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Hey all this is my first post, hopefully this is the right subform. I'm and avid fly angler and call the Yakima river my home base for fishing. I have probably fished right beside some of this board's members. Over the past few months I have been hitting it hard on the river every weekend trying to perfect my game. With Streamers and Drys i'm doing alright but I cannot seem to get much action on Nymph rigs. I'm looking for a few tips or maybe tricks of the trade for larger river nymphing. I definitely don't want to be spoon fed information just trying to figure out what i'm missing.
I usually do as follows:
5x 9 foot tapered leader to a top fly and 6x down to lower fly. (Flies are usually recommendations from fly shops) I use a standard long line nymphing technique with an indicator. I keep smaller uniform casts and make sure that the line is mended properly every time. I have been focused on riffles and gentle whitewater recently, fishing up stream.
Only thing I don't do is apply weight to the rig. I'm curious if getting it down lower might help out? I was using two bead head nymphs yesterday and thought that might be enough weight but wasn't hooking into rocks or fish. I seem to only be catching small trout in the shallows with my nymphing right now and when I get it out into waste deep water absolutely nothing.
Obviously a guided trip would help out but I'm on a budget! Any small tips you guys have on nymphing the yakima or techniques in general would be awesome.
Thanks,
Kenny
I usually do as follows:
5x 9 foot tapered leader to a top fly and 6x down to lower fly. (Flies are usually recommendations from fly shops) I use a standard long line nymphing technique with an indicator. I keep smaller uniform casts and make sure that the line is mended properly every time. I have been focused on riffles and gentle whitewater recently, fishing up stream.
Only thing I don't do is apply weight to the rig. I'm curious if getting it down lower might help out? I was using two bead head nymphs yesterday and thought that might be enough weight but wasn't hooking into rocks or fish. I seem to only be catching small trout in the shallows with my nymphing right now and when I get it out into waste deep water absolutely nothing.
Obviously a guided trip would help out but I'm on a budget! Any small tips you guys have on nymphing the yakima or techniques in general would be awesome.
Thanks,
Kenny