I really appreciate the screen arrow an line overlays to highlight what you are talking about in the video. This is very helpful to reinforce the message.
This video content should not only be taught to all fly fishers, or should be a case study in business school for how to properly do content that gives a brand authority and attracts lifelong fans.
Thanks for watching and we're glad to be back as well. We've had a lot of other irons in the fire lately so we haven't been able to film as much as we'd like.
Devin, you are the best at explaining what you are doing and why. I've been fly fishing for over 40 years, I was taught by Dave Rothrock up in Pa. I'm sure many will benefit from your ability to communicate how to read the water. Well done!!
Beautiful, detailed video. Thank you! Love the humility of not insisting on showing some big fish being pulled out of the spots and seams near the slab that you worked so patiently up to. Those spots transpose almost directly to a place I fish often, so it was very interesting to see how you approach it. The video is more about fishing the slower seams around a fast run, than it is fishing the fast run itself (which is what I expected from the title). I'm sometimes amazed at fish I find holding in turbulent water -- more turbulent than anything in this video -- so I'm surprised you didn't address those faster currents more. Then again, I find success happens in those places when it's warmer, and it looks like a cooler day there. I just love the detail and the methodical approach you share. Wonderful stuff.
Thanks Devin, this is a great video showing your thought processes on how to fish varying types of water. I was particularly impressed with how a simple change in weight can lead to success and how you process through all the scenarios until you come up with the right answer. The section on using the dry dropper is very instructive since I've struggled with this technique on occasion. The leader set-up clarified and reinforced some of the answers to questions about the technique that you helped me with previously. Many thanks!
Great demonstration Devin! You've taught me I need to slow down and pick each run apart with depth and presentation. Thanks for sharing👌 Steve @blackflycreations, Ut
Hey Devin thank you for another on the water tutorial, they are really helpful. I like how you mark the areas from above and use prompts like your book. Its a great read but I've also found it to be a great reference book that one can go back to several times. Order this book, you'll never regret it. Thank you again.
I love the bow and arrow cast! I don't find myself using it as much out west, but it was a staple on the spring creeks in the eastern US. I suspect many folks pass this type of water by and head for the bends or other prime water. But what a mistake that can be. Nice job as usual. Great videography and production.
Thanks Devin! I’ve been trying to be patient and make sure I methodically pick apart each stretch I fish and this video gives a great example of that. I Always enjoy your lessons!
Thanks, Devin! It's really helpful that you are so patient and complete in describing what you're doing, or attempting to do at times. The graphics also really help identify where in the river your comments apply. Like Joe below, I'd also like to hear a bit about the Adams leader system, particularly how it relates to your traditional leader formulas, which I use.
I put a comment in under Joe’s. The adams mono is just another material that I’ve tried for the micro leader that I’ve talked about in previous videos and in Adaptive Fly Fishing and my book. The Adams mono is strong and I like it a lot for micro leaders. Other sighter materials from the brands we have in the shop also work well that are more visible. The thicker Euro nymphing leaders I’ve shared are very good for anglers who struggle with accurately casting euro rigs but I haven’t used them much myself for 6-7 years except for specific situations where I’m floating the sighter or fishing a heavier dry dropper rig in flat water.
Thanks for sharing!! This is a great video and I love the way you take time to explain in details on how to fish just a small section of a river. Being a beginner I will say I love seeing the drawings and the explanation on how to rig the set up you are using. That helps me so much! Thank you!!
To see an accomplished angler like Devin be surprised with a hole that doesn’t produce as expected gives the rest of us hope! I’ve made that “huh” sound more times than I can count on spots that look real fishy.
Interesting cost benefit analysis of temp vs location of trout. Curious if type of hatch as another variable would also contribute to trout location, thanks!
Great instruction! Suggestion: how about a vid on strike detection? I mean setting up with telephoto lens on the sighter. Make the sighter the star of the show! Real world demonstrations of detecting a nymph take would go a long way to help me and others. Thanks
When you fish the upper part at the end of the video from the left bank you are standing in very rough water, you could choose the other bank and be more confi. I understand that it is to be conceled and not be detected... Is it the case? I take the chance to wish you all the best in the upcoming world fly fishing Championship!
