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The original Czech nymphers typically use very heavily weighted caddis larva type patterns, often larger than the naturals. I think they like the larva patterns because there are no legs or tails or other protrusions to slow the sink rate. They don't use split shot but weight the flies heavily. A lot of Czech nymphs look like large scuds. Usually they fish multiple flies and, as someone said above, the leader is all tippet, again to promote sinking. I know lots of those guys also like to use longer rods -- 10 feet or so -- to control the drift better. Finally, rather than being strictly drag free, they lead the line and leader downstream with the rod tip, almost but not quite pulling the flies downstream faster than the current. It's not like true high sticking, but there is that same idea of staying in touch with the fly. Also, the casts are very short into fast pocket water. There's a newly translated book about the technique, but I can't remember the name, and there's also a website specializing the in materials to tie the flies -- again can't remember the name, although some of the materials are marketed under "Jan Siman," I think.
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