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On Tuesday, a group of Orvis dealers met on the banks of the Battenkill, just upstream of the West Arlington covered bridge, to see a presentation on “dynamic nymphing” by George Daniel of TCO Fly Shop in Reading, Pennsylvania. For those of you unfamiliar with George, he won the gold medal in both the team and individual competitions at the 2009 US Fly-Fishing National Championships (just two of his 5 gold medals), and he has competed for Fly Fishing Team USA at the World Fly Fishing Championships four times. He is also the author of Dynamic Nymphing, published this year.
To many people, the rise of “Euro-nymphing”—of the Czech, French, and Spanish varieties—over the last decade seem faddish. George focuses less on the various traditions of nymphing and more on developing a system of rigging, technique, and tactics that helps him fish effectively in all kinds of water. His demonstration on the Battenkill explained why dynamic nymphing works better than both traditional “tight-line” nymphing and indicator nymphing because the dynamic system allows the angler to adapt quickly to changes in depth and current speed to maintain contact with the flies and detect subtle strikes. There was way too much detail to go into here, but if you get a chance to see a demonstration or have a look at George’s book, don’t miss it. He “accidentally” caught two brown trout during the demonstration, at midday in bright sunlight. I was impressed.
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