Mike, for what it's worth, I've had some success with egg patterns in heavily coloured water (learned that first-hand from Joe Humphreys). In other situations, assuming the shoe fits, weighted stonefly nymphs + indicator behind bars, rocks, or anything that breaks the current like a small point or even the inside of a bend has provided some useful catches. cheers Paul www.galesendpress.com
Michael Bliss wrote: > > Yesterday I was out fishing here in Nevada and I had a bad > experience. I traveled quite a ways to get to the river which I was > told was one that would be free from the spring runoff. When I > arrived the river was high and muddy. Since I had traveled a ways to > get there I decided to fish it. No luck. Not a bite and it was my > kind of place. I checked for insect life and there were lots of > mayfly nymphs. > > Here is my question: obviously if fish are there they want to eat. Do > they eat? If they eat, why do we have such a problem other than fish > seeing the fly. People at the local shop said they would not go out > to the spring run off plagued rivers and I have heard that before. > How much does the mud affect fish vision? Is fishing really useless in > such situations? Is it better to use something like a white fly or > nymph? Or opposite? > > Mike -- Paul Marriner Outdoor Writing & Photography. Owner: Gale's End Press. Member: OWAA & OWC. Author of: A Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns (co-author), Stillwater Fly Fishing: Tools & Tactics, How to Choose & Use Fly-tying Thread, Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, Miramichi River Journal, Ausable River Journal, and Atlantic Salmon.
