12-22-2009, 07:17 PM
[quote metalheadhunter]so im kinda new to this kind of fishin. do you fish a nymph or a midge with a indicator or a corkie or can you just leave them alone.[/quote]
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Yes and no, on the indicator, your choice and water conditions.
If you want to bounce a nymph off the bottom, and indicator is great, but you can also High stick it.
Midge can be a nymph and emerger, or a dry. Generally they are a dry meaning Gnat or a Mosquito. But there is Midge Pupa which are WD40's and Zebra's...even serendipity.
I wish it could all be that simple to help you.
I like to fish a MIDGE dry or a Cripple with a dropper of 12" to 18" off it and a smaller WD40 or Zebra.
I will also use FROG FANNY as a flotant. It is a fine powder that puts a bubble so to speak around the fly. A must with flies tied out of CDC as you don't want to use paste on CDC.
I will brush a little on the nymph turning it into an emerger (sub surface) and that works well.
If nothing is rising, the put the split shot on and an indicator and adjust the hight of the indicator according to how fast the water is moving.
In fast current, you may want the indicator almost twice as high up the leader as the water is deep. Like if the water is 3' deep and it is moving very quickly, you want to set the indicator anywhere from 4 1/2' to 6'.
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I am going to shorten this allot:
Yes and no, on the indicator, your choice and water conditions.
If you want to bounce a nymph off the bottom, and indicator is great, but you can also High stick it.
Midge can be a nymph and emerger, or a dry. Generally they are a dry meaning Gnat or a Mosquito. But there is Midge Pupa which are WD40's and Zebra's...even serendipity.
I wish it could all be that simple to help you.
I like to fish a MIDGE dry or a Cripple with a dropper of 12" to 18" off it and a smaller WD40 or Zebra.
I will also use FROG FANNY as a flotant. It is a fine powder that puts a bubble so to speak around the fly. A must with flies tied out of CDC as you don't want to use paste on CDC.
I will brush a little on the nymph turning it into an emerger (sub surface) and that works well.
If nothing is rising, the put the split shot on and an indicator and adjust the hight of the indicator according to how fast the water is moving.
In fast current, you may want the indicator almost twice as high up the leader as the water is deep. Like if the water is 3' deep and it is moving very quickly, you want to set the indicator anywhere from 4 1/2' to 6'.
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