I use nymphs for BG (bream) most of the time. The way I do it is to use some form of strike indicator. If I am using a PT or other slow sinking nymph I make the cast, take out the slack in the leader and then just let it sink. If I see any sideways movement I raise the rod tip. What I have noticed is that they don't "hit" the nymph, they just come up to them and inhale and then back away with it. I get most in the upper mouth with a few inhaled deeper. Kind of hard to prevent that.

For bead heads I fish them sort of like a very very small jig. I let them sink to the bottom and then do small lift and strip retrieves. The BG usually hit these on the fall and just about the time you do the lift for the next strip you feel the strike (if you can call it that)so they tend to get hooked in the lip.

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Michael (Wooly) Woolum
State Certified Hunter Education Instructor
Hickory, MS