RIVERSIDE: Are Light Nymphs More Effective? Is Less Weight More Natural?

About this episode

The episode explores the effectiveness of light nymphs in trout fishing and the impact of currents on their natural drift.

What’s the nymph really doing under there? How is it affected by the currents? And is the attached tippet dragging the fly unnaturally across, over, up or out of the natural, one-seam drift that our picky trout are waiting for? The challenge of nymphing is mercifully balanced by the frequency at which trout feed on these bottom dwelling food forms. So even if we get one in ten drifts just right, the rate at which we might fool fish makes this maddening quest for perfection more than worth it....

People in this episode

Host: Domenick Swentosky

Topics covered

• nymphing
• trout fishing
• fly fishing techniques
• natural drift
• currents
• trout behavior

Keywords

• nymphs
• trout
• fishing
• currents
• drift
• nymphing techniques
• fly fishing

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