I was fishing about two years with "traditional " methods and rarely catching fish. After I learned from you and Devin through your DVD'S first time I have got into river I caught more fish than my other club members with more experience. Thank you Greatly for your help and instructions. Hopefully I'll see Devin in our club Meeting on May 16th. CHEERS
A tiny bit of UV cure resin on each of those blood knots helps everything slide through the guides. And those rabbit ears he leaves on the sighter are like tippet magnets for me! I leave them on despite that because they really do help visibility. Great tutorial, thank you!!
Yeah, as someone who Czech nymphs ALOT no need for tags, honestly I don't even use sighter material anymore it's just another thing to buy I tie a small bit of braided line to my leader as a tag, it's soft doesn't get caught on anything and it's more than enough if you don't feel the eat, rare I even need that these days
Firstly, thanks to Lance for this video. I do have both DVD's too and the Olsen's book as well. They're great source of info on Euro nymphing. Just wanted to add some info that may be useful for others. You can get ( tippet ) rings for about 16 cents a piece at Artbeads. A bunch of us in Colorado are using them. Learned about them from a fishing friend from back East. You can get the rings in different sizes. We use: Sterling Silver Fine Closed Jump Ring (0.5x2.15mm) SKU: SS-CJR-FA We tie each ring on some heavy thread ( e.g. Coates and Clark, Dual Duty Plus, Button and Craft ) by creating a loop through the ring. We then use the thread to assist while tying on the leader. Then clip off the thread. I keep these rings with the thread in a ziplock bag in my vest. We've never had an issue loosing fish due to these rings.
Mr. Egan I've only been euro nymphing A few months and love my setup. It Works very well for me. I have a 11' 3w Rod with a 30' leader with just backing No fly line. I want to make my own leaders. Any suggestions on making My own that length?
Lance, thanks for the detailed video on how to set up a euro leader. What do you use for a running line and how long? I have a euro nymphing line. Do I just attach the leader you show in the video directly to the fly line?
Blake Woolstenhulme I used a similar leader for steelhead last week and worked very well. I use a heavy sighter material so when I’m not nymphing vertically I can float my sighter for longer casts with smaller nymphs
No. I use cortland .14 diameter bicolor followed by .13 white sighter with bunny ears between the two colors for visibility and and for strike detection
Looking forward to giving this a try. Two questions. Why do you use a surgeon knot rather than a blood knot to create the dropper? Wouldn't a tag from a blood knot be less likely to tangle given the 90-degree angle? Second, and this is similar to Jeffrey's question, should I modify (lengthen or shorten) this leader if I want to try it out with my 9-foot rod and floating fly line?
I don’t use a blood knot for the dropper because the right angle in the tippet material isn’t nearly as strong. I don’t use a tippet ring for a dropper because it tangles more than the triple surgeons.
Great info,. I was looking for more info on the sighter since this part is where I am struggling. What size tippet is the sighter material? Anymore specific than "pretty heavy material"? Should that be like an 0x or 1x to keep with the tapper from 12 lb down? Can it be heavier than 12 lb? Much lighter like a 2x or 3x? How is the sighter material affecting the sensitivity?
It can be any diameter you’d like. Thicker is easier to see, but weighs more. Thicker leader and sighter are easier to cast, but because of the extra diameter they are more affected by wind and sag more making light flies hard to fish at distance. Thinner leader and sighter fishes farther away with less sag, let’s you use lighter flies but is terribly hard to cast.
why use a clinch knot for sighter to ring but then a uni knot for tippet to ring? don't really understand the difference/advantage of one over the other
Thanks Lance for the vid. Great info. I have a few questions: 1. With using heavy flies with tungsten heads, are the flies not just rolling on the bottom like split shot? If so, how does this work if trout sit about 6 inches from the bottom and look up to feed? I usually use a shot dropper off my terminal fly to achieve this depth. I'm mostly euro fishing in winter when fish are deep in slower water. 2. I tend to catch a lot of sucker fish, sonim wondering if my bugs are rolling on the bottom and not high enough in the column for trout 3. If you still need to get down in faster water quicker, where on the tippit would you place split shot?
