Nymph fishing is undoubtedly the most effective method for catching trout. Unfortunately, the way that most people do it isn’t terribly entertaining. In my experience, you can only watch a strike ...

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 to your patterns. I’ll typically ...

Should you get into Euro nymphing? Well, consider this: If you’re interested in fast cars, your experts are NASCAR and Formula 1. If you’re into basketball, perhaps your role models are the NBA. And ...

You need to add split shot or some other type of weight to the leader to get the fly down. If you aren't getting hung upon the bottom once in a while, you aren't fishing deep enough. Remember, the ...

For the past 30-plus years I have been nymph fishing in the same manner: using a strike indicator, placing my split shot above the nymph(s) and tying the nymphs in line.

I’ll admit it – fly fishing with nymphs isn’t my favorite thing in the world. I prefer to watch a dry fly float downstream than an indicator, and subsurface eats don’t quite do it for me like dry fly ...