 Nymphing by
Gary A. Borger
An easy-to-use guide to identifying, tying, and fishing artificial
nymphs.
Nymphs - the underwater stages of the aquatic insects - comprise ninety
percent of the trout's diet. Knowing how to identify nymphs, tie
successful imitations, and fish them correctly are essential flyfishing
skills. NYMPHING presents a basic approach to all these techniques
in one comprehensive lesson, covering both the traditional and new theories
about fishing the underwater fly - new casts, finding lies, detecting
the strike, fishing depth, tackle, proper presentation and much more
valuable information, fully illustrated in Robert H. Pils' line drawings.
Drawing on his training as a biologist, author Gary Borger discusses
basic nymph fishing approach and presentation against a background of
trout physiology - what the fish sees and hears. He includes
a particularly valuable pictorial key to identifying nymphs based on
reliable, nonscientific characteristics that the beginner can use astream.
From there, the angler can follow Borger's clear, illustrated lessons
on "The Jumping Nymph," "The Secret of the Wooly Worm," "The Deadly
Dozen" patterns - and be prepared for some interesting responses from
the trout.
Presenting the fly correctly and detecting the strike are particularly
elusive skills and even the veteran flyfisher will find something new
in Gary Borger's bag of tricks, such as the "Strip/Tease" retrieve.
And for the really dedicated nymph fisherman, Gary has included a special
section on making custom nymphing lines. New insights into the
retrieve, nymphing the film, and finding fish in still water round out
this single-volume approach to using the underwater fly.
Many of the recent books on flyfishing have touched on basic nymphing
techniques, but none of them has put all the essential fishing skills
into perspective the way Gary Borger has. For the thousands of
flyfishers who are eager to match wits with the trout on their own streams,
NYMPHING is the place to start for increased angling success.
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