Chris schooled me in the ways of nymph fishing and using a strike indicator. We rock-hopped our way upstream fishing promising pools as we went. When I caught up with Chris, he'd already caught half a dozen-the nymph zen master! We continued on, Chris encouraging me and letting me spook some choice pools, without chastising me - a saint. It was fun - crouching, crawling, casting from a kneeled position and hiding behind rocks. Even though I bought some nymphs at the Albemarle Angler, I was using my own beadhead pheasant tail nymph that I tied the day before.
Towards the end of the day, I had missed probably half a dozen fish, failed to set the hook on two deep pool beauties, and landed one. Here is a quick picture I took before returning her to the water unharmed.
It was a great day of learning and friendship. I'm a novice at winter trout fishing and at using nymphs, but Chris helped take some of the mystery out of it. Can't wait to go again!
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