Mayfly Nymph Fishing Fly Patterns imitate the Nymph stage of the Mayfly’s life cycle. Mayfly Nymphs are the underwater stage of the May Fly. They are found pretty much all over the world and are a favorite food of fish. Some say Mayflies make up 60% of a fishes diet.

Mayfly Nymphs will be found in fast moving water, in shady spots.

They will be found clinging to rocks and sand, burrowed into the stream bed, swimming, or crawling along the bottom.

Mayfly Nymphs are very sensitive to pollution and will not be found in polluted waters.

There is a group of fly fishermen that feel that fishing Nymphs is below them.

There is also a group of fishermen that only fish Nymphs and say that it is the best way to catch fish. Try it out, there are no real rules to fly fishing. Try what works. All of the Nymph pattern fishing flies are not being tied for decoration. They really do catch fish.

Some of the Mayfly Nymph Fly Patterns include;

image A.P. BEAVER NYMPH image A.P. OLIVE NYMPH
image A.P. PEACOCK AND PHEASANT NYMPH image AMERICAN MARCH BROWN
image BAETIS NYMPH image BIG YELLOW MAY
image BLACK DRAKE image BLACK FILOPLUME MAYFLY
image BLACK KAUFMANN’S HARE’S EAR image BLACK MAYFLY NYMPH
image BLACK QUILL image BLACK’S LITE BRITE HARE’S EAR
image BLUE QUILL NYMPH image BLUE WING OLIVE
image BLUE WING OLIVE CDC EMERGER image BLUE WING OLIVE CEC FLOATING NYMPH
image BROWN DRAKE NYMPH image BROWN FILOPLUME MAYFLY
image BROWN FLOATING NYMPH image KAUFMANN’S HARE’S EAR
image BWO TRAILING SHUCK DUN image CAENIS NYMPH
image CALLIBAETIS NYMPH image CATE’S TURKEY
image CATSKILL CANADENSIS image CATSKILL HENDRICKSON
image CATSKILL MARCH BROWN image CDC BWO FLOATING NYMPH/EMERGER
image CDC CALLIBAETIS FLOATING NYMPH/EMERGER image CDC PMD FLOATING EMERGER NYMPH
image CDC TRICO FLOATING NYMPH/EMERGER image DARK LEPTOPHLEBIA NYMPH
image ELK WING EMERGER image FEATHER DUSTER
image FLASHABOU NYMPH image GENIE MAY
image GREEN DRAKE CDC EMERGERG image GREEN DRAKE EMERGER
image HARROP CAPTIVE DUN image HARROP GREEN DRAKE EMERGER
image HARROP SURFACE EMERGER image IDA MAY
image JANSSEN’S EMERGING CALLIBAETIS image KRYSTAL FLASH BAETIS
image LAWSON’S BROWN DRAKE image LAWSON’S GREEN DRAKD
image LIGHT CAHILL image LINGREN’ OLIVE
image LONGTAIL MARCH BROWN image MARABOU NYMPH
image MARCH BROWN NYMPHM image NEAR ENOUGH
image MAYFLY EMERGER image OLIVE FILOPLUME MAYFLY
image KAUFMANN’S HARE’S EAR image OSTRICH BLUE WING OLIVE
image OSTRICH CALLIBAETIS image OSTRICH PALE MORNING DUN
image OTTER image PALE MORNING DUN
image PALE MORNING DUN EMERGER image PARALEPTOPHLEBIA NYMPH
image PARANYMPH CALLIBAETIS image PMD FLOATING NYMPH
image PMD TRAILING SHUCK DUN image QUILL GORDON
image RED BROWN image RUST/BROWB SRI CDC EMERGER
image SCOTT’S FLOATING NYMPH image SKIP NYMPH DARK
image SULPHUR DUN NYMPH image SULPHUR SRI CDC
image EMERGER TIMBERLINESulphur SRI CDC image VELMA MAY
image WESTERN BLUE QUILL NYMPH image WHITE/BLAC SRI CEC EMERGER
image WIGGLE GRAY DRAKEr image WIGGLE GREEN DRAKE