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Fishing high water in the spring requires special skills, which may
include high-sticking with multiple nymphs.
Goat hair, available in patches or clumps, is an excellent absorbent
material spun and dubbed for a dense body.
that will not absorb water and will be rapidly pushed by
the current. Instead, the fly should dip and dive with lots of
inherent action with its material filaments waving all over
the place.
Do not expect trout to chase a streamer far in high water.
Instead, make presentations that put the fly at full profile in
all the little creases, divots, doorstops, and current seams.
In high water, trout will be hiding behind structure. Do not
make the fish come out-let the fish hit at home.
If you are tying nymphs, make the bodies with water
absorbing materials-materials that the water can be
squeezed out of when the flies are pulled from the stream.
Flies built like this will bounce and drag. Stoneflies and
burrowing nymphs using leech yarn, mohair, and raffia
work well. If the fly sinks like a dish cloth, it is probably
better for high water.
With nymphs in high water, use two or three flies on your
leader. A double or triple nymph rig gives the trout multiple
looks, adds weight to the leader without using excessive
splitshot and slows the presentation.
Multi-nymphs give you the ability to work a vertical
line-high sticking the flies through a wide space in the
water column. This is an excellent presentation for working
slowly through fast water.
Good fly choices are a size 8 to 10 stonefly, dragonfly or
hexagina nymph as the bottom or point fly, followed by a
size 12 or 14 beadhead Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear or Prince
Nymph in the middle, and the top fly is a size 16 or 18
beadhead Pheasant Tail Nymph.
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This triple set used to be called a "cast." It used classic wet
flies made with feather wings. If you can work classic flies
with a slow presentation, high-profile flies are effective in
high water. However, if you cannot drag the "cast," go with
the weighted, more modern flies.
During hatch times when the water is high, go where the
trout are rising and offer duplicates of what fish are taking.
However, in high water, trout will not often favor the faster
water for rising. So, look for fish in slow currents and be
aware that "foam is home."
Absorbent materials for nymphs include (clockwise from
the top left): leech yarn, swiss straw, beads, mohair, and
variegated mohair.
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