Nymphs

Flies fishing under the surface imitating subadult insects

Latest articles from this section

Euro BWOs Revisited Apr 14. 2020 Imitations In our continuous effort to obtain better and more practical mayfly imitations, we discovered a few new and simple solutions. Much more here.	George Grant Nymph Feb 18. 2020 Classic US fisherman and fly tyer George Grant came up with a type of nymph where both body and hackle uses special techniques. See how to here.
The March Brown Odyssey Nov 17. 2019 Variations My venture into the history and legacy of the classic March Brown led to a whole lot of variations over the theme Se all the patterns here	My oldest piece of material Oct 26. 2019 Ancient I have a dried hare skin, which I have owned for as long as I have tied flies. A lot of flies and a lot of wisdom has come from that skin. Read the story here.

Nymphs - all content

Article Green Caddis Larvae May 24. 2019 Biology Some say that caddisflies are even more important than mayflies. For us flyfishers that is probably correct. A good caddis pattern can save your day. Learn more here	Article The Brown Owl Feb 23. 2019 Pattern This very buggy looking streamer-slash-stonefly-slash-nymph caught my eye. Such a fly should be able to catch almost any kind of trout See the fly here	Article The Mighty Green Drake Nov 20. 2018 Summer pleasures The large mayflies are a summer phenomenon, but it might be worth reading up on off season. Get ready here.
Article Dragons and Damsels May 12. 2018 Frequent fliers Odonata is the Latin name for the order of dragonflies and damselflies. This article is about them. Learn to tie and fish them.	Review Freshwater Life Dec 18. 2017 Naturals This book gives you the opportunity to make a connection with aquatic animals. You can watch these images over and over again. It is also full of information in the texts and pictures.	Review Nymphenfischen Dec 10. 2017 Focused My heart beats for specialty books rather than general ones, and a large book solely on nymphing is definitely something that stirs my interest. Even a German language one.
Article Slovakian Grayling Feb 18. 2016 Spotting Sight fishing for grayling in the clear mountain rivers of Slovakia. Read why it's exiting here	Article Bass on Buzzers Nov 23. 2015 Nymphing If you ask an experienced largemouth bass fly angler for an account of his or her most productive patterns, a nymph of any variation would likely not be on the list. Maybe this should change.	Article Squirmy nymphs for black bass May 27. 2015 Rubbery Italy based Romanian fly fisher Lucian Vasies ties an easy, wiggly nymph, which is very efficient for his local black bass - and probably many other species too. See how to tie it here
Article Microjig nymphs and small streams Dec 2. 2014 Jigging One of the ways to fish small, fast, rocky streams is Czech nymphing with microjigs. Read how and seen som patterns here	Review Nymph Fly-Tying Techniques Sep 9. 2014 The subtitle "Over 1,000 color photos of techniques and pattern styles" lured me into buying this book from 2001. 125 pages at 10 UK£ or about 16 US$ used made it a no-brainer.	Review Tying and Fishing the Booby Fly May 24. 2014 I have to admit up front that I'm pretty old fashioned when it comes to books, and even though I have read my share of ebooks, I definitely prefer my fishing books printed with ink on paper.
Article OSA Nymph Apr 21. 2014 Nymph A generic nymph that can do equally well as a stonefly or mayfly nymph as it can a waterboatman or backswimmer See how to tie it here	Article Glitter John Aug 21. 2013 A variant While keeping the profile of the Copper John but using fewer and different materials the Glitter John came about. See how to tie it here	Review The Fly Fisher's Playbook Feb 28. 2013 Don't let the 4/5 rating fool you.

Pages

Add new comment

Content tagged with Nymphs

Since you got this far …

The GFF money box

… I have a small favor to ask.

Long story short

Support the Global FlyFisher through several different channels, including PayPal.

Long story longer

The Global FlyFisher has been online since the mid-90's and has been free to access for everybody since day one – and will stay free for as long as I run it.
But that doesn't mean that it's free to run.
It costs money to drive a large site like this.

See more details about what you can do to help in this blog post.

The Global FlyFisher

Simply the Best Place to go for Online Fly Fishing and Fly Tying

Search form

Mobile menu