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Guest Writer: Rich Ferarra In this article I’m going to go into detail on some of the things I do both on the water and behind the vise to be better organized.  Please don’t take what I say here as gospel. Just because these things work for me does not mean they’ll work for everyone. Also, not everything here is vital to success.  I find having a good system of organization makes decision making a bit easier on the water as well as makes the tying process more streamlined.   I’ll start with my tungsten nymph organization.  I organize all...

In this article, we want to cover our suggestions with regard to hiring a guide and what to look for if you choose to do so. Okay, so you've read blogs, books, and watched videos, but you want to take your skillset to the next level. Hiring an expert guide would get you there faster. For us, the answer is pretty clear, especially the ‘newer’ you are to the nymph game, but even if you're trying to hone your skills even more… Absolutely hire a guide. We’re hard-pressed to imagine anyone hiring a guide to learn/improve nymph techniques and coming away...

Euro-Nymphing: Fish lighter to improve your nymph game Part 6: The Flies This is a series of articles to help you fish lighter for improved euro-nymphing success.   Oh boy, the flies. We'll mostly talk about weights, sizes, profiles, and how/why to fish the flies. Patterns will be mixed in. Putting all the info in previous parts of this series together, the rod, the leader, the tippet, and the cast, we can employ a lighter fly game that'll be more adaptive and get you better drifts. Okay, so how do you become effective at fishing light flies? Really, after evaluating the tactics in...

Euro-Nymphing: Fish lighter to improve your nymph game Part 5: Casting & Landing Angles This is a series of articles to help you fish lighter for improved euro-nymphing success.   To preface this segment of the series, this casting & landing article is about tight-line nymphing, and it does not cover the successful method of "floating your sighter" - although I plan to write about this at a later date. As I've mentioned earlier with leader construction, your cast is crucial to how your flies enter the water, and how your line enters the water, which contributes to a successful drift.  Your drift...

Euro-Nymphing: Fish lighter to improve your nymph game Part 4: The tippet This is a series of articles to help you fish lighter for improved euro-nymphing success.   This topic is always a point of controversy in the nymphing (and fishing) world, but the fact is that thin fluorocarbon tippet has less resistance, which provides a faster sink-rate and better, more natural drifts. It also sinks faster than mono / nylon. Tippet is often overlooked by most anglers, but to me it is one of the most crucial part of the rig, only secondary to my flies. Some claim that 4x is...