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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 ...
Honestly, it wasn't that I didn't think the lure looked like a dragonfly, it was the idea that a dragonfly like this would be "flying" around underwater. | Photo by Kurt Mazurek After decades as an ...
The river’s waking up, pushing muddy color and rising. Fly anglers looking for alternatives to the less-than-perfect conditions or in need of safer locations for young anglers are appearing around ...
During early-season nymph fishing, small adjustments — ones designed to present flies in slightly different currents — can often translate into big results. The basics of nymph fishing call for a fly ...
The key to nymph fishing is getting the fly to drift in a natural manner close to the bottom, but not on the bottom. In "The Orvis Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing," Tom Rosenbauer writes, "Most of the ...
Spring keeps the weatherman busy. Anything and everything can appear in the forecast. But anglers looking ahead can see past the weather as they anticipate the big event soon to come. A stonefly ...
A recent day on the Gunnison River revealed a flurry of caddis flies filling the air and a puzzling lack of interest by the river's trout. "What's wrong with these trout?" asked Gale Doudy of Gunnison ...
The Fishlab Nature Series Nymph is a shockingly effective soft plastic bass bait. The difference between my impressions of the lure in its package vs. the lure in the water could not be farther apart.