NymphbeginnerSoutheast & Carolinas
$3.95
Doug Prince tied this in the 1940s and proved that you do not need to match anything specific to catch trout -- you just need to make something that looks generically edible and get it in front of a fish. The peacock herl body catches light like a disco ball for trout, the white goose biots provide contrast, and the gold rib adds a segmented flash that suggests 'important insect, must eat.' It works in mountain streams, tailwaters, and spring creeks because it exists in the Venn diagram overlap of every trout food source: 'small, dark, and in the water.'
Watauga River
TN · Mountain Freestone
Cranberry River
WV · Mountain Freestone
Davidson River
NC · Mountain Freestone
Map unavailable. Locations for Prince Nymph: Watauga River, TN; Cranberry River, WV; Davidson River, NC
NymphbeginnerSoutheast & Carolinas
#10 - #16
Classic Appalachian nymph with yellow body, peacock herl back, and brown hackle. Originated in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Brook Trout
NymphbeginnerSoutheast & Carolinas
#14 - #20
Frank Sawyer's universal mayfly nymph adapted for Southeast mountain streams. Pheasant tail fibers over copper wire ribbing.
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Brook Trout
NymphbeginnerSoutheast & Carolinas
#10 - #16
Simple chartreuse chenille worm pattern. Imitates inchworms and caddis larvae. A Pennsylvania original that dominates Southern Appalachian waters.
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Brook Trout
NymphbeginnerSoutheast & Carolinas
#14 - #18
Flat-bodied isopod imitation for Kentucky's Cumberland River tailwater and Elkhorn Creek. Gray dubbing with a shellback replicates the aquatic sowbugs that thrive in limestone-rich waters.
Brown Trout · Rainbow Trout
NymphintermediateSoutheast & Carolinas
#4 - #10
Dobsonfly larva imitation with rubber legs and dark body. The apex forage in Appalachian freestone streams. Preferred by large trout and smallmouth.
Smallmouth Bass · Brown Trout · Rainbow Trout
NymphbeginnerRocky Mountain West
#14 - #20
Frank Sawyer's original, perfected by American tiers. Pheasant tail fiber body, copper wire rib. The most important nymph ever tied.
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Cutthroat Trout · Brook Trout · Mountain Whitefish