Dead Drift Method : For Boat AnglersWritten by Brett Fogle
If you have a fishing boat, dead drift method allows you to cover a huge patch of water in a hurry – and very effectively also. The nice thing about a boat, of course, is that you are floating in water – generally at same speed of current provided wind isn’t blowing you around too much.For this reason, it is possible for anglers to use a dead drift method to cover huge segments of water with just one cast. To do this, you have several options, depending on types of water you are fishing. One way is to cast your nymph directly DOWNSTREAM of your fishing boat, paying attention to current seams (you want your nymph to land in same current seam that you’re boat is in, so that drift speed of nymph will more or less match your boats drift speed). As nymph speed and float speed of your boat should fairly closely match, little line mending or retrieval will be needed. Instead, just let nymph helplessly float down river, paying close attention to strike indicator. This method also works just as well by casting your fly downstream and a BIT across from where your boat is. You don’t want to cast TOO far across river, as your fly may end up in a different current than what your boat is in (leading to frequent drag by nymph). However, if current speed is same, you can let nymph helplessly float along various current seams in river for great distances (current seams are excellent habitat for large, finicky trout).
| | Gear Needed for Fishing with NymphsWritten by Brett Fogle
Now that we’ve covered what nymph fly fishing is all about, let’s next take a look at what sort of fly fishing gear you're going to need to do it. While nymph fly fishing uses pretty much same gear you use when dry fly fishing, there is a few small items that any successfully nymph fisherman will want to have. These items are strike indicators, some small weights, and a good pair of fly fishing sunglasses.Strike Indicators for Nymph Fishing First, you will need some strike indicators. Strike indicators are generally bright orange, ungodly looking things that get put on your leader well above fly or on fly line itself, at junction of fly line and leader. These strike indicators are what you look at when nymph fishing – not fly itself. With practice and patience, you’ll eventually be able to tell when “unnatural” movements occur in strike indicator – which most likely indicates that a fish just took your nymph fly imitation. Exactly where to put strike indicator is a matter of some debate, but ultimately boils down to what you are fly fishing for and where you are doing it. Wary Brown Trout in heavily fished waters, like Missouri River, are not likely to be real wild about seeing a bright orange object just a few feet above fly. On other hand, more gullible trout or trout that receive less fly fishing pressure could probably care less about it. In short, use your judgment, erring on side of caution (placing strike indicator as far away from fly as possible, for your abilities).
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