Nymph Fishing

• The definitive history of nymph fishing
• Complete background of nymphing's roots in the United Kingdom
• Developments in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe

Upstream nymph fishing has developed from the minor tactic of G. E. M. Skues into a universally-accepted method wherever fly fishermen fish for trout and grayling. The history of nymph fishing is notable for the argument between F. M. Halford, the dry-fly ultrapurist, and Skues, culminating in the debate on the legiti...