Dustin Rapp for me personally I like to drop shot when tight line nymphing. I pinch on split shot at the very end of my tippet. Then about 8-10” above the split shot I tie on a dropper tag of tippet about 6” long and attach my first nymph. Then going up the line another 12” or so, I do the same thing. Tie a dropper piece of tippet with my second nymph. The split shot is what is in contact with the bottom instead of a nymph. Of course this is just one method. There are many more. Play around with it and you’ll find what beat works for you.
Cool. Thanks, Lance. Wondering, if you're ever in a situation where you're fishing very small creeks with mostly pocket water but a deeper pool here and there would you bother setting off for a day of fishing with a Euro leader attached or would you do something more conventional like a tapered dry dropper rig? In other words, do you ever use your Euro leader as a dry dropper or do you change back and forth? Thanks.
Great info Lance. I have been using this formula for a couple of seasons (learned from the Modern Nymphing DVD) and am ready to step down in size to increase my range. What would a light leader formula look like? Modern Nymphing Elevated has several level, untapered formulas from Devin, but no 42-42-42 formulas for lighter leaders. Would you be willing to share one that you like?
Building the leader and all good but when I am connecting to the sighter material from the 12lb leader material I must of got to thin of sighter. How thick should the sighter mono be for the blood knot to hold?
Blood knots are great for joining a little disparity in mono diameter/weight so anything in the 12lb to maybe 9lb sighter should be fine. The smaller the sighter material, the more difficult it will be to tie the knot. Takes some practice for sure!
From tippet ring you went 3-4’ of material and then you cut 20-24” separate tippet but you failed to say where you tied the dropper line with surgeons knott on the main tippet line. Or I missed it. Thanks
So do you tie the end of the 20lb maxima to your usual fly line? Also, if you’re going to fish different rivers with different depths and currents do you just change the length of the tippet?
Sighter should be 2feet long but I just use a small 2inch piece of braid tied to my leader I can move it, but yes you should be adjusting tippet length if it's really deep, but you don't have to
I would like to know more about the non-tapered version that is mentioned. I realize the tapered version might be better, but I don't want to shell out for 3 different chameleon diameters and whatever else I might need to create a section of transition material. I've already reached the limit (exceeded it) of my let's-give-it-a-try budget at $40: 15lb chameleon, cortland indicator mono, tippet rings, and 5x fluoro. There are lots of experience-driven formulas out there, and several mentions to the effect of "you don't need to taper," but very little demonstration of a leader not tapered in the butt section. Any formulaic suggestions using these 4 elements? I'd also be curious as to what adjustments would need to be made in casting and in the use of blood knots, since there'd be a greater difference in line diameters without a taper.
I would like to see an unedited video of several experienced fly fishing folks blood knotting 15 lb maxima chameleon (.015 inch) to 11.8 lb cortland indicator mono (.012 inch), with extreme close ups of the process and the results. After two days of trying this, it seems to me the best reason for a tapered leader (for me) is to facilitate the blood knots, if I don't want a bunch of tippet rings providing the connection between diameters. I'm probably now willing to pay for the other spools, just to be rid of the different diameter blood knot hassle.
i've just started learning how to euro nymph one problem i always run into its my top fly on the tag will twist around the line going down to my point fly is there a solution for this?
I find it handy to carry a twist tie or a pipe cleaner, and wrap the dropper fly up when moving around. If you're casting at it's twisting, you're probably not casting correctly. Also, a very long dropper seems to tangle more than a shorter one.
Jed Smith it will appear to twist around the line, but it will kind of auto-correct once it hits the water. Another possibility is that your tag sections are too long.
Jed Smith stiffer tippet will help but twisting is going to happen a little no matter what. The fish don’t care if it’s twisted. Twisting is worse if you use a large fly or fly with legs like a Pats stonefly or squirmy with thin tippet (like 6x). Thicker or stiffer tippet will have less twisting.
That is very true. But this one only the sighter is furled with the portion in the water being a braided 20lb test black to a tippet ring and then to your tippet material. I was very surprised how well it worked too. Still like your way better for line control.
