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Not a fly tyer, where can these be purchased?

How long is total length of leader and tippet from main line?

Much cleaner to tie a Duncan loop above the stopper knot. Easy on or off. Can be tightened to stay anywhere.

Cory, you did it again…another short, but VERY informative video, with great detail and links to everything; truly appreciate you sharing your wisdom with us…now maybe you can do a short video on some of your fav stogies 🚬

I started fly fishing and fly tying 55 years ago, tied flies for a shop for a few years and still find your videos useful and entertaining.

Hey Sir. I’ve been trying to improve my nymphing technique for the better part of 3 years. Yet I clearly see that it’s (so far) impossible to get a straight, drift for more than about 10-15 feet directly in front of me. And only direct below my rod tip, I have tried more than 5 completely different setups, each with different sizes of tippet. What I find always happens (because of how physics works) the fly is always trying to equalize all forces on it and this makes it always drift across current lanes in different speeds depending upon the water speed, depth, my fly weight and type, and my tippet size and where the fly is in relation to my rod tip. I do not know how to make the fly stay at the right depth, in the intended current lanes, at the right speed and in a straight line down that current lanes. It always drifts towards my rod tip. And this also doesn’t cover my final and biggest problem of the fish not eating because it can see me. Because of these (so far) insurmountable obstacles I find that euro nymphing is falling way behind, and often I drop it altogether and use a drop shot rig, which has none of these problems (it has its own) and produces 10x more fish in the same amount of time fishing. Can you do a video on this? Thank you.

This is an awesome tip! Thanks for sharing. I will definitely be trying this out when I can start fishing dries again.

Great video!!! I went to the fly shop the next morning and am building the box out.

I was always the dry fly guy.. for about 11 years, then I tried perdigons and euro.. and I enjoyed fishing like never before.. I became euro addicted.. after a while I found your channel and now I am addicted to this channel, great job Cory

Nice, almost like jack Daniels😊

Always enjoy your input! I have way to many bugs in my boxes and need a better system for sure.

Inspiring stuff! Great video-building a confidence fly box is definitely on my to-do list now. I get asked about it all the time, and I can’t believe I’ve never thought of making a video about my own. Thanks for the spark!

Hi Cory: When you talk about how long a certain cast is (an 18-foot or a 25-foot cast...), is that the distance away from your body that your bug is entering the water, or how much line off your reel, or how much line off your rod tip? Thanks in advance. I can't thank you enough for your vids. If there's a more proficient/efficient fly fisherperson out there...I've yet to come across them. :-)

Question- how do you avoid spooking fish when you walk up so close to where they are to cast / drift ?

Question- I have a question on positioning ...do you fish throughout the entire river ( both close and far banks) ? Or are you targeting every seam and pocket that's closest ? Idk seems like everyone I watch only casts to the inside of the water and not to the outside bank what are your thoughts ? Thank you in advance 👍🏻

I've saved a number of videos on Dropper Tags. This really seems the most efficient way to tie one. Normally, I'd tie the tippet of my bottom fly to the hook bend of my top fly, but dropper tags have some advantages worth exploring. Thanks for the post Corey!

l like your work very much. But 'd never call this minimal. :-) All that stuff over my chest would really irk me. The gear many fly anglers carry at times ids s ludicrous. I keep as truly minimal as possible. :-)

Since you've moved to the c&f chest box, where do you keep your fly box these days?

Thanks for the long awaited video on filling a fly box. I’ve been trying to reduce my patterns, because there’s no more room in the box. Your approach is perfect. Thanks for all your suggestions, and great fly patterns. Keep up the good work. Rich

Incredible video Cory, the place, the rig, the explanations, the fish... everything is incredible, last year I spent a large part fishing only with a dry-dropper in euro and it was super effective as well as very fun, congratulations friend, I love your channel.😃😃

HI Cory: I feel like a lurker, having watched ALL of your vids (most several times) and not having reached out to thank you before now (I do Like & Subscribe!).I can't thank you enough, sincerely, for being modest and open and generous with your time and talents. Thank you. Quick question: I've yet to tie a fly, and wonder what you would suggest as a first investment into a fly-tying setup. I mostly Euro Nymph and don't see tying a lot of spectacular dry flies (if that affects your suggestion). I just don't want to limit myself with too rudimentary a set up, but don't want to overspend buying something that I won't use based on the types of flies (mostly like yours outlined here) I'll be tying. Thanks in advance for your recommendations. Peace and holiday blessing to you and yours this holiday!

