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Feb 26 2020

Rigging // The Hopper Dropper

We have put up a few posts over the past month going over different ways to set up a nymph rig.  Today I wanted to share with you my personal favorite way to fish a nymph and that is one where it is hung below a dry fly.  The Hopper Dropper set up is not…
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Jan 29 2020

Vertical Drag

Yesterday we went over different situations where you could take off your indicator when nymph fishing. I wanted to follow up this discussion with a reason I feel nymphing without an indicator is so productive and that is the elimination of Vertical Drag.  When most fly fisherman think of drag they are thinking of horizontal…
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Jan 20 2020

Drop Shotting

Last week we went over a technique called “level lining” or “right angle nymphing”, today we wanted to discuss a different way to set up your nymph rig, using a Drop Shot.  In a traditional nymph rig, the weight is placed onto the leader, above the first fly.  One argument against this set up is…
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Jan 08 2020

Hinged Leader Nymphing

There is no denying the effectiveness of nymphing.  Sure I would rather throw floating flies but I also like catching fish and oftentimes, the most productive way to do this is by nymphing.  There are countless ways to set up a nymph rig and over the next few weeks we are going to share a…
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Jan 16 2019

How to Pick the Right Strike Indicator.

I know we all wish we could do nothing but swing flies or watch a size 8 Grass Hopper get inhaled but the simple reality is that nymphs catch fish. When nymph fishing, having the right indicator for the type of water you are fishing can make the difference between catching fish or not. There…
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Sep 25 2018

Timeless Tips: Tag Your Split Shot

Way back in 2011, Alaska West alum and trout guru, JEB Hall, gave us the details for his go-to rig when slinging beads for big leopard rainbow trout. It’s still as current as it was six long years ago, so if you haven’t checked it out, be sure to hit the link to give it…
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Sep 05 2018

Trout Eating Your Indicator? Fish Neutral Colors

Strike indicators that don't get eaten

Whether dead drifting traditional nymphs along the bottom of your local trout stream or bouncing salmon flesh/egg imitations down a run in Western Alaska, the technique of nymphing (i.e. dead-drifting subsurface flies to feeding fish) is without a doubt one of the most effective methods for catching trout in moving water. Moreover, when nymphing for…
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Nov 15 2017

Nymphing Tip: Tag Your Split Shot

Attaching split shot to tag ends

Way back in 2011, Alaska West alum and trout guru, JEB Hall, gave us the details for his go-to rig when slinging beads for big leopard rainbow trout. It’s still as current as it was six long years ago, so if you haven’t checked it out, be sure to hit the link to give it…
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Aug 18 2017

Nymphing with Indicators – 5 tips

Nymphing for trout with strike indicators

It’s August, and in our neck of the woods that means our rainbow trout, dolly varden, and Arctic grayling populations are keying in heavily on the conveyor belt of salmon eggs and flesh making its way down river. Therefore, fishing sub-surface is the name of the game this time of year, and with that, like…
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May 26 2017

Nymphing for Trout – The Trigger Finger

Nymphing for trout

Whether bouncing a bead-head pheasant tail down your local tailwater or dredging a flesh fly in western Alaska, dead drifting sub-surface flies, or ‘nymphing,’ requires the ability to detect extremely subtle takes that are not always visual. For many anglers, various types of strike indicators are a huge help in detecting when a fish has taken…
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