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The dragonfly nymph pattern looks very similar to
the stone fly nymph and are used in fast moving water with
good success herein Chile and Argentina. As the nymphs move
around, especially in faster currents, they sometimes get
swept down river and become a quick meal for the brown and
rainbow trout.
We
use this fly and others like it in sizes 6-10 in green,
black, brown, dark yellows with brown and in various shades
of these colors. Some dragonfly nymphs with black rubber
legs work very well. Generally, you would fish this fly
with a full sinking line and work it down in the bottom
in fast water.
Nymph
Fly Fishing the Fast Currents
In
the big rivers of the Patagonia Andes Mountains, the bottom
of the fast rivers sometimes have big rocks or boulders
covered with moss. The trout hold behind these rocks and
work around them looking for the nymphs. The currents rush
over these rocks causing a lot of oxygenation creating a
ecosystem ideal for the dragonfly nymphs to multiply. There
is generally a lot of food in this type of water, but it
is very difficult to fish because of the fast current. The
current does not let your line get down and so it is going
over the heads of the fish while he is looking down among
the rocks for food. A fast full sinking line can do the
job at times and if it does not, you will just have to find
some slower water to fish.
I
have fished fast water with little success thinking that
trout would not hold in there, only to come back with the
river level down to a slower current and to my surprise
some real monster trout, fat and strong. They were full
of nymphs.
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