Question for you, at about the 5 minute mark you talk about how for your mayfly nymphs you tie 18, 16 and 14. Then you talk about the size of beads you use 2.3 2.8 and 3.3 beads. So when you are trying jack daniels for example, would you be tying a bunch of size 18 jd's with each of the 3 bead sizes, and then a bunch of size 16 with each of the 3 beads sizes, and then the same for the size 14? If so then you would be tying 9 different combinations of the jd fly 18-2.3, 18-2.8, and 18-3.3 and so on. Or are you tying 18's with the 2.3, 16's with the 2.8, and 14's with a 3.3?

Thank you for these videos, I've enjoyed them so much! Could you recommend a source where I can order those pezon and michel lines online? I really want to try out both, you got me curious on those lines.

Fly tying really is a choose your own adventure type of hobby (or sport when it comes to fly fishing), and I'm constantly motivated and amazed by anglers and tyers all over the world, in how they set up a nymph box. When George Daniel's came out with Dynamic Nymphing his box organization made a lot of sense to me personally. And then Devin Olsen pushed that concept further with his meticulous organization by weight and by sink rate.....this is another great conversation about it and seems very practical. I've used so many different boxes and methods. In general, I always have 1 confidence box. Just a single dedicated box (maybe a tacky fly box or a smaller fulling mill box) with just every day flies and sizes. Then my organizational ideas and production misalign. I have ideas for a local hatch box, a midge and egg box, but those haven't come together yet haha. Next year

Are you using the regular or fine Krystal flash?

Do you sell the jack Daniel’s nymph?

Link to that box would be fantastic !!

Is there not a closed season in America for trout

Do you tie each size with each weight?

This is wonderful! I’ve been learning to tie nymphs for the past few weeks with a total ‘shotgun’ approach. You are super helpful and I appreciate that you have the ‘how to’ videos to go along. Time to get tying!

This is EXACTLY what I’ve been looking for!! Thank you, Cory!!!

Great video… one thing I’d like to add if I may: You don’t need any midges ever if you put some egg yarn on a hook. You’ll never have to fish size 20 and smaller nymphs again or 6x tippet😁

This was extremely helpful. Just getting into tying and I've tied quite a few different nymph patterns, but not in quantity. This will really help me narrow down some patterns that I can build out a box with then have a small box of tester patterns. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you very much! This is one of the most helpful videos I've seen. Would love to see a similar version for dries, streamers, terrestrials, and lack of a better term garbage flies. Thank you so much for the video, this is very helpful!

I use a modified Jack Daniels everywhere I go in Oregon. Killer fly.

Fantastic video.

This was the most helpful video yet for me on this topic! Super concise and informative! I’ve been wanting to get into tying my own flies but have been intimidated. Very helpful - thank you! Is there a kit and/or vice you would recommend for tying these flies? Something well built that will be long lasting. Thanks again! Alan

What’s the point of the tag??

Great advice. What type of hooks and bead colors do you prefer for each type of fly you are tying?

Fantastic vid! Took up fly fishing last summer and it’s truly been quite the experience… now tying my own flies and learning a bit more everyday. Really found your past video about ‘adjustable tags’ very useful for the dry dropper rigs (can’t exactly remember what you titled the vid but you must know what I’m referring to). Are the nymphs in this vid tailored mainly towards euro nymphing, or could they be applied to standard rigs as well? Tight lines my friend

Kudos on your Jack Daniels. I know in some other videos you’ve done you mentioned tying a Walt’s with a metallic pink bead. One of my best producers in North GA and NC is the Jack Daniels with a metallic pink bead. It slays.

Man's living the life. Tons of fish, knocking back a nice cigar. So frickin good.

Yep, guilty.

If your using a short dropper how easy is it to tie, as you won’t have a big loop you can form

This is the best, most logical explanation for organizing a nymph box. Excellent work. Thank you. Tight lines. 😊

Thank You for another great video Cory ! Your positive energy and ability to explain things in a simple and effective way and your selflessness is simply unmatched . Great ! Tight lines and Happy upcoming Holidays to You and your Family!

Wonderful instruction! Going to add this knot to my quiver. The nomenclature threw me off a bit...."just picture the main line coming off the spool as your tippet ring". Did not understand that. Using "leader" and "tippet" terms would make this awesome video even better.