Freshdub

I went out for 2 hours around sundown last night and landed 2 browns in about 20mins once I found the right nymph. Bron's suggestion of just slightly tugging upwards in a few spots through the drift and mending more than im used to (thanks for the mending video, ive watched all of red's videos but missed that one somehow) seemed to be the recipe for success for a more "conventional" approach to nymphing than ive been doing. Just a single nymph below an indicator. I suspect that even though ive always kept my dryfly/indicator going drag free, my nymph below mustve been pulling in someway but never showed it up top. The pull up definitely made it get down to the bottom better. Im excited to get out once Im back from iceland and keep trying! Thanks for the help everyone, I take in every piece of advice

Thats some reassuring stuff, ill be going out today to find some riffles then! One last semi-unrelated question; what kind of river conditions are streamers most life-like? Im sure it makes a difference whether you are trying to imitate a leech or minnow, but for arguments sake lets say a minnow /small fish. Where do they naturally live in the river for me to imitate? Along banks, deep pools, shallow runs? Sometimes Ill toss one in and not be totally confident if im using it in the correct area of the river that a trout would be used to finding/eating them. And my catch rate/journal doesnt really lead me to any conclusions Thanks

Big time newbie here, just wondering how much success others have fishing the bow during the day (in waders from the bank) I usually only try the bow as the sun is going down, never had any bites on heavy streamers or nymphs during the day. Days like today where I've got nothing going on I'm tempted to head out in the afternoon. I believe the fish will be in deeper/faster holes to escape the heat, which can be challenging to find while fishing from the banks. Is it almost a wasted effort in the heat of midday or do some of you pull fish all day long? Any tips? Thanks

Ha. Dont be too impressed by the number. Only fully landed 1/7 and not any of em were of respectable size. After seeing size, was almost glad they freed themselves. Im VERY used to being skunked, I just enjoy getting out and relaxing

Hi all, just picked up fly fishing last season and have gone out tons since then. I really enjoy it, and has given me a new appreciation of living in calgary. But, I truly suck. Trying to take in as much advice from shops and online as I can but my results seem to be conflicting what ive picked up. I keep hearing that nymphs are the best way to catch trout around here, so I keep giving an honest effort to learn to effectively use em. However, ive never been able to catch anything with a true nymph and indicator setup deaddrifting. All of my hooks on a nymph come while ive dropped them from either a hopper, big stimulator or below a wooly bugger/leech (streamers have become my favorite way). Just this weekend I hooked 7 trout on the highwood, all on my nymph, while I was doing something NOT correct. They would hit while my line was totally downstream and had already risen to the surface and i was looking upstream for my next target, I had 2 hooks while I walked upstream not paying attention with my line dragging in the river beside me and then another 2 while I was stripping in my bugger. I keep being told the key to consistent nymphing is a drag-free deaddrift, yet I only seem to get bites when im doing something that goes against all conventional wisdom. Whats your guys opinion on stripping/swinging nymphs? have I just been ludicrously lucky and should continue trying to do the typical indicator deaddrift (that ive had no luck on in 50+ days trying) or is it ok to embrace what seems to be working somewhat even if it "shouldnt" be working? Thanks!