![]() Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” As Helen Keller once wrote, “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. We all approach the same problems from different angles, yet come to successful endings if we have confidence in our systems. On the flip side, with nymphing all you can do is watch the suspender or sighter (both forms of indicators) and develop a guess as to what the rig is doing.Ī common trait of all good nymph fishers is that they have confidence in their systems. Having these visual cues gives you motivation to change something in your system. They can see a dragging dry fly or notice when a trout refuses a presentation. The art of dry-fly fishing is just as difficult to learn as nymphing, but the biggest advantage dry-fly fishers have is that they can see exactly what their fly is doing throughout the presentation. I field all these questions simply because my fellow fly fishers cannot see what is going on below the surface, and people are often most curious about things that are not in plain sight. ![]() By far the most popular question I get on daily basis is “how do you rig your flies for nymphing?” Most of those questions specifically revolve about the weight of the flies, placement of additional weight on the tippet, and about the right amount of weight to get a natural presentation at the right depth. “Weighting is the hardest part.” While the phrase is a play on words from the great Tom Petty’s hit song, it couldn’t be truer when it comes to nymphing. "This story originally appeared in the 2019 Gear Guide issue of Fly Fisherman with the title "Weighting is the Hardest Part: 7 Tips for rigging your nymphs like a pro".
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