Casting nymphs

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Dennis Breer ( I don't think I spelled his name right but I don't have the book with me at work to look at and I appologize to him) in his book on flyfishing the green makes a great suggestion for casting nymphs. He points out that a lot of false casting with a typical nymphing rig encourages tangling. He suggests several role casts downstream to get the line out then make what he calls a water haul from the surface of the water upstream then strip line as the fly, weight and indicator drift. If you fish to the side you can continue the drift downstream by "stacking"small casts of slack line untill the line is out again. You then have to pull the weight and fly back to the surfave before making another water haul. This is very similar to what ScottyP discribed. I have found that if you fish directly upstream like riverdog described and like I do frequently as well, you can make false casts/water haul casts back upstream to get your line back out. I just cast to the side of where I want to fish until I get the line back out allowing the line to settle on the water until I get the line out then place the last cast where I think the fish are. I have found that if you are nymphing near the bottom the very small splashes the line, fly, weight and indicator make on the surface do not spook the fish especially if you land them in the main current the surface of which is usually broken anyway until you make your cast to the seam. When I do make false casts in the air like has been mentioned I make wide loops. This minimizes tangling. Good luck.
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