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Article: Be a Nymph-Maniac.(fly fishing)(Brief Article)
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- Sports Afield
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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Essential in the high water of Spring
ALTHOUGH FOOLING TROUT with dry flies represents the pinnacle of fly fishing achievements for some new anglers (and some old ones), the person who knows how to use nymphs will catch many more trout day in and day out, year in and year out, than if he had confined himself to fishing on the surface, especially when waters are high and cold in the spring and hatches nonexistent or rare. There is no magic to this. Aquatic insects spend virtually all their lives under water. Their hatch is certainly the most dramatic part of their life cycle, but if a trout fed only on these mature insects, it would starve to death. Indeed, about ...
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