I can certainly agree with Jim on the dedication and attention
needed to get into the nymph game. I also strongly second the
book recommendation. The strongest recommendation I can make is
keep with it. Read everything you can about it and keep trying.
About three years ago I became thoroughly fed up with the middle
part of the day on my preferred water (usu. N. Fork Lewis above
Swift Res.) I could fool a few small fish with dries but
basically I might as well have snoozed high noon away. I decided
I had to learn new tricks. It takes a little dedication to
continually force yourself to work on something in which you have
little confidence, but if you aren't getting too much action anyway...
Jim has put his finger directly on the problems with 1 and 2 below.
To those I would add #3 which is line control. You can get the
nymph down, you can detect the take ok, but you gotta have your
line under control to strike at the appropriate time if you want
to catch them.
Now, your mileage may vary, as they say, but this year, my third
season of trying to get it all together, I can say it magically
did. I guess it just took one year each to solve each problem. I
can lay no claim to being an expert, that's for sure, but I
have definitely caught more and better fish this year on nymphs
during the middle of the day than I ever dreamed of before I
started the learning process. My conversion is by no means
complete; I switch to a dry fly at the slightest provocation
and confess I much prefer it.
Good luck and keep at it!
Jeff Marso
> At 11:45 AM 9/5/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >Another question:
> >
> >I am finding nymph fishing to be the most frustrating type of fly
> >fishing I have encountered. Basically if the fishing are not hitting
> >dries I do not catch a thing. Anyone have any tips or better yet a good
> >book they could recommend? Thanks much for the help and for enduring my
> >constant barrage of basic questions.
> >
> >-sean
> >
> Hi Sean
>
> Can you give us a little more information on what type of water
> you are fishing? Spring creeks or raging pocket water or in
> between? IMO nymph fishing requires greater dedication and
> attention than most dry fly fishing. In most water you are faced
> with two problems immediately; (1) getting the nymph down to the
> fish in a dead drift, and (2) detecting the fish when it takes the
> nymph. It can be frustrating.
>
> But a good nymph fisherman can usually really catch fish.
>
> Jim Jones
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>
>
