Dynamic Nymphing: Tactics, Techniques, and Flies from Around the World Author: Visit Amazon's George Daniel Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0811707415 | Format: PDF
Dynamic Nymphing: Tactics, Techniques, and Flies from Around the World Description
About the Author
George Daniel is assistant manager at TCO Fly Shop, in State College, PA. He travels the country conducting fly-fishing clinics for various groups and organizations. He was on the US Fly Fishing Team from 2006 to 2010, placing fifth at the 2006 world championship and was also the U.S. Youth Fly Fishing Team coach in 2008 and 2009. He lives near Lamar, Pennsylvania.
- Hardcover: 248 pages
- Publisher: Stackpole Books; 1 edition (December 8, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0811707415
- ISBN-13: 978-0811707411
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
A definitive work on "european" style nymph fishing techniques. In contrast to the more familiar and imitative patterns commonly tied and used by most nymph fishermen in the US,the flies are virtually ALL bead heads;often with additional weight. They are designed to plummet to the bottom where they are fished like artificial bait, bumped along the bottom and fished below the rod tip for the most part. Overall the book is narrow in scope but that is by intention and the author does an excellent job advocating and explaining his preferred method.
The technique is similar to the "outrigger" high rod technique developed by Chuck Fothergill on the Roaring Fork near Aspen, Colorado. Fothergill used multiple weights (wrap- around lead spaced along the leader)whereas the fly or flies are weighted in the European (Czech,Polish,French,and UK )techniques. Unfortunately,the author fails to even mention Fothergill,s name or to give him any credit for a similar approach, -one as equally innovative in it's day- as the so-called "Czech" technique presently the rage.Charles Brooks also used a similar
method fishing in heavily weighted stonefly nymphs on the big waters in Montana. Again,no mention or credit to Brooks for his contribution to nymph fishing techniques.I could not find either man's name in the index.
There is a lot of reference made to angling competition amongst teams from the US and other countries,a practice with which I have a philosophical problem. I do not think that formal competitions are appropriate in fly fishing nor are they good for the sport but that is just my view. Others may feel differently of course.
I found a lot of good and useful information in the book,even though I do not buy
into the whole package advocated by the author.
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