Nymphing

[ness]

To be honest, if I am fishing 10 1/2 feet of water I would want more like a 20' leader. You don't want your flies directly below your indicator unless you are midging like 1' under an indicator.

haha, I don't know where we are now.

Yeah -- that's what I was getting at: deep water, more leader. Didn't think you'd scrunch your indicator right up to the fly line. Makes sense now. Now, 20-foot leaders, big stonefly nymphs and some weight: somebody's gonna get hurt.

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[ness]

Maybe this will help you out Ness. Tie 3-4' of 30lb mono to your fly line..The Thingamabobber goes there...then tie on 6'-8' of 12lb Flourocarbon, Tie on 12-18" of tippet and a fly. Crimp your split shot (or several) above the tippet knot...and add another fly if you choose. Its been a pretty good NFoW rig....3-4' of bobber depth adjustment on the butt section, and you can take the bobber off if you want to high stick,plus you wont destroy and expensive tapered leader....If I was sight fishing with nymphs on smooth water..I'd use a long tapered leader usually something in the 12'-16' range and no indicator...mabye a palsa, or half of one to help deal with glare on the water.

Thanks Gavin. Makes sense.

[Nick Williams]

Thanks for all the advice guys! Now if I could just get to the river on a consistent basis.....

[fishinwrench]

I can honestly say that I've never even tried to "nymph" 10 1/2 fow, but if I was to attempt it I'd be more likely to use the old Joe Humphrey mono-line method.

If you have a bobber on the surface and a fly at 9-10 feet below.....how many opposing current lines do you think you're leader is passing through? Those surface seams that you see don't go all the way to the bottom if it's 8-12 feet deep there.

The deep nymph/heavy weight/bobber rig obviously works though, and works well....or else we wouldn't even know WTH Brian Wise is

[Brian Wise]

The deep nymph/heavy weight/bobber rig obviously works though, and works well....or else we wouldn't even know WTH Brian Wise is

Oh SNAP!!

[Greasy B]

Now if I could just get to the river on a consistent basis.....

Yep, time on the water is the hard part. All the techniques and equipment in the world won't make up for time spent with a rod in your hand. good luck!

[Justin Spencer]

Yep, time on the water is the hard part. All the techniques and equipment in the world won't make up for time spent with a rod in your hand. good luck!

That's the truth, only time on the water teaches you exactly where those fish are. You can be off by a foot or two and get nothing. I have fished less in the last year and when I go out nymphing I don't do as good as I used to, and part of that is just forgetting exactly where the fish lay. You only figure that out by catching fish. Once you are rigged correctly, and weighted correctly (very important) all you have left is to find where the fish live, and learn to mend well. An indicator can teach you to mend, as it shows you exactly how your drift is going.

[Wayne SW/MO]

I think one of the hardest things for trout fishermen to learn is that trout don't lie in direct current, but as close as they can get. Even a small rock can give just enough break from the current for them to use as an ambush point. you have to fish the breaks, especially the small ones.

[Jack Jones]

I absolutely love this post. I'm still trying to learn this technique. I think Nick is from Oklahoma and it's a trip to get around here, but would anyone of the more experienced nymph anglers on this board be willing to maybe mentor and set up a sort of nymph teaching day down at Taneycomo? Maybe devote a few hours to impart your ancient wisdom onto us poor nubes?