Nymphs

Flies fishing under the surface imitating subadult insects

Nymphs - articles

Article Vltava-Dobrá Dec 9. 2005 Eastern Europe Kasper Mühlbach - GFF's eternal grayling hunter - takes on another challenge from the Lady of the Stream. This time he travels to the Czech Republic to learn from former Czech National Fly Fishing Team member Jan Siman. Does the Eastern European grayling differ from the Swedish one? Join the two on their trip here.	Article Darth Vader Nymph May 26. 2005 Nymph of the dark side Black and deadly in appearence, the dark force of in the fly box - this is The Darth Vader Nymph. Get out your light sabres and put your old, scratched Star Wars video in the VCR, and tie some black nymphs. But read this before turning on the VCR	Article Chubby Fishing Aug 24. 2004 Freshwater Kasper Mühlbach started fishing for chub with small lumps of dough as a kid, but has since developed flies and techniques to take this query on a fly rod. His chub patterns are simple and will most likely catch you roach and bream too if they are around. Read Kasper's article here
Article Hillbilly Copper John Jul 30. 2004 Sought after The most sought after pattern on GFF's search page is John Barr's more than excellent nymph pattern the Copper John. Martin Joergensen describes his version here: how to tie it and fish it. And adds its hillbilly kin the much simpler Copper Joe. See the article here.	Article Tour de France tying Jul 25. 2004 Efficiency GFF partner Martin Joergensen has let one of his favorite sports events, the bicycling race Tour de France, inspire a way of tying flies. He argues why tying many identical flies can be a good thing - and can be better than tying many different flies. Read why here	Article Little Devil May 19. 2004 Stillwater An article on the Welsh classic The Diawl Bach and on the intriguing and intimidating concept of fishing a team of three flies on a very long leader. GFF partner Martin Joergensen has been to Wales and this is the first article from that trip. See the pattern and the pictures here
Article Going deep Apr 19. 2004 Hook, line and sinker This could be an article in a series called "Nymphing From Top-to-Bottom: The Untold Secrets". This article covers ways to get a fly to fish deep in the water by adding weight or using different lines and casting or mending techniques. Read Martin Joergensen's advice here.	Article Czech nymphs Jan 24. 2004 Get down Does anyone remember the early to mid 90's? The rage in the US, at least among tyers of trout flies, was Polish woven nymphs. Fast forward to the dawn of the new century and these articles and flies have all but disappeared? Were they a fad? What happened? Read Bob Petti's article here	Article Prince Nymphs Nov 24. 2003 Variations on a theme Mike Hogue drops by and offers us some variations of one of the all time popular trout flies - the Prince Nymph. By adding "a little flash and glamour", we have a few new things to try the next time we're getting skunked and want to try something different. See them all.
Article Realistic Flies Dec 26. 2002 Trout and Grayling Realistic flies are not only for the display case. As Steve Thornton shows us, realism can also be applied to practical and effective fishing flies. Trout and grayling beware! Click here for more.	Article The Universal Nymph Oct 20. 2002 All kinds It's a beadhead, no, a hare's ear, no... How about a flashback pheasant-tail... could be sort-of-a prince nymph, maybe a copper-john-alike or a biot-bug; whatever it is, it's versatile!. This is the Universal Nymph by GFF partner Steve Schweitzer. Read the step-by-step tying instructions here.	Article Simo Lumme Jan 28. 2000 Finnish He send me copies of some of his own creations and moreover delicate watercolour drawings of his in Scandinavia very famous Sedge Pupa - imitation. As his flies are very little known in Europe, I shall try to give a description.