@@Lanceeganflyfishing Hello sir! I'm finding that when I tie the uni knot to my tippet ring (I use Trout Hunter 5.5 tippet), it seems to break very easily when I try and tighten it up. Is it just a matter of knowing how hard to pull it, or could it be because of sharper edges in the tippet ring, or that the line is just weak? Sort of a stupid question, but it just seems it breaks under not that much force.
Greg DeRoeck it’s hard to say for sure but assuming you’re tying the uni knot correctly, and your tippet is good, it’s most likely the tippet ring. Many brands of tippet rings have sharp edges. Try a cortland or hanak brand tippet ring.
@@FlyFishFood It is Italian, not spanish...your knowledge of languages match your knowledge of fishing! I have been fishing for the last 70 years, in Europe and in America and what you are teaching is wrong, uncomplete and it is NOT what we do in Europe. I recommend you look (RUclips) "pesca al tocco per trote o altri video from france and Germany and you will see how nymph fishers used 99% of the techniques used in natural bait fishing. it was done all over, and the "secret" was kept for many, many years, till the fishing tournament in Polonia (1984, Durajec) in which they fished without a fly line. When you make your leaders, the heel is longer than the rod and treated so to be soft and with "no memory" . In this kind of fishing, you go to the fish, but 25' are quite sufficient to cover a lot of water. Flies are much lighter than the Czech way of doing. The sighter has a different use of what you are saying...…….. Well, I am done!
Gino Laghi Relax!!! It was a joke kind of intended for putting a passive aggressive comment in another language instead of English (which you apparently speak.) This leader is a proven fish catcher all around the world. I guess we’ll just listen to what the trout say.
@@FlyFishFood First of all, let me apologize if I was some kind of snappy. I am not saing that what you do is wrong....there not right or wrong in fishing; I am just saying that many issues are missing or incorrect. Take the sighter, for example nobody, and I mean nobody explain how to use it: Europeans for a form of omerta and Americans don't have a clue (no offence intended). OK then, this is how the sighter is used. Indeed is a bicolor thing (I don't use mono nor Amnesia) and it tells me how and at what depth the fish is "working". Let's say I got a strike 2 inches below the knot, all my drift will be or end 2 inches below the knot. Another thing never said is that the tippet, from the sighter to the fly should be changed every time accordingly to the depth of the pool you are fishing Tight lines
Several questions - I have been fishing for many years, and don't even know what a "sider" is. I also do not understand why you are using 20, 15, or 12 lb leader - trout, even steelhead, rarely require that strength of leader. Frankly you are terrible at explaining or showing what you are doing. I can't even see the leader from the distance you filmed this. I'm very disappointed in this demo!
Hi Carl, taken out of context I'm sure you're confused, so don't worry that you're new to this. First thing is to learn all you can about Euro style nymphing and why you have leaders built like this. We've got some excellent resources here: store.flyfishfood.com/fly-fishing-euro-nymphing-s/4612.htm That link also includes some great videos we recommend to learn about this. And you'll learn what a "sighter" is. Also, regarding the leader "viewing", you might have missed the separate videos we posted showing closeups of the setup. Anyway, we invite you to learn more about this effective method of nymphing. Take care!
Carl Anglin you need to see the video, Modern Nymphing. store.flyfishfood.com/Modern-Nymphing-European-Inspired-Techniques-p/mnydvd.htm It will help you understand what’s being talked about in this RUclips video. Next up, tapered leaders for trout usually start with a butt section in a diameter range of .021”-.024”. In pound test this would be in the 25-30 pound range. With that in mind hopefully you’ll understand that we are making a leader that is thinner than your average trout leader. Also, don’t confuse leader and tippet. The 20/15/12 are only the leader butt. We’ll fish 5x or 6x tippet to the flies. This is very thin and quite common sizing for trout fishing.
I ve caught so many fish with the info you and Devin presented in your two DVD's. Thank you both from the bottom of my heart!
I was fishing about two years with "traditional " methods and rarely catching fish. After I learned from you and Devin through your DVD'S first time I have got into river I caught more fish than my other club members with more experience.
