Nymph searching patterns
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I have a couple go to patterns, the Prince nymph, Phesant Tail and the Red Copper John. If I don’t see anything on the water I concentrate on getting them down on the bottom. I recently attended a presentation by Jack Dennis and a former world fly fishing champion named Vladi from Poland. They use some very heavy bead headed flies and no strike indicator and really work the water with a very through Polish Nymphing technique that is some what like high sticking without an indicator and pretty much little or no flyline on the water. The primary thing to remember is to make sure your flies are getting down and ticking the bottom and to move your rod just slightly faster than the current. The fly fishing is much more demanding in Europe than here in America so they have developed this nymphing technique to catch fish. If you have a chance to see or meet Vladi go he is a great guy. I hope Jack Dennis releases the video that they showed at the University of Wyoming showing Vladi fishing. They had some excellent underwater video of trout taking the nymphs as they were presented using the Polish Nymphing technique.
If you can catch 1 fish try a stomach pump and see what they are eating. B e careful not to injure the fish. I have a small Orvis stomach pump but I haven’t used it in a while.
Rivers are different all over the country, but in my experience in the Southeast, in any summertime month you are going to be fairly close to the natural with a #14 pheasant tail, hare’s ear, or red fox squirrel tail nymph.
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