Now that we’ve covered what nymph fly fishing is all about, let’s
next take a look at what sort of fly fishing gear you’re going to
need to do it. While nymph fly fishing uses pretty much the same
gear you use when dry fly fishing, there is a few small items
that any successfully nymph fisherman will want to have. These
items are strike indicators, some small weights, and a good pair
of fly fishing sunglasses.

Strike Indicators for Nymph Fishing

First, you will need some strike indicators. Strike indicators
are generally bright orange, ungodly looking things that get put
on your leader well above the fly or on the fly line itself, at
the junction of the fly line and leader. These strike indicators
are what you look at when nymph fishing - not the fly itself.
With practice and patience, you’ll eventually be able to tell
when “unnatural” movements occur in the strike indicator - which
most likely indicates that a fish just took your nymph fly
imitation.

Exactly where to put the strike indicator is a matter of some
debate, but ultimately boils down to what you are fly fishing for
and where you are doing it. Wary Brown Trout in heavily fished
waters, like the Missouri River, are not likely to be real wild
about seeing a bright orange object just a few feet above the
fly. On the other hand, more gullible trout or trout that receive
less fly fishing pressure could probably care less about it. In
short, use your judgment, erring on the side of caution (placing
the strike indicator as far away from the fly as possible, for
your abilities).

Small Weights for Nymph Fishing

The second thing you’ll need for many rivers will be some small
weights to add to your fly line or leader. In many, if not most
nymph fly fishing situations, a floating line is still used.
However, to get the fly down to the depth you want it to go will
require weighting it (at least in faster water).

This is best done with the newer “twist on” non-toxic weights
that are now available. Using these types of weights, an angler
can put on as much or as little weight as needed to bring the fly
down to depth, while at the same time preventing the fish from
inhaling toxic lead (which can kill them).

Should you plan on fishing in really deep or fast rivers where
even a weighted leader will not get the fly down to depth fast
enough, then you will also want to look at investing in a
sink-tip fly line. Sink-tip fly lines have the tip of the fly
line weighted to sink, thus allowing it to sink the nymph fly
more quickly.

Fly Fishing Sunglasses for Nymph Fishing

Another item of heavy importance is a good pair of polarized
sunglasses. It’s absolutely imperative that you be able to see
the strike indicator, and polarized sunglasses are very effective for this.

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When nymph fly fishing, the angler is imitating the juvenile
stage of aquatic insects. As such, all fly fishing is done
underwater, not on top of it. Thus, unlike when dry fly fishing,
an angler will not see a rise or the fish itself pop through the
surface when gulping in a fly.

Additionally, unlike dry fly fishing, when using nymphs an angler
will usually not be able to see the actual fly itself. Not being
able to see the fly itself is probably what gives anglers new to
fly fishing with nymphs the most problems, as it needless to say
makes it more difficult to detect strikes and set the hook.

Yet another challenge of nymph fly fishing is that the nymphs are
frequently floated along or just near the river bottom. As such,
the nymph will constantly be “bumping” into underwater
obstructions - particularly rocks. All these little bumps cause
beginner anglers to mistake these bumps for strikes (as the
strike indicator will momentarily pause when the nymph hits a
rock). And, of course, sooner or later, the nymph will actually
hook a rock or log, leading to the fun of getting the fly unstuck
from whatever it hooked.

Finally, the angler who is fly fishing with nymphs will have to
use methods to get their fly down into the water. Comparatively,
dry fly fishing is easy where all fishing occurs right on the
surface.

Everything in dry fly fishing is two dimensional. With nymph
fishing, however, the angler will need to determine how deep the
trout are and then figure out how to get their fly to that depth
- adding a 3rd dimension to their fly fishing. To accomplish this
requires being able to know how to get your nymph to the right
depth, as well as making accurate casts.

To top this off, trout tend to be much more subtle when they eat
nymphs. Unlike in dry fly fishing, when trout often times hit a
fly really hard, trout unfortunately don’t show this
characteristic with nymphs. This is probably due to the fact that
the bulk of a trout’s diet is in the form of nymphs. Whatever the
reason, though, a trout tends to “slurp” in nymphs gently - often
times just being lazy and waiting for the nymph to float right to
it. Because of this, setting the hook properly (and knowing when
to do it) when fly fishing with nymphs is extremely important for
success.

These are the challenges of fly fishing with nymphs. And these
same challenges are generally what put off many a fly fisherman
from attempting nymph fishing - all the more so if they just
happen to be fly fishing on a river known for top-water hatches
(even though the exact same river may have even better
sub-surface fishing!).

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Small stream nymphing is a very productive form of fly fishing.
At times, you will not rise a fish to a dry fly. Yet there are
fish feeding actively below the surface. So, you put the fly
(nymph) to the fish.

Nymph fishing is probably the most challenging of all fly fishing
techniques. Since the fly is underwater and is often extremely
small, nymph fishing can test the abilities of any angler, and
often leaves the beginner angler extremely frustrated. Yet, the
ability of having a good nymph fishing technique is essential for
productive trout fishing. The reason for this is simple - most
trout have a diet that consists primarily of sub-surface insects
(nymphs). An angler who does not know how to nymph fish will be
greatly limited on where they can fish and what they use.

This ebook will hopefully provide some information for any angler
who is in search of how to improve their nymph fishing abilities
while fly fishing.

While this book provides more information than any other resource
on the Internet about fly fishing with nymphs, ultimately, the
only way to learn this technique is to go out and do it. From
initial frustrations will come mastery over time.
What exactly is Nymph Fishing?

Let’s start at the basics. Nymphs are, as defined by the
Meriam-Webster dictionary : “any of various immature insects;
especially : a larva of an insect (as a grasshopper, true bug, or
mayfly) with incomplete metamorphosis that differs from the imago
especially in size and in its incompletely developed wings and
genitalia”

In everyday terms, nymphs are aquatic insects that are still in
their underwater stage, as in not yet having reached their adult,
or flying stage of life. One thing worth remembering is that, if
you enjoy dry fly fishing, all the flies you see on the water are
adult insects. These insects have “grown up” from their
underwater stage and have taken to the air for their mating
rituals. In essence, dry fly fishing involves using fly
imitations that involve imitations of the adult aquatic insect
(such as a mayfly, caddis fly or stonefly). By contrast, when
nymph fly fishing, the angler attempts to imitate the younger,
underwater stage of these exact same flies.

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