Hook Size: 16/18
down under and between the small rocks on the bottom. The way we have
found them is to simply rake up a inch deep section of bottom sand and gravel
and put it in a white pan. Using a process kind of like panning gold, we discover
them.
I am not sure how many of the nymphs are eaten by trout. I do know they are
very plentiful in the small, high elevation streams and my guess is the trout eat
a lot of them. You will also find them everywhere there is fast water. They hatch
in the riffles but I have seen them coming off at the tail ends of pools and the
heads of pools where the water flows into the pools from riffles or runs.
Nymph Presentation:
We fish the nymph without an indicator by placing weight about six inches above
the fly. The idea is to keep it on the bottom. I usually fish in an up and across
manner and allow the fly to swing around in the current to the down and across
position.
You may try a strike indicator if you feel uncomfortable fishing by watching your
line and leader. I just use the end of the fly line as a strike indicator and watch
for it to stop, jump or act unnatural with the current.
