Do all nymphs turn upside down under water?
Dear all,
I like fishing Poxyback series and notice that they drift upside down when fished under water. I also heard that hydraulics turn all the nymphs upside down.
Is it true?
While fish did not care too much, upside-down nymphs seem unnatural.
Do this bother you when fishing? Does adding wire wraps or beads prevent this?
I appreciate your comments.
No - all nymph flies do not turn upside down, though I would venture to say that most naturals do at one point or another. I imagine the epoxy on your fly is heavier than the hook bend/point and hence it flips. Nymphs tied "in the round" avoid this issue all together. Cheers, Alec
[This message has been edited by flytackle (edited 02 February 2006).]
What hook are you tying your epoxy back flies on. If the fly turns over, try tying on a heavier hook ... It's fairly important to represent that air bubble sparkle on the top of the fly rather than the bottom.
This discovery has bothered me too. The problem is made worse with epoxy or beadhead. My first change was to using straight-eye or up-eye hooks. Otherwise you (I) have tied a mini-jig. Solution #2 is to tie them upside-down on a regular (down-eye) hook ? recognizing they ARE a jig - and hope they snag less as a result.
As Flytackle said you must have a heavy load of epoxy on top of your fly. Otherwise the hook point will keep the fly fishing upright. A beadhead will not cause the fly to flip over. However, as Flytackle also noted if you tie the flies in the round you have no problem even if they do flip over.
Donald
I tie all my nymph's for my own use with bead chain eyes and ply materials accordingly...If I used beadheads...IE jigs id also expect them to fish with the hook point up. On a down eye hook,They almost always do.
Swaps are the only time I tie standard nymph's as this is what is expected...I assume anyway!?
Wish ya great fishing,Bill
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