Take EURO NYMPHING to Another Level: PERFECT Your Drifts!
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- Getting the perfect drift while nymphing is crucial. It is THE way to put more trout in the net.
But do you HAVE to get a 20-30 foot long in the exact seam on every cast? The answer is no. Do you always have to fish within a rod's length? No. Sometimes all you need are 5-10 foot drifts for success (sometimes shorter!). The important part is they need to be perfect. Concentrating on shorter, perfect drifts is the key.
Join me as I fish a PA limestone stream. I talk about what I see and more importantly, what I expect out of my drifts (and catch some trout along the way!). So, hopefully, the next time you hit the stream, it can help you when you encounter certain situations.
Tight lines,
Cory
Virtual One-on-One sessions: www.olddominiontroutbum.com/c...
Rod: T&T Contact ll 10ft 9in 2wt.
Reel: Galvan GEN 3.25
Line: Airflo Euro braided line
Leader: 29 feet of .16mm Pezon & Michel Color line Pink/white to a tippet ring
Tippet: Cortland Ultra 6x
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That beach towel was a real trophy catch. Go for the grand slam, umbrella and beach ball to round you out 😂🎣 great content Corey 👍
Haha! I'll be working on that on my next trip! Appreciate you watching, Rob!
Make it a 3 species day.
@@tl56kmair Haha!
Hey Cory! Another very instructive video fully explained at every step. I agree 100% about the versatility of euro. I probably do 100 things with my rod in a day of fishing. I like how you said that just fooling them is the deal. I say that also. That beach towel was a hell of a catch” thank you Mr Blue”😂 Thanks again for sacrificing stream time to provide your excellent instruction. Tightlines my friend!
Haha. Thank you, Mr. Blue....Nice one! As you know, it is those 100 things that you do that make a difference. Appreciate you watching and commenting as always, Dale. Tight lines, my friend!
Another awesome video, Cory! That was a great explanation of how to handle different length drifts depending on water conditions. I really enjoyed it and always learn something from your videos! I admire how you blend careful teaching with exciting fishing on the stream.
-Patrick
Thank you, Patrick! Glad it is helpful and I appreciate the comment! Hope all is well and thank you for watching. Tight lines to you!
always look forward to your videos !!!! thanks again!!! i really enjoy your tying videos PEASE PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING !!!!!
Thanks for watching them, FFS! I'll keep em coming!
Hi Cory
Thank you for yet another great video - everything is situational as you said . Received stickers you sent- Thank you for that too.
JD was slamming on the W.Branch Delaware- it became my confidence fly for sure .
Stay well and tight lines!
Thank you, Sead! Glad you are repping the stickers. Love hearing that you were slamming them on the WB with the JD. Continued success to you and tight lines!
Great lesson Cory! Some nice brownies in that river! Well Done!
Appreciate it, Uni! Thanks so much for watching. Tight lines to you!
Well done Cory! Great video as always. Thanks for all you do
Thanks, Mike. Appreciate you watching. Tight lines to you!
Excellent explanation Cory of what your doing on the drifts...good stuff 👍🏽
Glad it is helpful, Bubba. Appreciate you watching! Tight lines to you.
Nice work as always!
Appreciate JB!! Get sum!
Outstanding video again Corey! Like you said , take what the river gives you sums it up ! I personally like to extend the drift a little longer and sometimes get a take on the tail out of a drift when there’s not too much complexity to the current. I’ve been trying to gather together the materials for the Jack Daniel’s , and it been tough to say the least! But in the meantime Torrey at Upcountry has put me on a fly is pretty close to it , and I have been slaying them on it ! Good to see you pick em off in some fast water, definitely not easy! Tight lines buddy 👍
Thank you, Tony! Love fishing in that fast water. Tell Torrey he needs to stock up on some JD materials! Appreciate you watching. Glad you have been getting at em.
Tight lines to you!
Great job again Cory!!! You find the best water loaded with trout and have great flow!!!
Thank you, Scott! The stream was in awesome shape! I hope you have been getting at it. Tight lines!
