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Fished around the Job Corps area. Arrived about 12:30. Landed one fish within two hours. The past week has been horrible for this place. One day there is no flow at all while the next day its a raging stream of mud. It was semi clear today allowing me to catch more than just moss. About an hour into the trip the flood gates opened up and down came the muddy moss from higher.

I was trying out a different rig. I was taught the bounce rig so thats what I have used for the past year.

This time I just tied a BH prince nymph on the main line with a serendipity on a dropper loop. This thing seems to get hung up on the bottom more often. Especially when splits are added above the flies.

This rig didn't seem to promising for me. I usually use an indicator as well. I think the indicator twitched a lot more due to the weight constantly hitting the bottom before the flies do.

Anyway, I have burnt out the roll cast and wanted to try a different setup that doesn't tangle as easy, fast to setup, easy to change flies. The bounce rig has become too time consuming in my opinion.

Thoughts?

Good luck!!
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If you're tired of the limitations of fishing a rig just go with the single beadhead prince nymph. Faster, easier and more accurate casting. Presentation is almost always more natural than a 2 fly setup. IMHO the Weber just isn't big enough to make a 2 fly rig worth the trouble. I had my fastest 2 and and half hours fishing Sunday ever fishing this way. Since I was out of size 10 tungsted bh prince nymphs I used a size 12 until I lost 2 flies and finished up using a size 8 lead bh stonefly nymph.
A larger tungsted bh fly is pretty easy to keep along the bottom in the strike zone without adding split. In rapid water a lead bh alone won't be as effective until you get really big such as the size 8 stonefly I used.
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Riverdog,

Thanks for the quick tip. I'll try your method a go and tie up a few bigguns. Honestly, I have never fished with that big of a fly. Sounds like it would do the job.

I am getting bored with staying in any particular spot for an extended period of time trying to get lucky.

When I used to spinner fish I would bounce around a lot. Getting two to five perfect casts and then moving to the next hole. I guess thats what I am after with a fly rod. Looking for a few perfect casts at each hole that I think fish are in. If nothing pops then I move. This method was most productive for me spinner fishing. This is probably the reason I had thought spinner fishing produced more fish. I covered large amounts of ground fairly fast.

Time to try new methods.

Thanks
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That's exactly how I cover ground fishing a nymph. I covered a good mile on Sunday and if I have 3 or 4 hours I'll cover 2 miles frequently. Just isn't enough accessible water on the Weber to do that. One of the reasons I find it hard to fish it outside of winter the last few years.
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