nymphing

Nymphing for Trout – The Trigger Finger
Keep your finger on the trigger. Photo: Grant Turner. Whether bouncing a bead-head pheasant tail down your local tailwater or dredging a flesh fly in western...

Stay in Control – Incorporate Weight Into Your Streamers
Must've been a weighted fly. Photo: Jason Whiting. We all love fishing for trout with surface flies, and in our neck of the woods, there's nothing...

Eric Robbin’s Nymphing Rig
Eric and trout, probably caught sub-surface. Photo: Ben West. Last week, we presented you a clever way to rig up when digging deep for western Alaska rainbows...

Alaska Style Nymphing with Palsa Pinch-On Strike Indicators
Palsa pinch-on strike indicators. Photo: Kyle Shea. We love fishing dry flies for trout as much as the next guy (ahem, that means rodents in our...

Airflo Super-Dri Nymph/Indicator Fly Line
Look at that, it catches fish too! Photo: Kyle Shea. Western Alaska is far from the traditionalist's view of trout fishing. It is not the land...
Trout Fishing – Swing Out Your Drift
Pleasantly surprised. Photo: Kyle Shea. It's safe to say, more trout are hooked dead drifting sub-surface patterns than by any other technique. Whether fishing gaudy flesh...
Nymphing Without an Indicator – 8 Tips
Look Ma, no indicator.. Photo: Ben West. Last month we ran a post on the advantages of nymphing without an indicator. Judging by the number of...
Nymphing Without an Indicator
Ben didn't use an indicator. Photo: Kyle Shea. Nymphing can be tough, but considering a large majority of a trout's diet is found sub-surface, it's an...