Thank you Greatly for your help and instructions. Hopefully I'll see Devin in our club Meeting on May 16th.
CHEERS
A tiny bit of UV cure resin on each of those blood knots helps everything slide through the guides. And those rabbit ears he leaves on the sighter are like tippet magnets for me! I leave them on despite that because they really do help visibility. Great tutorial, thank you!!
Yeah, as someone who Czech nymphs ALOT no need for tags, honestly I don't even use sighter material anymore it's just another thing to buy I tie a small bit of braided line to my leader as a tag, it's soft doesn't get caught on anything and it's more than enough if you don't feel the eat, rare I even need that these days
Firstly, thanks to Lance for this video. I do have both DVD's too and the Olsen's book as well.
They're great source of info on Euro nymphing. Just wanted to add some info that may be useful
for others.
You can get ( tippet ) rings for about 16 cents a piece at Artbeads. A bunch of us in Colorado
are using them. Learned about them from a fishing friend from back East. You can get the
rings in different sizes. We use:
Sterling Silver Fine Closed Jump Ring (0.5x2.15mm)
SKU: SS-CJR-FA
We tie each ring on some heavy thread ( e.g. Coates and Clark, Dual Duty Plus, Button and Craft )
by creating a loop through the ring. We then use the thread to assist while tying on the leader.
Then clip off the thread. I keep these rings with the thread in a ziplock bag in my vest.
We've never had an issue loosing fish due to these rings.
Excellent educational videos gentleman, you now have my business and will tell my friends and family members to support/order from you guys.
Thanks Shang!
great teacher!
Great stuff. Thank you for the tippet ring tip! I kept losing those little guys now I know what the clip is for.. Hahaha
Thanks for the information and I tied up a whole set up like you said. Have to try it out on the water now. Thanks
Years of practice ... make it look so easy. Bravo Zulu
Great presentation!
How about a video in this series about adding a new dropper line once you’ve cut it back a couple of times and it’s now to short
Good work, Lance! Exactly how I do it except I only use the 15 and 12 lb Maxima. About 4 feet of each.
20/15/10/8 lite stuff 18 -26
Mr. Egan I've only been euro nymphing
A few months and love my setup. It
Works very well for me. I have a 11' 3w
Rod with a 30' leader with just backing
No fly line. I want to make my own leaders. Any suggestions on making
My own that length?
Man, I wish I could tie blood knots that quickly. 😂
Lance should manufacture his own leaders. He can call them Sir Lancelot leaders.
Lance, thanks for the detailed video on how to set up a euro leader. What do you use for a running line and how long? I have a euro nymphing line. Do I just attach the leader you show in the video directly to the fly line?
Thank you for sharing! I am going to give this a try scaled for Steelhead!
Blake Woolstenhulme I used a similar leader for steelhead last week and worked very well. I use a heavy sighter material so when I’m not nymphing vertically I can float my sighter for longer casts with smaller nymphs
@@coreystoner4129 did you use amnesia for your sighter?
No. I use cortland .14 diameter bicolor followed by .13 white sighter with bunny ears between the two colors for visibility and and for strike detection
@@coreystoner4129 would you mind sharing a picture?
Blake Woolstenhulme I don’t believe I can share a pic on RUclips. Are you asking for a pic of the bunny ears or my leader that I use
What fly rod an reel combo u recommend to begin with. U highly recommend tho. Not expensive but but beginners either.
💥BOOM!!! EGAN/Olson 2020💥
Looking forward to giving this a try. Two questions. Why do you use a surgeon knot rather than a blood knot to create the dropper? Wouldn't a tag from a blood knot be less likely to tangle given the 90-degree angle? Second, and this is similar to Jeffrey's question, should I modify (lengthen or shorten) this leader if I want to try it out with my 9-foot rod and floating fly line?
Or use s tippet ring with clinch knots as I do. Works well.
I don’t use a blood knot for the dropper because the right angle in the tippet material isn’t nearly as strong. I don’t use a tippet ring for a dropper because it tangles more than the triple surgeons.
When if ever do you use an improved clinch knot over a clinch knot?
Never. Never ever. Even if there is a fire.