It’s more about having a good drift angle. If I crossed to the other side I would have a direct upstream angle when casting along the boulder. That angle is much harder to manage in quick water to maintain slack control and a natural drift. It’s possible there might have been some benefit from that side though so it’s always worth trying different angles. Thanks for the encouragement at the championship.
Excellent as usual Devin - thanks for taking the time to show us how you pick apart that run! Question: when you know you missed a fish, how hard should you try to get that fish to eat again, if at all? Tight lines! 🎣
If you can fish somewhere else for 10 minutes you can often get them to come back. But it rarely works right away after you miss one at least if they are wild fish.
Hey Devin! Not sure if it is possible, but I'm hoping technology is getting good and cheap. I have a really hard time seeing your rod and leader to see HOW you are fishing. I wonder if it is possible to make them more visible to the camera, or to digitally accentuate them so us viewers can better see what they are actually doing?
Can you describe in a little more detail that new leader? Various diameters, length etc? Are you using a tippet ring between the leader and tippet or would a blood knot make sense?
I normally use the .16 mm or .18 mm Adams mono. The length is all in the diagram in the video. The only thing I alter is the tippet length based on the depth of the water. I was using a tippet ring as I show in the diagram. Blood knots tend to be a bit weak between sighter and tippet so I would use a figure of eight knot if you don’t use the tippet ring.
Thanks. Had to re-watch it for the diagram. (It’s at about 2:40 for those interested). I’ve been fishing a longer and thinner tapered leader lately that I tie myself and it might be time to try the mono set up. Also, I like your use of one fly: that’s something I need to do more of.
@@joeborgione5477 one fly rigs can be critical in complex broken water. Basically if I can’t fit two flies easily into a seam or pocket I will opt for the single fly right away.
A jig streamer would have been a good idea at that point. I don’t have a separate video on a pendulum cast but I cut a view of it into the video at that point. If you watch it a few times you’ll probably get the basics of it. It’s a pretty simple cast.
There are plenty of options in our shop. Anything that is around 4 oz or more will work with that rod. If there are specific reels you’re interested in send us an email and we’ll get you dialed.
I’ve shot the video for it but had trouble getting the wing material for the shop. I’ve got a substitute in the works and will have a video up before too long.
@@brooktroutangler5917 in the white specifically I like the Adams better. The cortland white has a weird tendency to coil where knots have been tied, though their other colors don’t have that problem. The adams has been strong, resistant to coiling, and durable for me so far.
I still have a stash of Polish Quills that is dwindling. Veniards is no longer selling quills to the USA either. The best option now is the new Fulling Mill quills we just got in the shop.
I wanna take your advice because you seem like you know your stuff. But i dont understand how you can fish for trout that are right across from you without spooking. I fish smaller mountain tributaries and sometimes I spook fish from 20ft+ even when sneaking up and what not. I know those smaller streams it’s easier to spook but the water in this video looks just as clear as what I fish.
@@blakemckenzie1946 I’m always using surface waves to break up my silhouette when fishing across. If I feel I might spook fish then I kneel and can usually avoid spooking fish. But I am also fishing further away then you might think much of the time. You should check out my book Tactical Fly Fishing: Lessons Learned from Competition for All Anglers. I have quite a bit in there about how I approach fish without spooking them.
I am relatively new to fly fishing, so are you casting without any fly line just a 20’ leader? The leader and the rod = approx 30’, the river doesn’t look that wide.
I'm curious and still learning the Jargon. Are most of your videos, including this one, euro Nymphing. Or is it all kinds of fly fishing? I just watched this whole video, but was left with, wait, what kind of set up was this?
Yes, most of our river fishing videos have a Euro nymphing focus but there is a fair bit of dry fly fishing and occasional streamer fishing mixed in as well. And we also have some stillwater videos.
@@darranjacobsen4366 most of the videos with those methods are vlogs of a certain day of fishing. They probably won’t have a specific method in the title.
You’re certainly welcome to call it whatever you want. For those who are interested, it doesn’t hurt to introduce specific scientific terminology from my time as a fisheries biologist.
