I love Nymphs!!!

[Discman]

[#000080]I have a new found love of nymphs! Since I started fly fishing, about a year ago, I have only caught 2 trout on nymphs, and both tiny. Today my wife and I drove out to Friant (just outside of Fresno) on the San Joaquin river, just below Milerton lake. I was using some Elk Hair and King's River Caddis with no luck. After about an hour of nothing I decided to try out some Prince Nymphs and Pheasant Tails, both beadheads. The Prince Nymphs kicked butt!!! I was using a small indicator with floating line, leaving about 7' of leader and tippet below the indicator. The fishing was on fire. This place is not the hot spot for lunkers but is stocked weekly with 8"-10" 'bows throughout the year. I wasn't expecting anything at first... until my third cast I saw something I thought I'd never see... a short jerk on my indicator. I lifted the tip of my rod gently, expecting it to be a snag on the bottom. It wasn't, I felt that telltale wiggle of a hooked trout. There were two other people fishing around me who weren't catching anything. They looked at me with surprise when I landed a nice little 10" rainbow. I let it go and continued to fish. Not two minutes later, another fish. This one was a little smaller, but still fun. I continued to catch and let go three more within the next 30 min. Meanwhile the guys next me are getting skunked and pissed (don't you love it when you beat out the Power bait sit and wait guys?). I headed down stream to a promising looking spot and, nothing. I hate the "grass is greener" feeling. Anyways, I headed back and hooked another, this time right as I was lifting up to cast again. This one was nice, a lot bigger than the others. I got greedy though and didn't play it out like I should have. My tippet gave way and snapped. That was it, had to head back, my wife was getting bored and was ready to go an hour before. Bottom line, I will be spending more on nymphs from now on instead of just dry flies.
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Just thought I'd post share this experience.
Kyle []
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