Nymphing Rigs

[flybop]

Of course the flies will be behind the indicator. If the flies were downstream of the indicator the takes would not be detectable for the most part.

For me the main advantage to the right angle set up is that you get your flies down faster. You will also go through less leaders, but then again, more tippet.

 

[fishinislife]

I'll tell ya, when I first started fly fishing I probably like a lot of people thought that since I had fished for who knows how many years, I didn't need no stinking strike indicator. I saw all these old farts using them and those old farts caught fish after fish after fish and I missed fish after... you get the idea. Once I switched to using a strike indicator I saw an increase in hook ups and a lot more fish. Hope that helps.

...A bad day fishing is better than a good day working!!!

 

[limestone]

Try 3 nymphs. Up until this past year I had always used the standard nymph rig: big nymph, smaller dropper tied on the bend of the hook. This was successful, and as others have alluded to, focusing on pocket water when nymphing usually yields favorable results. Then I started tying a third fly in, above the two, usually an emerger and had even better luck. So my standard rig would usually be a soft hackle / emerger, a BHPT or BHHE below that, then a BH caddis larva below that. If I really wanted to get deep, I'd substitute some sort of weighted fly for the emerger. I don't like to fish with splitshot unless its absolutely necessary -- I'd rather have a third nymph be my extra weight. Anyway, I've hooked up with a lot more fish using the 3 nymph rig than I did when I fished with 2 flies.