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Posts: 115 02/09/2009 20:27	Tags : None Here's a tactic that was new for me, maybe old hat for some of you. We are at a deserted stream near the Shenandoah Mountains in Virginia, about 1 1/2 hours from the new financial capital of the world. At first, I thought that ice would be a serious constraint on fishing -- wrong! Hope this is not cheating. 1. Find a friendly pool that's iced over. 2. Cast your unweighted nymph, in this case a #20 pheasant tail, up stream, allowing it to sink so that the current quietly carries it under the ice. 3. Wait for a very faint strike, because that's all you'll get. Then catch fish after fish until you wonder whether you're just catching the same fish over and over.
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Posts: 98 02/09/2009 22:01	You were stomping on the ground before casting.........weren't you ! Those hatchery trout will get close enough for feeding time weather sleet, ice or snow
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Posts: 1206 02/09/2009 22:02	Is that an Edwards attached to the nice Uniqua?
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Posts: 116 02/09/2009 22:27	Soft Hackle -- Yes, that's a 8' Edwards from his Mt. Carmel period, thanks to a George Guba restoration. The reel's a 3 3/8" Uniqua with DT 4-weight Cortland line. Am I over-equipped for less-than-native fish? Saltydancindave -- Oh, and thanks for the reminder. Yes, the first step is to unleash your wading staff or find a sturdy tree branch and tap on the ice with a slow steady rhythm while showering the unfrozen area of the pool with size 20 fish pellets.
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Posts: 1201 02/10/2009 00:57	My usual method is to lose my footing on the bank, fall on my rear end and slide out onto the ice, creating such a huge shadow that the fish actually come OUT of hiding; my floundering arms and legs provide the "tap tap tap." When the ice (inevitably) gives way, my sinking (plummeting?) form terrifies the trout, who either jump out onto the ground, where I quickly seize and photograph them, or flee a mile downstream, from which spot they will have returned by the time I have retrieved my "equipment" and tied some flies back on my line. But seriously, it looks like a great setup. I found last week that casting weighted nymphs right to the edge of the ice, which protruded about five or six feet from the opposite bank, brought quick, powerful strikes and some nice big fish. (My flies were drifting away from, or out of, the ice, rather than under it.) Last Edited By: teter 02/10/2009 01:18. Edited 4 times.
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