If I had to choose one nymph only to fish a freestone alpine river, this would be my number 1. In size from 16 to 10.
A fly fishing only reservoir with decent stocked fish and good water quality, but catching ain't always easy.
Plenty of life underneath the stones. Remarkable the presence of lot of mayflies, with Ecdyonurus torrentis being predominant in the fast flowing parts.
Either drifted motionless or skated on the surface this fly has it all, perfect shape, softness and buoyancy.
Big chub on a dry-fly, during summer an opportunity to pay a visit to the river around the corner.
We walked for hours through the low moutains of Finnmark to reach the higher part of the river, home of the wild brown trout and mysterious large shadows.
With the mind free from possible hatches or nymph techniques, in winter we can dust off our large streamer boxes and try to lure hungry predators
How to make a durable, reliable, customized wire trace for the toothy fish. The stress imposed by casting with a fly rod is fatal for the average consumer wire traces.
Targeting at big barbel, it is not just a relativism for philsophers of extreme fly fishing
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