Scott Seidman" I guess this guy takes his pleasure getting out on the
stream, and knowing
the hatch like its the back of his hand. If you have just as good a time
not catching fish as catching fish when the hatch isn't on, there isn't
much need to fish a nymph. That's not my bag--I have a better time
catching the fish than watching everyone else catch fish.

Scott you are spot on, if someone has a particular way of enjoying their
fishing and chooses to simply fish that then they are not a purist. It's
only if and when they start to condemn others for it that they start to
annoy me and gain the purist tag, usually preceded by another word I won't
type here..

Personally the rigs used on some Taupo (New Zealand) rivers here would make
most fly-fishermen cringe at them being called fly-fishing. It's legal and
there's nothing wrong with them, I use those methods sometimes. I just think
it's a stretch to call some of it "fly-fishing".

It's why I'd rather hunt pheasants most of winter than fish, but sometimes,
as Andrew said, you want your fix so you do it. Nothing to feel guilty
about.

Clark Reid
www.dryflynz.com

Ken Fortenberry wrote in
gy.com:

Scott Seidman wrote:

I know a guy who's been fishing for decades, used to fish well with a
nymph all the time, ...

I guess this guy takes his pleasure getting out on the stream, and
knowing the hatch like its the back of his hand. ...

A kindred spirit.


I don't know-- he sees nothing wrong with nymph fishing, he just chooses
not to fish that way in the spring.

Great fisherman, though. Travels for hours to fish this creek.

I'll fish with a nymph when the hatch isn't on. Recently, I've even taken
to nymphing during sporadic rises--it keeps my catch rate up. However, I
think there's nothing more exciting than catching a fish on a dry fly in
the middle of a big splashy rise.

Nymphing right, though, isn't easy. You have to constantly dork around
with your rig to get the right presentation, and some days you never get it
right.

Scott

Ken Fortenberry wrote in
gy.com:

Scott Seidman wrote:

I know a guy who's been fishing for decades, used to fish well with a
nymph all the time, ...

I guess this guy takes his pleasure getting out on the stream, and
knowing the hatch like its the back of his hand. ...

A kindred spirit.


I don't know-- he sees nothing wrong with nymph fishing, he just chooses
not to fish that way in the spring.

Great fisherman, though. Travels for hours to fish this creek.

I'll fish with a nymph when the hatch isn't on. Recently, I've even taken
to nymphing during sporadic rises--it keeps my catch rate up. However, I
think there's nothing more exciting than catching a fish on a dry fly in
the middle of a big splashy rise.

Nymphing right, though, isn't easy. You have to constantly dork around
with your rig to get the right presentation, and some days you never get it
right.

Scott

Scott Seidman wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
A kindred spirit.

I don't know-- he sees nothing wrong with nymph fishing, he just chooses
not to fish that way in the spring. ...

I don't see anything wrong with somebody else nymph fishing, I just
choose not to fart around with it anymore. As for the techniques being
particularly hard to master, I don't remember it that way.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Scott Seidman wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
A kindred spirit.

I don't know-- he sees nothing wrong with nymph fishing, he just chooses
not to fish that way in the spring. ...

I don't see anything wrong with somebody else nymph fishing, I just
choose not to fart around with it anymore. As for the techniques being
particularly hard to master, I don't remember it that way.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Scott Seidman wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
A kindred spirit.

I don't know-- he sees nothing wrong with nymph fishing, he just chooses
not to fish that way in the spring. ...

I don't see anything wrong with somebody else nymph fishing, I just
choose not to fart around with it anymore. As for the techniques being
particularly hard to master, I don't remember it that way.

--
Ken Fortenberry

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:03:56 +1200, "Clark Reid"
wrote:
[snipped]
and how do we get 90% as a figure?... Is a fish that
eats 20 mayfly nymphs and one hopper eating 90% below the surface

Well, no, because that would be 95%, not 90%...

hth ;-)

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:03:56 +1200, "Clark Reid"
wrote:
[snipped]
and how do we get 90% as a figure?... Is a fish that
eats 20 mayfly nymphs and one hopper eating 90% below the surface

Well, no, because that would be 95%, not 90%...

hth ;-)

I have found when drifting a nymph for browns the takes are almost
imperceptible.. Took a lot of practice before i hooked my first, Rainbows
were much more vigorous with the take.

I have found when drifting a nymph for browns the takes are almost
imperceptible.. Took a lot of practice before i hooked my first, Rainbows
were much more vigorous with the take.