Great info,. I was looking for more info on the sighter since this part is where I am struggling. What size tippet is the sighter material? Anymore specific than "pretty heavy material"? Should that be like an 0x or 1x to keep with the tapper from 12 lb down? Can it be heavier than 12 lb? Much lighter like a 2x or 3x? How is the sighter material affecting the sensitivity?
It can be any diameter you’d like. Thicker is easier to see, but weighs more. Thicker leader and sighter are easier to cast, but because of the extra diameter they are more affected by wind and sag more making light flies hard to fish at distance. Thinner leader and sighter fishes farther away with less sag, let’s you use lighter flies but is terribly hard to cast.
superflyvidz thank you!
I'm having the same issue. I have 4X sighter tippet and it's very difficult to tie good blood knots with the 12 lb.
Thank you.
How would you modify this for steelhead fishing the Great Lakes Tributaries?
40 “ I use Cajun red I’ve used flo also same for catfish u ca see cause 5 ‘ or more is out the water anyways
why use a clinch knot for sighter to ring but then a uni knot for tippet to ring? don't really understand the difference/advantage of one over the other
Loved Modern Nymphing! I have a quick question - what diameter(strength) of the indicator material are you using?
I’m guessing 12 lb to match the other 12lb sections Diameter. Doesn’t really matter. I’m going to try 10lb, but it may be difficult for me to see.
What sighter is this(diameter)? And what length was added?
What's the best way to attach the 20 lb butt section to the fly line?
Thanks Lance for the vid. Great info. I have a few questions:
1. With using heavy flies with tungsten heads, are the flies not just rolling on the bottom like split shot? If so, how does this work if trout sit about 6 inches from the bottom and look up to feed? I usually use a shot dropper off my terminal fly to achieve this depth. I'm mostly euro fishing in winter when fish are deep in slower water.
2. I tend to catch a lot of sucker fish, sonim wondering if my bugs are rolling on the bottom and not high enough in the column for trout
3. If you still need to get down in faster water quicker, where on the tippit would you place split shot?
Dustin Rapp for me personally I like to drop shot when tight line nymphing. I pinch on split shot at the very end of my tippet. Then about 8-10” above the split shot I tie on a dropper tag of tippet about 6” long and attach my first nymph. Then going up the line another 12” or so, I do the same thing. Tie a dropper piece of tippet with my second nymph. The split shot is what is in contact with the bottom instead of a nymph. Of course this is just one method. There are many more. Play around with it and you’ll find what beat works for you.
What kind of knot are you tying at the end of the 20 to the fly line, especially when it has a factory knot.
what size tippet ring do you use? I got some tiny ones and keep breaking my tippet off when i clinch it down to the ring.
Do you just nail knot this to fly line? Can you nail knot on the loop of fly line or does it need cut off?
Cool. Thanks, Lance. Wondering, if you're ever in a situation where you're fishing very small creeks with mostly pocket water but a deeper pool here and there would you bother setting off for a day of fishing with a Euro leader attached or would you do something more conventional like a tapered dry dropper rig? In other words, do you ever use your Euro leader as a dry dropper or do you change back and forth? Thanks.
How about a micro swivel instead of a tippet ring
What's the difference between Maxima Chameleon and Ultra Green? Does it make any difference on this application?
Great info Lance. I have been using this formula for a couple of seasons (learned from the Modern Nymphing DVD) and am ready to step down in size to increase my range. What would a light leader formula look like? Modern Nymphing Elevated has several level, untapered formulas from Devin, but no 42-42-42 formulas for lighter leaders. Would you be willing to share one that you like?
I assume this leader is attached to a standard fly line and not a Euro nymph line. Yes?
Lance, I have 12# and 20# maxima ultra green can I use that or am I better off getting the chameleon
Building the leader and all good but when I am connecting to the sighter material from the 12lb leader material I must of got to thin of sighter. How thick should the sighter mono be for the blood knot to hold?
Blood knots are great for joining a little disparity in mono diameter/weight so anything in the 12lb to maybe 9lb sighter should be fine. The smaller the sighter material, the more difficult it will be to tie the knot. Takes some practice for sure!