I really appreciate the screen arrow an line overlays to highlight what you are talking about in the video. This is very helpful to reinforce the message.
Glad it helped. Thanks for watching.
This video content should not only be taught to all fly fishers, or should be a case study in business school for how to properly do content that gives a brand authority and attracts lifelong fans.
Awfully kind! Thanks!
This guy is an excellent teacher, thanks man!
Good to have you back, I missed your wisdom!
Thanks for watching and we're glad to be back as well. We've had a lot of other irons in the fire lately so we haven't been able to film as much as we'd like.
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Just like your book- a video illustrating the chapter on fishing runs. Good stuff
Thanks Jeff
Devin, you are the best at explaining what you are doing and why. I've been fly fishing for over 40 years, I was taught by Dave Rothrock up in Pa. I'm sure many will benefit from your ability to communicate how to read the water. Well done!!
Thanks!
Beautiful, detailed video. Thank you! Love the humility of not insisting on showing some big fish being pulled out of the spots and seams near the slab that you worked so patiently up to. Those spots transpose almost directly to a place I fish often, so it was very interesting to see how you approach it. The video is more about fishing the slower seams around a fast run, than it is fishing the fast run itself (which is what I expected from the title). I'm sometimes amazed at fish I find holding in turbulent water -- more turbulent than anything in this video -- so I'm surprised you didn't address those faster currents more. Then again, I find success happens in those places when it's warmer, and it looks like a cooler day there. I just love the detail and the methodical approach you share. Wonderful stuff.
I've certainly found fish in faster water before as well though not normally in this river. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Thanks Devin, this is a great video showing your thought processes on how to fish varying types of water. I was particularly impressed with how a simple change in weight can lead to success and how you process through all the scenarios until you come up with the right answer. The section on using the dry dropper is very instructive since I've struggled with this technique on occasion. The leader set-up clarified and reinforced some of the answers to questions about the technique that you helped me with previously. Many thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
Thanks! As always, appreciate the education as I look into the Nymphing game.
Hopefully it helped 👍
Great demonstration Devin! You've taught me I need to slow down and pick each run apart with depth and presentation. Thanks for sharing👌
Steve
@blackflycreations, Ut
Thanks Steve!
Thank you for editing the video to show exactly where you are fishing with those red crosses.
Hopefully it helped
Hey Devin thank you for another on the water tutorial, they are really helpful. I like how you mark the areas from above and use prompts like your book. Its a great read but I've also found it to be a great reference book that one can go back to several times. Order this book, you'll never regret it. Thank you again.
Thanks Donald! I’m certainly glad you’ve enjoyed the book as well.
Great video that covered so many elements and nuances of euro nymphing. You’re an excellent teacher!
Thanks! I'm glad it helped!
I love the bow and arrow cast! I don't find myself using it as much out west, but it was a staple on the spring creeks in the eastern US. I suspect many folks pass this type of water by and head for the bends or other prime water. But what a mistake that can be. Nice job as usual. Great videography and production.
Thanks!
Thanks for the quality educational content.
Glad you enjoyed it
Yet another great video Devin. Thanks for the river breakdown commentary and your thoughts as you moved upstream.
Thanks Alan.
Thanks Devin! I’ve been trying to be patient and make sure I methodically pick apart each stretch I fish and this video gives a great example of that. I Always enjoy your lessons!
Glad you enjoyed it Dale
Thanks, Devin! It's really helpful that you are so patient and complete in describing what you're doing, or attempting to do at times. The graphics also really help identify where in the river your comments apply. Like Joe below, I'd also like to hear a bit about the Adams leader system, particularly how it relates to your traditional leader formulas, which I use.
I put a comment in under Joe’s. The adams mono is just another material that I’ve tried for the micro leader that I’ve talked about in previous videos and in Adaptive Fly Fishing and my book. The Adams mono is strong and I like it a lot for micro leaders. Other sighter materials from the brands we have in the shop also work well that are more visible.
The thicker Euro nymphing leaders I’ve shared are very good for anglers who struggle with accurately casting euro rigs but I haven’t used them much myself for 6-7 years except for specific situations where I’m floating the sighter or fishing a heavier dry dropper rig in flat water.
