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 is drift downstream until they hit something they can cling on to, or end up in an eddy (or a gut).
Depending on the fish and other circumstances, one way may work and the others won't. One thing that does work for me is the lifting technique, imitating a nymph that is rising to the surface. Whatever way I drift the nymph, at the end of the cast I make a slow deliberate lift to the surface, pausing before I pull the nymph from the water, especially if it ends up in slack water. Like you, my most productive nymphing is dead-drifting with a strike indicator down the seams in the river, where the still or slow water meets the fast water. Next I'll choose area in front of obstructions and then directly behind. If that doesn't work, I'll look for deep pockets and eddies. I have rig-ups and lines for all types of approaches and nymph-sinking methods. In the N. Platte R., that puppy's got to be bouncing along the bottom- seems to trigger the takes. But all of this happens only if the dry-fly fishing is unproductive or if it's just too windy for dries. D ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Bliss" <flyfish...@gmail.com> To: <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:46 PM Subject: [VFB] Active Nymphing was QUOTE FOR THE DAY > > I am reading a book called "Active Nymphing: Aggressive Strategies for > Casting, Rigging, And Moving the Nymphs" By Rich Osthoff. In the > book he talks of moving the nymph, not just like streamer fishing but > casting upstream and stripping the nymph (not streamer). I am a dead > drifter almost all of the time and this is new to me. Anyone do this > and can you shed some perspective on this? > > Mike > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.23/1947 - Release Date: 2/11/09 6:11 PM > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
