Re: [VFB] VFB High Stick Nymphing -- Second attempt.

[George Vincent]

As high stick nymphing was taught to me: A long rod of 8' to 9' is used with about 2' to 3' of flyline out of the rod tip and a leader and tippet of about 7' with the nymph attached. A strike indicator is used and set for the depth of the water +/- . A cast is made upstream and allowed to flow downstream with the current while holding the rod horizontal at shoulder height. Only the leader and tippet are in the water and the rod tip is moved thru an arc that follows the nymph downstream. At the end of the drift the rod is once again flipped upstream and the drift repeated. Casts (flips) are repeated until all the water is covered and your position is then changed and the whole process repeated.   It is easier to do than to describe. I am not sure what flipping for bass is, as I am just a trout fisherman.   George     ----- Original Message ----- From: Ronan MacLoughlin To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 9:32 Subject: [VFB] VFB High Stick Nymphing -- Second attempt. Hi all,   Just in off the lake for a bit of dinner and to check the work mails.  I met a californian last night. He is over fishing Corrib this year after getting sick of hearing so much about it for so long. We were discussing tactics over a pint or 10 and he mentioned " High Stick Nymphing".   I hear that it is similar to Czech nymphing but I never heard of it before. Can anybody point me in the direction of a good website describing the method or better still a cheap DVD to view it in action.   By the by, today is the first of a long spell of 11 days (originally it was 9) of unadulterated fishing. The wind is low on the lake today, so no dapping. I have, however, had 2 nice brownies on dry mayflies, my boat partner and best friend Ken has had 3 on wets.Fingers croosed for a bit of wind and we can have a bit more criac.   Thanks in advance, and yes, I am going to sign up to support the VFB. It is an invaluable source of information for us all and cheap at 10 times the price. EVERYBODY SHOULD SIGN UP.   Be good,   Ronan. Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now