04-18-2006, 03:47 PM
Various stone fly nymphs and Copper John's are great flies. It sounds like you are fishing only one fly at a time. If your using split shot to weight your Copper John's use a lead wrapped Stone fly nymph instead. Sometimes in can be a pain to nymph with two or three flies but I think it is more effective. I think fish are often attrached by the big stone fly nymph but normally don't want to eat it. Once they have come to get a closer look at the stone fly nymph they see the smaller nymph (copper john, pheasant tail, prince, etc) and decide to eat it. A favorite combination of mine on the Henry's Fork is a black girdle bug (aka rubber leg) and a pheasant tail nymph. I'll often fish a third fly that is significanly different from the first two. Fishing multiple flies at the same time is a great way to see what flies and what size of each pattern the fish like best.
Other flies that I have used while nymphing include brassie nymphs (a couple altered versions), various golden stones and black stones, hare's ear (gold & green), possum & beaver nymphs, no back and probably a couple others that I can't think of right now. A glo bug, san jaun or renegage can also pick up a couple extra fish. I also like the supper X but I fish that differently than I do other nymphs.
Fly shops can give you ideas that you may have never thought of.
Here's a link to a web page of a excellent fly shop. It should give you some ideas of other flies to try.
[url "http://jimmysflyshop.com/fishing_report.htm"]http://jimmysflyshop.com/fishing_report.htm[/url]
Maybe someone else will give you some other ideas of nymphs they like to use in Eastern Idaho. I think it would be interesting to see what others like to use. A #14 pheasant tail nymph that I tie has probably been my most effective nymph.
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Other flies that I have used while nymphing include brassie nymphs (a couple altered versions), various golden stones and black stones, hare's ear (gold & green), possum & beaver nymphs, no back and probably a couple others that I can't think of right now. A glo bug, san jaun or renegage can also pick up a couple extra fish. I also like the supper X but I fish that differently than I do other nymphs.
Fly shops can give you ideas that you may have never thought of.
Here's a link to a web page of a excellent fly shop. It should give you some ideas of other flies to try.
[url "http://jimmysflyshop.com/fishing_report.htm"]http://jimmysflyshop.com/fishing_report.htm[/url]
Maybe someone else will give you some other ideas of nymphs they like to use in Eastern Idaho. I think it would be interesting to see what others like to use. A #14 pheasant tail nymph that I tie has probably been my most effective nymph.
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