Fishing with nymphs is certainly the most difficult, but also the most interesting dry fly fishing technique. It is additionally adapted to the wide rivers with clear water, where it is easy to spot and catch fish, which are feeding on the water insects!
This technique was developed at the end of the 19th century by G.E.M. Skues, an englishman who, by casting the fly upstream and changing its shape and size, advanced the wet fly fishing.
First weighted nymphs for fishing in deep waters appeared fifty years later, thanks to another englishman Franck Sawyer. His Pheasant Tail quickly gained fame throughout the world, and is still the superb tying technique.
As their name implies, nymphs imitate insects in nymph or larvae phase, as well as other natural prey of trout and grayling, such as worms, water snails, leeches, river crabs. All the artistry of this fishing technique lies in the fact that you let the nymph be carried by the water current in the most natural manner possible, so that it moves in the main current of the feeding stream, which will inevitably take it straight to the fish.
According to the feeding activity of the desired fish, you should serve the nymph at different depths, right above the bottom, between the two water levels or below the surface. Althoug nymph fishing is possible all year long, the best results are achieved during the summer months, when low and clear waters enable us to spot the fish easier.
