Fishing action and hooking

When you see the trout or the grayling you want to fish, do not fix your eye on the nymph as is the case with the dry fly, but look to the trout. Perfect knowledge of its feeding behaviour is often the key to success. You are never wasting your time by simply observing it ten minutes before going into action. On the contrary, such an analyses can help us determine the feeding main river current, the insects the trout feeds on and the way it catches them, from what side, at what depth… Once you go into action, continue to observe the fish carefully.

Fishing action which actually takes place when the nymph comes close to the fish, serves to attract its attention. It is necessary to imitate the behaviour of a nymph which swims faster or slower.
At what moment do you need to hook? There is another difficutly in nymph fishing. Rare swimming action or hits reveal the bite. Many times this is only a barely noticeable fish movement, one lifting or lowing down, mouth which are opening and showing the white inside… In any case, you need to immedeately go into the counteraction.