How To Catch More Fish On Wet Flies And Nymphs Have you noticed how often fish take a wet fly or nymph as it swings at the end of a drift?
Or when you pick up for another cast? The most life‑like action an angler can give a nymph is to start it moving rapidly towards the surface. Such motion suggests an emerging insect and is almost a sure fife way to trigger a fish’s feeding instinct. Aquatic entomologists tell us the surface film is as hard for an insect to penetrate from below as above. They just strike it with considerable velocity to burst through. Fish also take on the retrieve. They may follow a sunken fly for sometime before deciding to see if it is good to eat. This is especially true in still water like ponds or pools. Actually anytime your nymph is submerged, it is working for you. That is one of the advantages of this kind of fishing. In most all of these situations the fly is taken going away. It is likely to be snatched from them when you try to set the hook. Fish don’t have hands so they use their lips like we would a thumb and finger to ascertain if something is edible. If it turns out not to be, it is eje
