The best way to adapt your all-purpose fly rig for Euro nymphing is by adding a long, specialized leader to your fly line. Euro nymphing is more about technique than specific flies. It will work ...

Get rid of the strike indicator and enjoy nymph fishing. Tight line nymphing is an underrated, very effective fly fishing ...

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 ...

If you look at the rig I’m using, it’s not so dissimilar to a Euro nymphing rig. On the bottom I’ll use a Trout Magnet, which is very similar in size and weight to a large stonefly pattern. Above that ...

I tie 18 inches of 4X to the leader with a surgeon’s knot and tie my larger nymph to the 4X with a Duncan loop. I attach another 15- to 18-inch section of 5X tippet to the nymph. I usually tie ...

Euro-nymph anglers can benefit from a colored strike indicator tippet or leader; actually any angler can. Old-school Palsa pinch-on foam strike indicators are a favorite for finesse nymphing. The main ...

There is a very popular technique called “bounce nymphing,” that involves using three nymphs on short droppers off a long leader with a weight attached to the bottom of the leader. The idea is ...