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Fishing the Perfect Fly Brown Drake Mayfly Nymph Imitation:
Nymph:
When it is time for a hatch, the nymphs will come out of their burrows and accent to the
surface hanging just below the surface skim. There they shed their nymphal shuck and
float in the surface skim. It doesn't take them long to dry their wings and they usually drift
only a short distance before flying away. As I said, the hatches usually start occurring just
before darkness approaches and continues into the early part of the night. The hatch
normally last for just a few days and then moves upstream to cooler water but this
depends on the particular stream.
Presentation:
When fishing the Perfect Fly brown drake nymph imitation just prior to a hatch, you
should try to imitate the erratic actions of the nymphs. You should weight the tippet down
just above the fly a few inches and then slowly strip the line in small short darts across
the stream bottom. At times other than just before a hatch starts you may find fishing the
nymph is not all that productive. It can be provided you fish during the evenings. It can
produce some large trout, especially large brown trout. Just don't expect fast action. You
probably want catch a lot of trout using this approach. If you fish the nymph just prior to a
hatch, it can be very productive. The trout probably eat as far more emerging nymphs as
they do duns and spinners combined.
Nymph:
When it is time for a hatch, the nymphs will come out of their burrows and accent to the
surface hanging just below the surface skim. There they shed their nymphal shuck and
float in the surface skim. It doesn't take them long to dry their wings and they usually drift
only a short distance before flying away. As I said, the hatches usually start occurring just
before darkness approaches and continues into the early part of the night. The hatch
normally last for just a few days and then moves upstream to cooler water but this
depends on the particular stream.
Presentation:
When fishing the Perfect Fly brown drake nymph imitation just prior to a hatch, you
should try to imitate the erratic actions of the nymphs. You should weight the tippet down
just above the fly a few inches and then slowly strip the line in small short darts across
the stream bottom. At times other than just before a hatch starts you may find fishing the
nymph is not all that productive. It can be provided you fish during the evenings. It can
produce some large trout, especially large brown trout. Just don't expect fast action. You
probably want catch a lot of trout using this approach. If you fish the nymph just prior to a
hatch, it can be very productive. The trout probably eat as far more emerging nymphs as
they do duns and spinners combined.
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