From tippet ring you went 3-4’ of material and then you cut 20-24” separate tippet but you failed to say where you tied the dropper line with surgeons knott on the main tippet line. Or I missed it. Thanks
He said minimum 3 to 4 feet to the dropper, then 2 foot to the point fly. Depends on the water tho really.
So do you tie the end of the 20lb maxima to your usual fly line? Also, if you’re going to fish different rivers with different depths and currents do you just change the length of the tippet?
Sighter should be 2feet long but I just use a small 2inch piece of braid tied to my leader I can move it, but yes you should be adjusting tippet length if it's really deep, but you don't have to
I would like to know more about the non-tapered version that is mentioned. I realize the tapered version might be better, but I don't want to shell out for 3 different chameleon diameters and whatever else I might need to create a section of transition material. I've already reached the limit (exceeded it) of my let's-give-it-a-try budget at $40: 15lb chameleon, cortland indicator mono, tippet rings, and 5x fluoro. There are lots of experience-driven formulas out there, and several mentions to the effect of "you don't need to taper," but very little demonstration of a leader not tapered in the butt section. Any formulaic suggestions using these 4 elements? I'd also be curious as to what adjustments would need to be made in casting and in the use of blood knots, since there'd be a greater difference in line diameters without a taper.
I would like to see an unedited video of several experienced fly fishing folks blood knotting 15 lb maxima chameleon (.015 inch) to 11.8 lb cortland indicator mono (.012 inch), with extreme close ups of the process and the results. After two days of trying this, it seems to me the best reason for a tapered leader (for me) is to facilitate the blood knots, if I don't want a bunch of tippet rings providing the connection between diameters. I'm probably now willing to pay for the other spools, just to be rid of the different diameter blood knot hassle.
@@jp410 try tying them together with an Uni knot. it's alot easier.
Lance, all I can say is you’ve got game. Hey, where did you film the video. I love the flooring in the room. All my best!
I believe that is inside Fly Fish Food in their learning/education area.
Thx. This was filmed in the shop in Orem, UT (Fly Fish Food).
Thanks lance.
Lance, great video. What method do you use to attach the leader to the fly line?
I was curious myself and opted for a nail knot. It worked good for me, hope this helps!
Needle nail not also works and may be slightly better.
Do you pre build leaders to take with you or do you build them all on the stream side?
what do you think? Who wants to spend valuable time while fishing, tying entire leaders?
A closer video with a backdrop with colored lines would’ve been a lot better
Whattt? Not the whole spool of indicator mono straight to the tippet ring!?
This video is old, he probably is doing that now too.
i've just started learning how to euro nymph one problem i always run into its my top fly on the tag will twist around the line going down to my point fly is there a solution for this?
I find it handy to carry a twist tie or a pipe cleaner, and wrap the dropper fly up when moving around. If you're casting at it's twisting, you're probably not casting correctly. Also, a very long dropper seems to tangle more than a shorter one.
Jed Smith it will appear to twist around the line, but it will kind of auto-correct once it hits the water. Another possibility is that your tag sections are too long.
Jed Smith stiffer tippet will help but twisting is going to happen a little no matter what. The fish don’t care if it’s twisted. Twisting is worse if you use a large fly or fly with legs like a Pats stonefly or squirmy with thin tippet (like 6x). Thicker or stiffer tippet will have less twisting.
Have you guys tried the Cutthroat Euro Leader? Works really well. No line memory.
MDD MDD the only issue with furled leaders is that they tend to absorb water and cause sag.
They’re too heavy, they freeze and hold water. For euro nymphing (and every other technique in my opinion) you don’t want a braided or furled leader.
That is very true. But this one only the sighter is furled with the portion in the water being a braided 20lb test black to a tippet ring and then to your tippet material.
I was very surprised how well it worked too.
Still like your way better for line control.
why the clinch knot to the tippet ring with the sighter but uni knot to the tippet ring with the tippet?
Mike Oriol strength. Sighter is far stronger and doesn’t need the extra strength of the uni knot. Fine tippet is best attached with a uni knot.
