Sage Advice SaturdayPosted by admin on November 7th, 2009
Increasing Your Hook Ups In Still Water Nymphing Situations
Five Tips:
- The right bug choice (ha) surprised you didn’t know that.
- Make sure your leader, and your fly line doesn’t have memory IE. coils kinks etc… a fish can eat and spit a nymph or streamer without you feeling it because of the gap in the coil or the slack in the line. One way to eliminate coils, or memory is by simply stretching your leader, and your fly line.
- Make sure if you are retrieving your fly that you keep your rod tip very low , or even 6 inches in the water to make sure you don’t have slack in the line. Just holding the tip of your rod 2 feet out of the water during a retrieval creates slack between you and your fish.
- Depth. Make sure and figure out the plane that the fish are lying in. and stay in that plane as long as possible. If the fish are striking on a fast aggressive retrieval you may need a fairly fast sinking line, if the fish are striking a slow steady retrieve at the same depth you may need to switch to a intermediate to slow sinking line to keep the fly in the same plane. So come prepared with a couple of rods with different lines, or some extra reels or spools to give you line options for depth. for cruising fish you may need a dry line with an indicator, or a hopper to keep the fly in a certain plane and hope for movement. Not my preferred way but can be highly effective.
- Location. If you have tried all depths, all retrievals styles, speeds, lines, bugs, etc., and no luck. Move! you need to fish where fish are. Don’t always assume they are in the same place every time. Explore structure, springs, weed beds, water temps, bug life, etc and have lots of patience.
Follow these tips and you will have more hook ups in Still Water Nymphing Situations!!!
Royce Klingler
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