[VFB] Re: The lift - was Active Nymphing

2009-02-21 Thread Anthony Spezio
Tom, I have done the same with a popper and a trailing fly. Many times I have doubled up on the popper and fly in fishing for warm water fish like bass and gills. Most times the bass would take the trailer and a gill take the popper. A few times, a gill would take the popper and in retrieving th

[VFB] Re: The lift - was Active Nymphing

2009-02-21 Thread Tom Davenport
Well, Tony, you of all people have earned the right to be a purist. Besides that, a strike indicator (especially a fluorescent orange Thingamabobber) would NEVER look right on one of your beautiful bamboo rods! Here is another downside to strike indicators... I can't reel past them, and i

[VFB] Re: The lift - was Active Nymphing

2009-02-21 Thread Anthony Spezio
I will forgive you Nick. LOL We will miss you at the Sowbug this year. Tony --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Niclas Runarsson wrote: From: Niclas Runarsson Subject: [VFB] The lift - was Active Nymphing To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 9:54 AM Meddelande I sometimes used

[VFB] Re: The lift - was Active Nymphing

2009-02-21 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
When I'm fishing for browns on the Cimarron in NM, I always use a dropper fly, like a Copper John, etc., at the bottom of an 18" 7X leader, which is tied to the bend of the hook from a # 12 EHC, Humpy or other high floating dry fly, which is tied to the end of my tippet. This enables me to ge

[VFB] The lift - was Active Nymphing

2009-02-21 Thread Niclas Runarsson
I sometimes used a foam hopper as indicator, with a little nymph hanging under it. The size and shape of the hopper is a little bit adjusted to give it a little bit more caddis look, making it more interesting to the fishing around here. Am I using an indicator? Noupp, I'm just saving time by dry-f

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2009-02-21 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
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