ss you at the Sowbug.
Tony
--- On Mon, 2/16/09, George wrote:
From: George
Subject: [VFB] Re: Active Nymphing was QUOTE FOR THE DAY
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 10:55 AM
Absolutely Tom, I couldn't agree more with your observations. When I
started
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From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Tom Davenport
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 18:34
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Subject: [VFB] Re: Active Nymphing was QUOTE FOR THE DAY
I learned to fly fish about 15 years ago when a friend helped me get
he line loose in my line hand. I would "twitch" the nymph on
> the drift let it swing and hold it there for a short. Then work it
> back up stream like a wounded minnow.
> Tony
>
> --- On Fri, 2/13/09, KP wrote:
> From: KP
> Subject: [VFB] Re: Active Nymphing was Q
ack up stream like a wounded minnow.
Tony
--- On Fri, 2/13/09, KP wrote:
From: KP
Subject: [VFB] Re: Active Nymphing was QUOTE FOR THE DAY
To: "VFB Mail"
Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 5:01 PM
I love upstream dry fly fishng and in the winter I fish my nymphs this
way too. A friend
I love upstream dry fly fishng and in the winter I fish my nymphs this
way too. A friend of mine just came back from a course here in the UK
and they were shown how the masters of short line nymphing do the job.
Your books ref to the stripping the nymph on the lift is how he
described the Czech an
I do a lot of nymphing in tailwaters. I generally cast upstream & work my
way down stream until I find a pattern that works, especially when the water
is high. Sometimes I swim it, sometimes I'll do a drift & lift, but what
works in those waters quite often when the water is moving is casting acro
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From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
DonO
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:19 PM
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Subject: [VFB] Re: Active Nymphing was QUOTE FOR THE DAY
Mike,
Some species of nymphs are swimmers, some are clingers, some are
Mike,
Some species of nymphs are swimmers, some are clingers, some are burrowers.
If he is short-stripping a nymph (but not darting), he is probably
imitiating a swimmer variety. Dead-drifting works for imitating clingers,
and also burrowers that get washed up out of the dirt. All they can do i
