Nymph fishing

[Rick Z]

Glad you got an early start. great fun isn't it.

I have been playing with bead head nymphs with a foam wingcase or with foam under the body. I still have some playing to do but thhese things do hit a point of neutral bouyancy. I think the biggest help is the water gets denser as it gets deeper.

More playing to do before I would pen anything up.

Rick

[sharps]

Nymphs.....they literally drive me to distraction!!! Perhaps some day I'll learn to fish them....I just haven't gotten the hang of it.

Vic

[atomic_dog]

One of the reasons I took up fly tying a couple months ago is so that I can tie my own hare's ear and other nymphs for bluegill. Haven't had a chance yet to try any of them out. I'm getting really anxious to do so, though.

My favorite bluegill lake opens next saturday, and the arrival of daylight savings time means I should be able to start heading there after work soon!

[ohiotuber]

HEY...Sharps is back!! I thought you had quit on us...glad to see you back buddy!
Mike

[sharps]

Hey ohiotuber....snet ya an e-mail

Vic

[dixieangler]

Don't forget to scout your local waters and shore banks (look out for) for local nymphs. Close imitations of the natural nymphs are hard to beat on the waters where they are found. I don't fish nymphs very often and are usually a last resort. But natural nymph imitations have at times saved an otherwise fishless day for me when nothing else was working. Of course there are some days when nothing in my box of tricks will work including nymphs .

Rick,

I put some foam wingcases on some of my bead-chain Damselfly nymphs to get a slower sink rate but haven't got any to suspend yet .

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Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL

"Flip a fly"



[This message has been edited by dixieangler (edited 02 April 2005).]

[ohiotuber]

Vic,
Back atcha!
Mike

[mudni]

I have recently gone to fishing Booby style
nymphs on a sinking line and a short leader
to present my nymphs in a suspended manner.

Nymph dropped under a Gurgler is a great combo for me. Caught a nice largemouth on the nymph yesterday when they generally had lockjaw. The gurgler gets their attention, and the shy ones can go for the nymph.