As some have assumed that I have a ready knowledge of fishing, I regularly get mail asking such questions as:
What is "fishing with nymphs"?
I will therefore address this burning question. There is typically a grevious misunderstanding about fishing with nymphs. First, as to the type of nymph. You should choose the nymph according to the type of fishing. Please peruse the following list:
Types of Nymphs and Major Nymph Names
Nymphs (pl. nymphai) are mythological nature spirits that appear as beautiful young women. They are divided into types:
Dryads (forests)
Naiads (springs and rivers)
Nereid (the Mediterranean)
Oceanids (the sea)
Oreads (mountains)
Limoniads (meadows)
Limniads (lakes, marshes and swamps)
Napaea (valleys)
Although long-lived many nymphs can die. Nymphs can cause metamorphoses and can change women into nymphs.
Assuming you are stream fishing, you will want a Naiad. These are readily available, but the shipping from Greece is outrageous; just don't use UPXS, they don't know the meaning of "Fragile".
Once you have your Naiad, you must train her in fishing. Her basic inclination will be to spin slowly in circles, make whooshing sounds, wave veils in the air, giggle flirtaciously, and dance on her tiptoes. None of this is useful in fishing -- except dancing on tiptoes in high water conditions. Buy her a baggy pair of waders, a torn red flannel shirt two sizes too large, and a felt hat with the brim crushed; this will serve to set the stage ("getting her in the spirit" is entirely unnecessary as she is already ethereal).
Once at the river, find a likely spot to fish, then send her into the current. Ask her to summon the deity of the stream and request of him a six pound brown trout eager to rise to a Leadwing Coachman Dry, #16, by the large rock thirty feet away in the shadows. In Greek this roughly translates:
Αποτελέσματα αναζήτησης για 'a six pound brown trout eager to rise to a Leadwing Coachman Dry, #16, by the large, rock thirty feet away in the shadows': Δεν βρέθηκαν λέξεις.
Well, that's all you really need to get you started. As to the particulars in ordering your nymph, you will find that the blondes fish better on bright days, brunettes are good for overcast days. Just remember -- "Bright, Light; Dark -- well, Dark."
©
Reed F. Curry 2006
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