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Nymphing - Thoughts from Frank Sawyer:
 
"On South Country chalk streams, I think that by the use of the nymph in the daytime during the months of July and August you can reach the peak of the fascinating sport of trout fishing.  At this time it calls for the highest skill of both the wet and dry-fly fisherman, and to them the nymph fisher brings every wile at his command into the true art of deception.
 
I often read in old books of the great bags of trout taken by such anglers as the Rev. Durnford and Colonel Hawker when fishing the chalk streams with wet flies, but I feel sure that both these great fishermen, and many others of their time, would have enjoyed far more sport in catching less fish had they known of the art of trout fishing as practised to-day.
 In the spirit of Francis Francis:
 
  No murderous wand
  Would I command,
  That slaughters but for slaughtering’s sake
  But win by skill
  Enough to fill
  The wants that Nature’s self doth make.
 
To my mind, the great joy in trout fishing comes with the knowledge that you have deceived a trout into taking an imitation of the natural insect on which it happens to be feeding.  If the fisherman is a fly-tier there is added pleasure, for in the occupation of making an artificial, he will be filled with the anticipation of seeing his creation accepted by a trout in mistake for the insect he has been at such pains to copy.  In imagination he will be by the riverside, see the trout moving without suspicion towards the hook his nimble fingers have so artfully concealed, see the mouth of his fish open and close, and in advance get the thrill as, in his mind, he lifts the rod to drive home the hook."
 
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More from Frank Sawyer:

"An artificial nymph can be used with deadly effect throughout the trout season, but I think it is only during the months of July and August that it can give the fisherman the highest degree of sport, and the knowledge that he is accomplishing something beyond the powers of the ordinary wet or dry-fly enthusiast.  During these two months the water of our chalk streams is usually at its clearest.  There are days of sun blazing from cloudless skies, when not a breath of air disturbs the surface of the river; when it is possible for the angler to see every movement of a trout in the water, and, conversely, for the trout to see every movement of the angler, unless he uses the greatest caution in approach.  Truly these are the days when the utmost enjoyment of nymph fishing can be obtained, for trout already have had a severe hammering with the dry-fly and most of them have a good knowledge of the fisherman and wiles. 

At this time the wild trout of a river are really wild; the brilliant sunshine and unruffled, gin-clear water, gives them the opportunity to see every artifice the fisherman may present.  Though a few flies hatch daily from the river, the clear dry atmosphere allows them to change quickly from nymph to dun; they leave the water almost immediately, and seldom give trout the chance to rise and take them from the surface.  Yet trout are lying up in the water and are feeding; and a feeding trout can be caught if he is offered a good representation of the food he is taking.  It is quite obvious that he is not feeding on surface borne food, so it must be on something under water.

A very long experience has left me astonished at the failure of fishermen to take the trouble to learn what flies may be expected on the water throughout the fishing months.  Some do not even know that duns change into spinners, and cannot tell the difference between one and the other, even when held in the hand.  I have encountered anglers who do not know that most of the river flies spend most of their life under water and that fish take them in various stages of their existence."