Great presentation. Very informative and helpful. Thank you!
Thanks!
Great video - super clear
Thank you for spreading your knowledge and fishing techniques. Excellent
🙏 thanks for watching
Thanks for sharing!! This is a great video and I love the way you take time to explain in details on how to fish just a small section of a river. Being a beginner I will say I love seeing the drawings and the explanation on how to rig the set up you are using. That helps me so much! Thank you!!
Glad it helped! Happy fishing!
Excellent explanation of your technique. Thank you also for not having one of those “fish on every cast” videos.
Hopefully I got my thought process across. Thanks for watching.
Great lance as always!!! Wish we had those flows bro!!!
Pretty sure my name is still Devin 😊
But thanks Scott and hopefully the water gods head your way soon.
Lots of gold in this. Thanks. “Nicely done “
Thanks!
Loved the video. Super insightful.
Glad you enjoyed it
"Heartbreakingly pretty little parr marks." Now there's a phrase for you. Amen.
Thank you so much, that way of working a section of fast water, MSG Leum
Thanks for watching. Happy fishing.
To see an accomplished angler like Devin be surprised with a hole that doesn’t produce as expected gives the rest of us hope! I’ve made that “huh” sound more times than I can count on spots that look real fishy.
Sadly none of us are immune but that’s also what keeps us coming back. It would be pretty boring if we got everything we expected each time out.
I really enjoy your videos
Thanks!
Damn, I want to fish with you, I wonder if you can catch as many fish from one pool where I live (Caucasus mountains). Come to Georgia!
Interesting cost benefit analysis of temp vs location of trout. Curious if type of hatch as another variable would also contribute to trout location, thanks!
Type and intensity of hatch can definitely shift them around.
Great instruction! Suggestion: how about a vid on strike detection? I mean setting up with telephoto lens on the sighter. Make the sighter the star of the show! Real world demonstrations of detecting a nymph take would go a long way to help me and others. Thanks
I’ve tried this with actual pro videographers before, it’s surprising more difficult than you might think.
When you fish the upper part at the end of the video from the left bank you are standing in very rough water, you could choose the other bank and be more confi. I understand that it is to be conceled and not be detected... Is it the case? I take the chance to wish you all the best in the upcoming world fly fishing Championship!
It’s more about having a good drift angle. If I crossed to the other side I would have a direct upstream angle when casting along the boulder. That angle is much harder to manage in quick water to maintain slack control and a natural drift. It’s possible there might have been some benefit from that side though so it’s always worth trying different angles.
Thanks for the encouragement at the championship.
Very helpful - thanks!
Thanks for watching
Excellent as usual Devin - thanks for taking the time to show us how you pick apart that run! Question: when you know you missed a fish, how hard should you try to get that fish to eat again, if at all? Tight lines! 🎣
If you can fish somewhere else for 10 minutes you can often get them to come back. But it rarely works right away after you miss one at least if they are wild fish.
Hey Devin! Not sure if it is possible, but I'm hoping technology is getting good and cheap. I have a really hard time seeing your rod and leader to see HOW you are fishing. I wonder if it is possible to make them more visible to the camera, or to digitally accentuate them so us viewers can better see what they are actually doing?
Can you describe in a little more detail that new leader? Various diameters, length etc? Are you using a tippet ring between the leader and tippet or would a blood knot make sense?
I normally use the .16 mm or .18 mm Adams mono. The length is all in the diagram in the video. The only thing I alter is the tippet length based on the depth of the water.
I was using a tippet ring as I show in the diagram. Blood knots tend to be a bit weak between sighter and tippet so I would use a figure of eight knot if you don’t use the tippet ring.
Thanks. Had to re-watch it for the diagram. (It’s at about 2:40 for those interested). I’ve been fishing a longer and thinner tapered leader lately that I tie myself and it might be time to try the mono set up. Also, I like your use of one fly: that’s something I need to do more of.
@@joeborgione5477 one fly rigs can be critical in complex broken water. Basically if I can’t fit two flies easily into a seam or pocket I will opt for the single fly right away.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Dog days of summer are pushing fish into tight seams. They are a challenge but the rewards can be ‘big’!
