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Fishing in the third dimension.(nymph fishing; includes related articles on casting and strike indicators)

All to often, the technical complexity of nymph fishing for trout can leave a fly fisherman feeling as if he's entered the Twilight Zone. Here's a way to bring this productive method down to earth. By some stroke of ill fortune, I was recently forced to endure the near-apoplectic rants of three

Publication: Field & Stream (West ed.)

Nymph-Fishing Rivers and Streams: A Biologist's View of Taking Trout Below the Surface

Nymph-Fishing Rivers and Streams: A Biologist's View of Taking Trout Below the Surface. Rick Hafele. 2006. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA. 178 pp. $49.95, hardcover. ISBN 139780811701693. Fly fishing is both an art and a science; the art consists of tying and choosing the right fly, and

Publication: Northeastern Naturalist

Baubles, bangles, and beadheads: out of the craft shop, and into the trout stream. (fly-fishing with beadhead-style nymphs)(includes related articles on how to catch more trout with nymphs and how to tie beadheads)(Cover Story)

The whole thing sounds illy, like a skit from "Saturday Night Live": Invasion of the Beadheads. Not to mention Woolly Bugger coneheads, and scruffy caddie imitations decked out in colored glass beads like aging hippies. But they're for real, and beadhead-style nymphs are the hottest thing in fly

Publication: Field & Stream (West ed.)

NYMPH FISHING ISN'T AS HARD AS IT SEEMS; ROLLING A FLOATING FLY LINE IN AN UPSTREAM DIRECTION IS JUST ONE MANEUVER TO TRY.(SERIES: Fishing Guide 2004)(Sports)

Byline: J. Michael Kelly Staff writer Nymph fishing is not as nuanced or mysterious as many angling gurus lead beginners to believe, a local expert says. "It's no more difficult than dry fly fishing," said licensed fishing guide Mike Lane of LaFayette. "With both kinds of flies, it's all about

Publication: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)

Nymph Know-How.(trout fishing tips)(Brief Article)

To cope with tricky conditions, you'll need to go well beneath the surface IT'S AN ARTICLE OF FAITH among trout fishermen that the trout in most waters do up to 80 percent of their feeding on the subsurface food organisms anglers commonly call nymphs (never mind that some of them are actually

Publication: Sports Afield

Keys to successful nymphing.(Fishing)(includes related information on choosing nymph lures and on equipment adjustments)(Column)

NYMPHING FOR TROUT is a bit of a mystery because everything takes place on the bottom where you can't see it happen. It's hard to tell what your fly is doing down there, or even if it is down there. The best way around this is to let your thoughts go beneath the surface, into the world of the

Publication: Field & Stream (West ed.)