I like to fish dry flies. It’s not that I dislike nymph fishing, but there’s something truly special about watching a trout rise to your fly. There are, however, times when fishing dry flies simply ...

What do you picture when you think of fly fishing for trout? If your answer is casting a bug imitation that floats and then watching a fish rise to sip it off the surface, I’d say you fall in with the ...

Nymph fishing is undoubtedly the most effective method for catching trout. Unfortunately, the way that most people do it isn’t terribly entertaining. In my experience, you can only watch a strike ...

"Indicator fishing . . . becomes a more important method for me when bank fishing. Pulling flies will generate an “eat or be spooked” response from trout as your flies streak by them. This is great ...

Nymph fishing is reputed to be the most challenging of all fly-fishing techniques. But, Michael Masicampo — while not a committed fly fisherman the likes of his older brother, Mark — has developed a ...

Question: I have a fly fishing question on rigging flies for nymphing. There is a popular technique called bounce nymphing, which involves using three nymphs on short droppers off of a long leader ...

For the past 30-plus years I have been nymph fishing in the same manner: using a strike indicator, placing my split shot above the nymph(s) and tying the nymphs in line.

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