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  • The best way to fish these bass is by dead-drifting a size 6 or 8 nymph.

    Rivers of Bronze 2005

  • Watch the rise forms: If most of the trout are sipping quietly, they're probably concentrating on the dead-drifting flies; if they're slashing, they're going for the ones that are twitching.

    John Gierach's Deadly Dry Fly Tricks for Big Trout 2005

  • Before and after hatches in cold, clear-water conditions, explore by dead-drifting a streamer along banks, seams, and the edges of runs.

    Field and Stream Guide: 50 Ways to Catch Spring Trout 2004

  • And though dead-drifting a dry is no longer dogma in American flyfishing, it's an easy habit to get into.

    Skate, Skitter & Twitch 2002

  • Anglers were nymphing Green Weenies, Pheasant Tails, Hare's Ears and other basic patterns, or slowly swimming or dead-drifting streamers such as Slump Busters.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

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