Polish Nymphing-No Joke

[Mike G]

So the title of the article caught my eye.

 

http://www.orvis.com/news/fly-fishing/nymphing-method-shocked-fly-fishing-world/?adv=352841&cm_mmc=linkshare-_-je6NUbpObpQ-_-1-_-352841

 

Would something like this work on bass?

[John Gillio]

Mike, thanks for sharing. I have only nymphed for smallies a few times. This system makes sense being most aquatic nymphs can swim in the current. Moving upstream in a current may be next to impossible, but moving downstream with the current and putting energy into a bit more speed makes perfect sense. Kind of like a bicyclist with the wind at his back. I would think it would look much more alive than just dead drifting.

[Tom L]

I've been doing this all along on the Fox, but with my Foxy, not with nymphs. The murky water of the Fox R and sometimes high water level allowed you to fish only short line. Many Brutus were taken this way.

[John Gillio]

I've been doing this all along on the Fox, but with my Foxy, not with nymphs. The murky water of the Fox R and sometimes high water level allowed you to fish only short line. Many Brutus were taken this way.

Hearing that from Tom , I would say the question has been answered. Yes, it works on smallmouth bass.