@@Lanceeganflyfishing Hello sir! I'm finding that when I tie the uni knot to my tippet ring (I use Trout Hunter 5.5 tippet), it seems to break very easily when I try and tighten it up. Is it just a matter of knowing how hard to pull it, or could it be because of sharper edges in the tippet ring, or that the line is just weak? Sort of a stupid question, but it just seems it breaks under not that much force.
Greg DeRoeck it’s hard to say for sure but assuming you’re tying the uni knot correctly, and your tippet is good, it’s most likely the tippet ring. Many brands of tippet rings have sharp edges. Try a cortland or hanak brand tippet ring.
Nice video. Fishing the euro and French leader has been brilliant for me this winter here in the UK. Check out my videos for some of my days out 👍🏼
Ma chi te l'ha detto? HAHAHAHA!
Gino Laghi funny joke. No se hobble espaniel
@@FlyFishFood It is Italian, not spanish...your knowledge of languages match your knowledge of fishing!
I have been fishing for the last 70 years, in Europe and in America and what you are teaching is wrong, uncomplete and it is NOT what we do in Europe.
I recommend you look (RUclips) "pesca al tocco per trote o altri video from france and Germany and you will see how nymph fishers used 99% of the techniques used in natural bait fishing. it was done all over, and the "secret" was kept for many, many years, till the fishing tournament in Polonia (1984, Durajec) in which they fished without a fly line.
When you make your leaders, the heel is longer than the rod and treated so to be soft and with "no memory" .
In this kind of fishing, you go to the fish, but 25' are quite sufficient to cover a lot of water. Flies are much lighter than the Czech way of doing.
The sighter has a different use of what you are saying...……..
Well, I am done!
Gino Laghi Relax!!! It was a joke kind of intended for putting a passive aggressive comment in another language instead of English (which you apparently speak.) This leader is a proven fish catcher all around the world. I guess we’ll just listen to what the trout say.
@@FlyFishFood First of all, let me apologize if I was some kind of snappy. I am not saing that what you do is wrong....there not right or wrong in fishing; I am just saying that many issues are missing or incorrect. Take the sighter, for example nobody, and I mean nobody explain how to use it: Europeans for a form of omerta and Americans don't have a clue (no offence intended). OK then, this is how the sighter is used. Indeed is a bicolor thing (I don't use mono nor Amnesia) and it tells me how and at what depth the fish is "working". Let's say I got a strike 2 inches below the knot, all my drift will be or end 2 inches below the knot. Another thing never said is that the tippet, from the sighter to the fly should be changed every time accordingly to the depth of the pool you are fishing
Tight lines
Gino Laghi correct. This isn’t meant to be an all-in-one instructional fishing video. There are many other videos for that.
Several questions - I have been fishing for many years, and don't even know what a "sider" is. I also do not understand why you are using 20, 15, or 12 lb leader - trout, even steelhead, rarely require that strength of leader. Frankly you are terrible at explaining or showing what you are doing. I can't even see the leader from the distance you filmed this. I'm very disappointed in this demo!
Hi Carl, taken out of context I'm sure you're confused, so don't worry that you're new to this. First thing is to learn all you can about Euro style nymphing and why you have leaders built like this. We've got some excellent resources here: store.flyfishfood.com/fly-fishing-euro-nymphing-s/4612.htm That link also includes some great videos we recommend to learn about this. And you'll learn what a "sighter" is. Also, regarding the leader "viewing", you might have missed the separate videos we posted showing closeups of the setup. Anyway, we invite you to learn more about this effective method of nymphing. Take care!
Carl Anglin you need to see the video, Modern Nymphing. store.flyfishfood.com/Modern-Nymphing-European-Inspired-Techniques-p/mnydvd.htm
It will help you understand what’s being talked about in this RUclips video.
Next up, tapered leaders for trout usually start with a butt section in a diameter range of .021”-.024”. In pound test this would be in the 25-30 pound range. With that in mind hopefully you’ll understand that we are making a leader that is thinner than your average trout leader. Also, don’t confuse leader and tippet. The 20/15/12 are only the leader butt. We’ll fish 5x or 6x tippet to the flies. This is very thin and quite common sizing for trout fishing.