Nymph Fishing for Trout

Some times of the year nymphs are the only flies that will reliably catch mountain trout. Other time, the nymphs may still be the most productive fly. Popular nymphs are a personal choice and too numerous to mention here. Also, the most productive nymph will change during the year. Check out some of the Eastern and Western hatch charts to help make a selection.

Nymph fishing does involve technique and strategy to be most productive. The articles and books below are good to get you started and may benefit the most accomplished wet fisherman. Enjoy nymph fishing.

If you find yourself on the water with no identifiable hatch you can use a prospecting fly to help your narrow down. A prospecting fly is usually larger, often brighter, than the hatching fly to help trout notice and recognize a fly as food. Fishing multiple flies on a dropper rig may also improve your odds. When there is no apparent hatch it may be an excellent time to get out the terrestrials. The fly assortments below may help you put together a robust fly collection or it may be time to start tying your own trout flies.

Rainy flies are very productive, high quality flies. Rainy is world known as an innovator in the fly tying art. Well worth the money for their productivity. Many anglers and tiers keep these flys as a reference. Good flies.
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Several of the following articles are excellent on trout fishing with nymphs:

• A good article on Nymph Fly Fishing by Gary Borger, Fly Fishing Editor. His articles are usually very, very good.
• Mustad -- Czech Nymph Fishing Technique
• Nymph Techniques for Small Streams
• Series of nymph articles -- Beginner to advanced
• FlyFishingOnline -- The ten best nymphs "for beginners". This article offers some sound advice.
• TroutNut -- Some good pictures on actual emerging insects that must be simulated with a nymph fly
• Alpine Anglers -- Fishing Nymphs
• Fishing Tips on Nymph-ing off the Mustad hook info page
• THE MIGHTY NYMPH, by Morgan Leigh Smith
• The English site "Wet Fly Fishing" has some good info
• Another good nymph article is the Fly Fishing Gear article "Nymph Fishing Technique"
• Fly Fishing NC has a very good resource for nymph patterns for NC fly fishing plus a good hatch chart real pictures of the insects. Also, they have a good dry fly page.
• Tying nymphs is one of the easier fly fishing tasks although less glamorous than dry flies. Visit "Tying patterns" to get started.
• See GORP for "Fishing multiple flies". This is a good article on fly fishing knots for droppers and attractors.
• The books below: