HOW TO FISH THE NYMPH 



The New Art of Nymph Fishing on the Bottom for Trout 



Trout anglers will doubtless be pleased to learn of the 

 latest up to the minute details of this new method as prac- 

 tised by British anglers on their chalk streams. I have just 

 learned from Mr. Sherrington, angling editor of the famous 

 London Field, some facts concerning the new art of nymph 

 fishing a combination of dry and wet fishing that reaches 

 up to the highest form in the angler's art which I shall 

 briefly describe what little is known, as yet. 



While our own outdoor magazines continue to beat the 

 big drum about worms, plugs, bugs and hogskin, with pic- 

 tures of trout and bass to prove their efficiency, they and 

 their readers still remain utterly in the dark concerning the 

 rapid strides now being made in the higher art of fly 

 fishing. 



It must first be understood that British chalk streams 

 are situated in the south of England, running between rich, 

 fertile chalk hills that filter the water clear as crystal. These 

 meadow streams are deep, slow moving, inducing a thick 

 abundant growth of aquatic plants and weeds, which pro- 

 vide a vast amount of trout food. The most famous streams 

 are the Itchen, Test and Avon, all in the county of Hamp- 

 shire, where most of the British expert trout anglers prac- 

 tise dry fly fishing. 



American and Canadian trout streams are entirely differ- 

 ent in character, being almost invariably rapid, usually shal- 

 low, to run over stony or sandy beds, without aquatic 

 growth. For that reason my own practice in nymph fishing 

 for trout must of necessity be modified to meet American 



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