How To Fly Fish With Nymphs ?
February 14th, 2010 | How To Fly Fish | 2 Comments »what is the rig for fly fishing with nymphs please be very descriptive
Well there are different methods for fishing with nymphs.
I fish the Great Lakes tribs for Steelhead and here’s my approach.
I know my home river like the back of my hand so I know how deep it is in most spots. I will use a strike indicator placed about 2 ft. deeper than the depth of the river. This is to account for the current trying to swing your nymph up toward the surface. Using size B or BB split shot often aids in keeping your fly down where the fish are. Of course, the faster the current, the deeper you must set your indicator. I try not to cover too large of a stretch of river at one time. I will set up next to a likely holding spot and work that 10 -15 yd. stretch, mending my line constantly to achieve a drag free drift. Once I’m relatively sure that there are no more fish in that particular stretch, I will set up a bit farther downstream or at the next likely spot. Any hesitation on the indicator and I will set the hook.
You can also bottom bounce them without the strike indicator. Again, using some split shot helps here too. You must feel the bite when using this method. Sometimes there is no mistaking the strike, while other times you will not feel anything at all, but the fly will stop drfting as if hung up on the bottom or something. Set the hook!! Some times it will be hung up on the bottom and sometimes you will hook your fish.
Another method of using a nymph is to use it in tandem with a Wooly Bugger or some other fly. By tandem I mean tying a 12-18" length of line to the bend of the upper fly ( wooly bugger) with the nymph tied to the other end. It is legal here in Ohio. Check your areas regulations to be sure.
There are many ways of nymphing such as Czech nymphing, High stick nymphing, Chuck and duck.. You might want to subscribe to a magazine like Fly Fisherman to learn the various methods of nymphing and many other styles of fly fishing as well. Hope I helped with your question.
Well there are different methods for fishing with nymphs.
I fish the Great Lakes tribs for Steelhead and here’s my approach.
I know my home river like the back of my hand so I know how deep it is in most spots. I will use a strike indicator placed about 2 ft. deeper than the depth of the river. This is to account for the current trying to swing your nymph up toward the surface. Using size B or BB split shot often aids in keeping your fly down where the fish are. Of course, the faster the current, the deeper you must set your indicator. I try not to cover too large of a stretch of river at one time. I will set up next to a likely holding spot and work that 10 -15 yd. stretch, mending my line constantly to achieve a drag free drift. Once I’m relatively sure that there are no more fish in that particular stretch, I will set up a bit farther downstream or at the next likely spot. Any hesitation on the indicator and I will set the hook.
You can also bottom bounce them without the strike indicator. Again, using some split shot helps here too. You must feel the bite when using this method. Sometimes there is no mistaking the strike, while other times you will not feel anything at all, but the fly will stop drfting as if hung up on the bottom or something. Set the hook!! Some times it will be hung up on the bottom and sometimes you will hook your fish.
Another method of using a nymph is to use it in tandem with a Wooly Bugger or some other fly. By tandem I mean tying a 12-18" length of line to the bend of the upper fly ( wooly bugger) with the nymph tied to the other end. It is legal here in Ohio. Check your areas regulations to be sure.
There are many ways of nymphing such as Czech nymphing, High stick nymphing, Chuck and duck.. You might want to subscribe to a magazine like Fly Fisherman to learn the various methods of nymphing and many other styles of fly fishing as well. Hope I helped with your question.
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Great answer Kevin! just thought i would add my 2 cents worth, with some links that might be of use. The problem with fly fishing is that it differs so much-what works in one area could fail in another-flies are the only part when local knowledge comes in-so take it into account.
Here are some tips that i find very useful to give to beginners when nymphing.
1. Don’t retrieve the fly- if you do ensure its very slowly and with a figure of eight.
2. Fluorocarbon-the best material in my eyes, to fish nymphs on, it sinks, which isn’t a problem, with nymphs-its also virtually invisible.
3. Use droppers- have a point fly on the end of your leader, such as a tungsten head pheasant tail nymph. It will pull the flies down quicker, attach another fly above this to your leader, using a dropper, tied on with a 4 turn water knot.
4. If your not catching, chances are your fishing too deep-or not deep enough- so change your point fly to say a gold bead head, which is lighter than tungsten, slowing it down.
5. A floating line is all you should ever need, if its windy a sink tip, should be used, which means that your flies dont get pulled around on the surface.
6. Dry flies and nymphs do go together- as mentioned by Kevin, flies can be fished in "tandem" or also known as "New Zealand Style"- however New Zealand styles, says that a very buoyant dry can be fished on the surface, witha un-weighted nymph tied to the hook shank, via a length of fluorocarbon, parachute dries with lots of floatant allow this to be done.
7. Finally dont get frustrated, if you find your droppers tangle, move to one fly- one fly fished well works a whole lot better than three flies all fished wrong.
http://www.hooked-on-flies.com/
http://www.virtualflybox.com/
Leader material- fluorocarbon works best as its stiff and prevents the flies from tangles
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0043719317701a&navCount=1&podId=0043719&parentId=cat600599&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&cmCat=MainCatcat20431-cat20439-cat600599&catalogCode=IK&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat600599&hasJS=true
Sink tip line
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20431-cat20437-cat601303&id=0036577319176a&navCount=5&podId=0036577&parentId=cat601303&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=IJ&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat601303&hasJS=true
Nymphs- carry a good selection of weighted and non weighted nymphs for all situations
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/index/index-display.jsp?id=cat20530&navAction=jump&navCount=1&cmCat=MainCatcat20431&parentType=category&parentId=cat20431
Information on droppers
http://www.randrflyfishing.com/2008/09/08/fly-fish-with-dropper-rigs-to-catch-more-trout/
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