Nymphing "Fine Tuning"


I have heard some pretty good reports despite the higher water recently. I decided to Euro Nymph in the higher flows because I figure that I can get much closer to the fish, especially given the added velocity of the water releases. So I rigged up my coiled monofilament indicator and gave it a go. I used a larger cranefly larva for my anchor fly and a small bead head nymph for the dropper. I was surprised at the results. I only was able to fish for four hours, but during that time many nice fish were netted.

I also played around with tippet sizes, and I noticed that 6X got me many more takes than 5X. Was this due to the flourocarbon being invisible to the fish, or the thinner diameter leader being more supple and allowing my flies to drift more naturally, or a third possibility of the leader allowing me to get my flies into the zone that the fish were feeding in? I suspect that the answer in this case would be D, or all of the above.

The fish were in some surprisingly shallow water lies. I figured that the prime holding water would be best, given the fact that the fish would have more water flowing overhead, thus giving them more cover overhead.
There was also a short burst of caddisfly activity where it might have been beneficial to switch from Euro Nymphing to wets or soft hackles, but I was too lazy! I was wrong again this week! The good part is that I figured the pattern out and stuck it to them pretty good!

The fly fishing on consecutive days streak is 12 and counting!


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