Trutta Feed RSS

Euro-Nymphing: Fish lighter to improve your nymph game Part 3: The Leader. This is a series of articles to help you fish lighter for improved euro-nymphing success.   I've seen a lot of folks that think you just tie on some maxima and a sighter to your fly line and cast some bugs. However, leaders are EXTREMELY important for casting your nymphs.  While tight lining, you should work towards the following qualities of a leader: Lightness As little sag as possible Small knots Turnover potential Taper Maximum sensitivity Cast-ability To achieve these, we use the same theory as flies, thin & light. Less bulk on...

Euro-Nymphing: Fish lighter to improve your nymph game Part 2: The Rod. This is a series of articles to help you fish lighter for improved euro-nymphing success.  It is true that you can fish & euro-nymph with whatever rod you want, and this topic has been covered 1,000s of times in the past few years, however, the most effective way to euro-nymph is to use a rod that is built for it. I'd recommend a 2-4w (whatever you're comfortable with) in the 10-11' range that is fast-action enough to be accurate, but soft enough to protect light tippets.  The...

Euro-Nymphing: Fish lighter to improve your nymph game Part 1: Don't fish so heavy. This is a series of articles to help you fish lighter for improved euro-nymphing success.   To preface, some people just fish heavy flies, and/or added weight to their rig. If you do that and find success, in any way you'd like to measure, thats great (and one of the best things about fishing), and this info may not be suitable for your style. However, nymphing takes shape differently for every angler, but this article is based on a common theme across competitive fly fishing that has brought...