Nymphing is a game of constant adjustments. Your goal is to get your fly at the correct depth in the water column to run it right past holding trout. When you’re not catching fish, it’s easy t ...

This is when you need to fish slowly, deliberately, and near the bottom of deeper holes where trout hold to avoid energy-sapping current. For fly anglers, this means dragging nymphs. I typically ...

Sometimes nymphs become trout food when they get dislodged, which is why you can catch fish on nymphs even when there’s not an active hatch. But the best nymph fishing is during a hatch when ...

Where to Fish a Double Dry Rig. I’m not suggesting you drift a pair of dry flies through fast water or stained water. The ...

Spring keeps the weatherman busy. Anything and everything can appear in the forecast. But anglers looking ahead can see past ...

Euro nymphing is polarizing in some circles, in part because it's so effective. Consider integrating these techniques into ...

Not a nymph, not a dry fly, but somewhere in between. Fly fishing with emerger flies can be a game-changer during the early ...

Dead drifting a nymph is typically your best bet for catching trout – you want to make your ... but keep in mind that you have less control over the fish when it’s airborne.

If water temperatures are low, between 35-40°F, look for trout holding in deeper, slower moving water. Slow drifts and getting lures heavy nymphs down near the bottom to these less active fish ...

Charles Wohl joins The Eagle Outdoors section this week with a series of tales of interactions with avian predators while fly ...

Double your chances by tying on a second nymph onto the bend of the hook of the first fly. A simple improved clinch knot or a ...