Nymphs that don’t get gobbled eventually enter the emerger phase, during which time they swim or float to the surface and sprout wings. That killer dry-fly action that anglers crave happens ...

Zebra midges, mercury midges, miracle nymphs all in a size 18 or smaller produce during the winter months. Small nymphs are the norm for winter fly fishing. Anglers with a well stocked tailwater box ...

Setting Up Your Nymph Rig Successful nymphing starts with your setup. A two-fly nymph rig is often the way to go – it allows you to cover a wider range of the water column, and it adds variety ...

The trout-approved Rubber Legs fly. / Photo by Jasper Taback I like to fish dry flies. It’s not that I dislike nymph fishing, but there’s something truly special about watching a trout rise to ...

A basic nymph setup consists of a 7 ½’ to 9 foot long tapered leader, to which we add about 12-18″ inches of tippet onto the end of our leader. At the end of that piece of tippet is where we tie on ...

How to Tight Line Nymph If you’re tight-line nymphing on a small stream, you’ll usually want to work your way upstream, making short casts in front of you. After you’ve made your cast, lift ...

Competition fly-fishers spend a lot of time, money, and effort to win their medals. They need to catch trout, and they mostly do it by fishing nymphs on a tight line.

Vail Valley Anglers/Courtesy photo An angler with the ability to decipher the cold currents found in the upper Eagle River will achieve success utilizing smaller scale nymphs like size 18-20 zebra ...

As with indicator nymphing, I’ll typically fish a two-fly nymph rig. It’s particularly important to get your flies down quickly when tight line nymphing, so using a beadhead nymph as your ...