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Article: Nymphs With A Spin Rod: TRY THIS FLYFISHING TECHNIQUE FOR SPRING TROUT.(East/How-To)
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- Outdoor Life
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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Byline: Brian Ruzzo
Mention trout fishing to any outdoorsman and immediately an image of a flyfisherman gracefully casting artificial flies midstream dominates his imagination. While spin-fishermen can, and do, take plenty of trout with in-line spinners and other hardware, combinations of feathers and fur wrapped neatly around tiny hooks are hard to beat. Nymphs, or subsurface patterns, are especially effective.
For decades many anglers and outdoor publications have proclaimed that trout feed below the surface 90 percent of the time. While scientific studies supporting this claim are hard to find, even skeptics will agree that trout spend a significant ...