Would you jig a streamer through the head of the run when nothing else biting? Do you have a video on pendulum cast?
A jig streamer would have been a good idea at that point. I don’t have a separate video on a pendulum cast but I cut a view of it into the video at that point. If you watch it a few times you’ll probably get the basics of it. It’s a pretty simple cast.
Great video do you have any recommendations on reels that balance well with a T&T contact 2 10 foot ? Thanks
There are plenty of options in our shop. Anything that is around 4 oz or more will work with that rod. If there are specific reels you’re interested in send us an email and we’ll get you dialed.
Intereresting!
Thanks
I am suprised you did not cross the stream and fish from the left? Could you not gotten better drifts while not high sticking over the heavy water
Did you mention you were using a “foam” front end loader caddis dry fly? If so, can you share a tying video/recipe?
I’ve shot the video for it but had trouble getting the wing material for the shop. I’ve got a substitute in the works and will have a video up before too long.
Hi Devin. I assume your running the dry fly off a tag? The perdigon is not tied to the bend of the hook on the dry, correct? Thanks!
Correct
How does the Adams compare with the Cortland? Thank you
Can you clarify the specific products you’re asking about? Rods, sighter material, etc.?
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 The Adams sighter material white with the Cortland sighter material white. Thank you
@@brooktroutangler5917 in the white specifically I like the Adams better. The cortland white has a weird tendency to coil where knots have been tied, though their other colors don’t have that problem. The adams has been strong, resistant to coiling, and durable for me so far.
Soooo ... were you unable to cross to the other side so that you hit that prime spot from a downstream position?
@@garyrafferty7625 it’s been a while since I filmed this so I don’t remember the specific situation.
Are you now using the veniard quills to tie quilldigons?
I still have a stash of Polish Quills that is dwindling. Veniards is no longer selling quills to the USA either. The best option now is the new Fulling Mill quills we just got in the shop.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Thanks Devin. My polish quill stash is dwindling as well haha. jeff
Devin, what rod ate you using?
I used the Diamondback Ideal Nymph 10’ 2 weight for the dry dropper and the Adams XTZ 10’ 6” 2 weight for the straight nymph rig.
How do you like the new adams mono? Comparable to Pierre sempe or pezon & michel? Great video as always devin!
It’s a bit stronger than Sempe/PM and resists coiling as well or better. So far I’ve been very happy with it.
I wanna take your advice because you seem like you know your stuff. But i dont understand how you can fish for trout that are right across from you without spooking. I fish smaller mountain tributaries and sometimes I spook fish from 20ft+ even when sneaking up and what not. I know those smaller streams it’s easier to spook but the water in this video looks just as clear as what I fish.
@@blakemckenzie1946 I’m always using surface waves to break up my silhouette when fishing across. If I feel I might spook fish then I kneel and can usually avoid spooking fish. But I am also fishing further away then you might think much of the time. You should check out my book Tactical Fly Fishing: Lessons Learned from Competition for All Anglers. I have quite a bit in there about how I approach fish without spooking them.
I am relatively new to fly fishing, so are you casting without any fly line just a 20’ leader? The leader and the rod = approx 30’, the river doesn’t look that wide.
Yes. This is a specific style of fly fishing called European nymphing. Most of the time the line never makes it out of the rod tip with this method.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817thanks, I have a lot to learn 😵💫
I'm curious and still learning the Jargon. Are most of your videos, including this one, euro Nymphing. Or is it all kinds of fly fishing? I just watched this whole video, but was left with, wait, what kind of set up was this?
Yes, most of our river fishing videos have a Euro nymphing focus but there is a fair bit of dry fly fishing and occasional streamer fishing mixed in as well. And we also have some stillwater videos.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 OK, so I want to look for videos with dry, fly, fishing or streamers in the title?
@@darranjacobsen4366 most of the videos with those methods are vlogs of a certain day of fishing. They probably won’t have a specific method in the title.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Oh...darn Ok TY
Thalwag??….really. I’m a simple fly fisherman, called the center of the current, the fast water etc.
You’re certainly welcome to call it whatever you want. For those who are interested, it doesn’t hurt to introduce specific scientific terminology from my time as a fisheries biologist.