long line nymphing

[StreamHiker]

There's a book called "No Hatch to Match, Agressive Strategies for Fly-Fishing Between Hatches" by Rich Osthoff. Chapter 3 is "Long Line Nymphing for Active Trout". Great info, I have used the tactic a lot in spooky trout water.

 

[JeffK]

One Western way of long distance nymphing uses a long leader with a yarn indicator near where the leader hits the fly line. Cast up and across and mend your line a time or two to get the proper amount of depth. Watch the indicator. When the indicator starts dragging it means you no longer have a dead drift on the nymph. Takes a little practice to get the mends down right, but it works well on those flat even sections of riffle.

 

[njk3395]

I either move to faster water, prospect with a dry, or tie on a para adams or something similar and throw a small nymph underneath. But most of the time, if I'm looking to nymph, it will be done in fast deep water, high sticking with a lot of weight and 2 or 3 flies.