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,...