Stillwater Fly Fishing: A Simple Leader and Quick Line Change System
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- In this video I show a simple leader that I use for the bulk of my stillwater fly fishing. I also show how to quickly change your stillwater fly line without needing to rethread the line and leader through your rod.
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Devin, nice video and great tips. BTW I'm sure glad your rod sections were tight.
Efficiency! It appears to be a great idea for heavier (striper, redfish) rods, too. Good stuff, as always.
I'm sure that it would work fine for larger rods and fish with the necessary upgrades in leader and tippet strength. Have fun on the water!
@~7:00min - That's how you do that?! Just dung 'er in the water huh? I suddenly feel so much better for how often the cork on my fly rod finds the drink! Thanks for the instruction!
Great tips thank you.
Thanks!
More stillwater tips, please. When is the book coming out?
Book won't be out for a couple years but we'll be sprinkling in stillwater videos from now on.
So I'm not the only one bugging him about the stillwater book!? That's good. If we can just maintain subtle pressure I'm sure we'll eventually wear Devin down, you know, just like a big trout.
@@gbossaboy And I was just about to also bug him about a stillwater book/video. I guess I just added my name to his list. Thanks for the great tutorial!
Great video - thanks Devin. A standard leader for most of my stillwater fishing - I like that. The line change idea of course left me thinking to myself - "that's great -hey, why didn't I think of that?" :)
Well I can’t take credit for thinking of it. I saw something similar from some British competitors first.
Great info. Thank you like always.
Great tip! Thanks, Devin!
Thanks for watching.
Great video 👍 I have subscribed to your channel !!
Please do more loch videos!! I’m curious what yippie ring you use, since it has to be so strong. Thanks
Just a regular tippet ring. I haven't had one break yet.
Do you use a blood knot to attach each 5 ft of tippet
thanks
great video
I use this knot
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Greetings from the Emerald Isle of Ireland 🇮🇪🇮🇪, what leader setup, would you recommend for fishing for large rainbow trout on Stillwater lakes, using articulated streamer and zonkers, love the videos 🇮🇪🇮🇪
You could probably use a similar system. You would want to pair it down to one or two flies and increase the tippet size. If you still found it difficult to cast you can increase the butt section size until you get the properties you like.
Hi ! What’s that for an Lanyardsystem you are wearing. I can only find the box in your store😁. Is it changeable with the boxes ? ✌️from Germany
My lanyard is a custom model from Golden Trout Lanyards. I have the box attached to the from of the lanyard frame with velcro.
Tactical Fly Fisher have to try it! Are u Shipping to Europe during covid?
@@miggru1952 we are but a lot of shipments get held in customs for a month or two before being delivered.
would you do this leader with a midge tip line or to fish chironomids on a floating line too?
Yes. It’s still the same. Since the leader length affects your depth more on that rig you can change the the lengths in between flies more to suit your chosen depth.
Question, instead of doing a triple surgeons knot for your tags, have you thought about micro swivels to attach your tag and point fly?
You can certainly try it. It still takes 3 knots to set up though instead of one and if you’re fishing small flies even the tiniest of swivels is likely to look unnatural sitting near a chironomid pupae or something similar.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 when your tag end runs out of line from changing flies how do you tie on new line? Wouldn’t there be a knot left on your line?
With a 16/20 knot to my fly and practice at reducing the length of tippet wasted, I can get 5-6 fly changes out of a dropper tag. By the time I make that many changes my leader usually has some sort of issue from use and it's time to replace it anyway.
The Hover line you were using looked clear .What brand is that please?
The hover line was the blue one. The clear line was a clear camo intermediate. Both were SA stillwater lines that we have in the shop. In the slo mo footage of me I was actually switching back to try and get another take that was more in focus so it was probably a bit misleading.
Nice, but would like to see breakdown of orient sun fly box lanyard that your wearing. Thanks
You can contact Steve at golden trout lanyards. He made it for me.
With the longer tags for the increased movement, do you find they tangle more or less than shorter tags? And how do you adjust your cast if at all to avoid tangles?
They occasionally get more half hitches than shorter tags but the tangle rate isn’t a dramatically higher. I use a slightly oval shaped Belgian style cast to help avoid tangling but as long as you’re in control of your cast then tangling isn’t a major issue. Two flies are obviously better in this regard as are weightless or lighter weighted flies.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 thank you! Appreciate the advice. Great video!
How do connect the 10 pound maxim to your sinking line so it runs smoothly through the guides ?
Thanks. Irve
A nail or needle nail knot is fine. It's pretty thin compared to most butt sections so as long as you tie the knot without bumps and you trim the fly line flush it slides pretty smoothly.
Do you add a "hang maker" to the fly line?
Yes. I place hang markers 15’ from the end of the line.
What happens if you reel the first tippet ring into the guides?
Nothing. It slides easily through the guides.
So this is the leader formula you use for still streamers or indicator fishing? Or both?
This leader isn't for indicator fishing. It is for any purpose where you might want to change lines from nymphs to streamers.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 what would you use for stillwater indicator nymphing then? Tapered leaders? If not would you consider making a video on it?
Devin, How are you connecting the Maxima to your fly line?
I have a short (6-10") butt section of Maxima nail knotted to each line with a tippet ring on the end. It's easy to swap the leaders on the tippet ring.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Great. Thanks.
Hey Devin, what is the stillwater reel you like best? I’m always trying to balance cost of spare spools with performance, and haven’t found the ideal solution. Thanks!
Kenny,
I have an Airflo Switch reel with a couple dozen cassettes. I'll be switching over to a machined hardy version when they arrive in our shop next month.
I have been using Lamson Remix reels that come with 3 spools. They work great for stillwater fishing.
Hi Devon
Are you still using this leader set up for competition?
yes
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 thank you 🙏
what boat is that?
Just a 14' Smokercraft v-hull
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 do you have a front deck on it?
@@TheTruth-ge7fj no