12-31-2005, 10:01 PM
I picked up a DVD titled "The Naked Truth About Nymphs" put out by the Trout Guys and Mike Pawlawski. I tell you it has sure changed the way I nymph.
It sounds like you high stick it most of the time and they talk about that.
I also use tungsten bead flies or sink tip lines, but on the occassion that I do use split shot and indicator, I roll cast. There is a proper way to roll cast also. Differs between dry's and nymphs as you mentioned. You have to be a little quicker with the nymph to get it to the surface before you roll cast. Lift your rod straight up and let the line hang straight down even with or slightly behind your body then whip it forward with the tip pointing to the spot you want. You probably already know this, but I thought I was doing it right till two years ago when Eddie Robinson showed me how to do it with accuracy every time. This is also on that DVD.
There is always that factor of chuck & duck
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It sounds like you high stick it most of the time and they talk about that.
I also use tungsten bead flies or sink tip lines, but on the occassion that I do use split shot and indicator, I roll cast. There is a proper way to roll cast also. Differs between dry's and nymphs as you mentioned. You have to be a little quicker with the nymph to get it to the surface before you roll cast. Lift your rod straight up and let the line hang straight down even with or slightly behind your body then whip it forward with the tip pointing to the spot you want. You probably already know this, but I thought I was doing it right till two years ago when Eddie Robinson showed me how to do it with accuracy every time. This is also on that DVD.
There is always that factor of chuck & duck
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