01-09-2008, 06:02 PM
Stillwater nymphing is AWESOME. You will need sinking line (I would say personally a TYPE II and a fast sink like a TYPE VII or better yet Depth Charge) but you can catch a bunch of fish nymphing with floating line.
You will kinda have to know how deep the water is and make a leader (regular mono or flourocarbon on a 6lb is a good start) No need for tapered leaders here.
I have used up to 30' of leader and a BREAK AWAY indicator. Tie one nymph on the bottom and if you want to get down fast, put one BB size split shot up about 6" from that fly, then put a tag and another fly about three feet up. Drop it down so you are about a foot off the bottom and watch that indicator. I have caught a lot of my bigger fish doing that.
As far as the sinking lines, they are nice to find the fish if you do not have sonar. Again I do not use tapered leaders, just Flouro about 4' to 6' long. I also do a "Y" connection and will put a woolly or larger fly on the longer tag and a nymp on the shorter to give the effect it is food being chased.
But, my flies are not weighted, I let the line put me in the zone instead of dragging the bottom with the fly. Also I am a firm believer that BIGGER is not always BETTER in flies. I have caught more big fish on #12 and smaller, but I do feel the big fly can be a good attractor.
I am not saying I haven't caught fish on big flies, just MORE on little.
Even the Carp I caught at UTAH LAKE were on TYPE II line with a Bead head Prince and a Haresear #12.
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You will kinda have to know how deep the water is and make a leader (regular mono or flourocarbon on a 6lb is a good start) No need for tapered leaders here.
I have used up to 30' of leader and a BREAK AWAY indicator. Tie one nymph on the bottom and if you want to get down fast, put one BB size split shot up about 6" from that fly, then put a tag and another fly about three feet up. Drop it down so you are about a foot off the bottom and watch that indicator. I have caught a lot of my bigger fish doing that.
As far as the sinking lines, they are nice to find the fish if you do not have sonar. Again I do not use tapered leaders, just Flouro about 4' to 6' long. I also do a "Y" connection and will put a woolly or larger fly on the longer tag and a nymp on the shorter to give the effect it is food being chased.
But, my flies are not weighted, I let the line put me in the zone instead of dragging the bottom with the fly. Also I am a firm believer that BIGGER is not always BETTER in flies. I have caught more big fish on #12 and smaller, but I do feel the big fly can be a good attractor.
I am not saying I haven't caught fish on big flies, just MORE on little.
Even the Carp I caught at UTAH LAKE were on TYPE II line with a Bead head Prince and a Haresear #12.
FG
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