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Interesting Nymphing Article

Another article I bumped into this morning (too much reading, too little fishing).

It has instructions and a video on tying the The Czech Nymph.

Czech nymphing is a style of fishing that originated in central and eastern Europe. It was first introduced to western anglers through the cross pollination that is a natural by-product of competition. The 1984 international fly fishing competition in Poland exposed the Czech competitors to the method, which is one of fishing at short distances. It’s said that most of the Polish competitors were forced to fish short, because they had no fishing lines at disposal and had to substitute them with thick nylon monofilament.

I’ll be adding a few of these for my box for summer trout and small mouth.

Oatka: How do YOU say it?

Based on this post over at the Sander’s Fishing Guide website, I felt it necessary to comment.

I’m a native Buffalonian, but I’ve been living in Scottsville, NY for about 6 years now. One of the posters in the forum linked above made mention of the “nasaly” Rochester accent. Having lived both places, I guess I don’t find it as distinct as he does.

I have noticed though that many of the Scottsville locals do call it oh-AT-ka, as opposed to oh-OTT-ka as I’ve always called it.

And I believe that generally, oh-OTT-ka is the correct pronunciation. There was mention in the forum as well of the native Iroquois pronunciation, which stresses the first OH, and concludes OH-ott-Ka.

So the importnat takeaway is that it’s OTT, not AT, in the middle, and then the rest becomes a matter of inflection.

Either way, it’s got some nice trout in it.

Tags: lore, oatka

Stocked Trout Behavior

Bumped into this post on stocked trout behavior over at a blog run by Jim Guida.

An interesting quote:

That is to say, hatchery fish behave differently than natural fish, in the wild (I’ll use the NOAA Fisheries terms for birth type: “wild” is born in the wild, “hatchery” is born in the hatchery, and “natural” is born in the wild of wild parents–hatchery ancestry is possible for all classes). Hatchery fish tend to school more, “hang out” higher in the water column, exert more energy pursuing food, and exert more energy while holding.

Considering the numbers of stocked trout most of us in this area fish for, it’s an important read. I know I’ll be considering this when I fish Oatka.

I haven’t met Jim, but it appears that he is a Gander Mountain pro (presumably in Buffalo).

Tags: stocked, trout