There are thousands of tips we can give and suggestions we can make, depending mostly on the conditions in which you find yourself fishing.

Listed below is some wisdom from the fishing experts at Outdoors. Please feel free to contact any one of us with any questions you may have.

Smaller streams are always tough because it's easier for the fish to know you're there. And if they know you're there, they're not going to be cooperative. It isn't easy to drop a dry fly over a feeding trout without spooking it. And it's even tougher to get a nymph to the fish.

I see a lot of anglers practically standing on top of the fish as they dead drift a nymph through runs on small streams. I suggest you fish your nymph almost the same way you fish your dry flies-- upstream with longer casts and longer leaders.

Since you won't see the strike like you would on top, you need to keep your line and leader tight. But not so tight that you move the nymph faster than the current. It takes practice, but it produces results. Give it a try!

-- Jeff Miller Jr.