I totally agree that the idea of being limited to right under the rod tip is false. Another great video. Thanks.
Thanks so much, Ken. Appreciate you watching! Tight lines to you.
Hey Cory! Great video. I really agree with you on tempering your expectations on your drift-especially for long casts. I caught a lot of fish this year at the very end of the drift-just as I’m about to start my next cast. When I notice that happening a lot, I’ve been putting a soft hackle on the tag and having success.
Thanks, Jeff! Can't beat a good ole soft hackle just as it starts to lift, especially when the bugs are popping. Glad you have been getting at it. Appreciate you watching. Tight lines to you!
Cory, Excellent job making instructional videos fun to watch. I am using the same setup as you and it is money! My son-in-law has the 2wt DB- great rod as well. Driving home to Arkansas from fishing the Madison this last week. Bugs are popping and we caught a lot of nice fish. Good luck on the Madison this year and hope to see a few videos from your trip. Keep up the great work!
Thank you, John! Glad you and your son-in-law had a great trip! I'll be out there soon. You got my blood pumping now! Tight lines to you.
Excellent video! More great tips on maximizing the versatility of the micro leader. Thanks Cory! -Dustin
Thank you, Dustin. Appreciate you watching. Tight lines to you!
Another great video! Thanks a lot.
Thanks so much, Pierre! Tight lines!
Thanks for this!
Glad it is helpful, Sholom! Tight lines!
Another great video good job Corey
Glad you enjoyed it, Harold!
Another great video and 😂 robbed by a beach towel I would of been mad if they was a big fish
Haha! It was a first for sure! Appreciate you watching, Adams Flyco.
As always, great video Cory.....thank you for your tips.....
Thanks, Jim. Appreciate you watching. Tight lines to you!
Cory you have that drift dialed in. You have a radar signal telling you where the fish are!!
Haha...thank you, Marcelino! Appreciate you watching, my friend! Continued success to you!
Really good stuff as always
Appreciate it, Chris! Thanks for watching!
I think I need to start watching these videos before our trip!! Or I can just wait for some private lessons😂xo
Special private lessons for you!!😜. Can’t wait!!
Good stuff man!
Thank you, Thomas!
Great video as always! Thank you again for sharing your talents 👍 🪰🐟
Thanks, Rod! Appreciate you watching. Tight lines to you!
Great video, having realistic expectations and looking for opportunities to fish areas that I may have passed by because it may have been just a short drift.
Thank you, William. Glad you got that from the video. You can work a TON of water with short drifts. Appreciate you watching.
Thanks for posting, please consider strictly filming in 4k. It’s almost unwatchable in 1080p on a bigger screen than an IPad or phone. Used to watch religiously and share with fishing buddies but all the complaints are the same, especially when tight lining, can’t even see the takes or the line tracking through the water and the takes. Appreciate it, cheers! 🙏🏻
Hey Salt Stripper. I appreciate you watching the channel and sorry it’s not up to snuff do you. I am a one man show with a GoPro trying to help people and at the same time entertain. Shooting in 4k, then downloading to TH-cam takes a ton of time when you shoot longer videos. It makes it tougher to do. I am a fisherman first and a TH-cam guy second that doesn’t monetize this. It all free for the viewer. Hopefully you’ll hang in there, but if you don’t, it’s cool. Good luck to you and tight lines.
@@OldDominionTroutBumno complaints here. I just appreciate you sharing your knowledge!!
@@tl56kmair Thank you, TL! Appreciate you watching!
Lovely stuff as always!
Much appreciated! Tight lines to you and thanks for watching!
@OldDominionTroutBum I got so much involved after watching you that I decided to buy 11ft 9 inches contact 2... you using both weights 2 & 3 wt rods, kindly advise which one rod should I buy and would Galvzn 3.5 balance on 2 and 3 wts or should I buy additional weight kit for it valuing around 10 dollars.Thanks
@@faisalrafique6107 Faisal-the 10ft 9in 3wt is more of an all-around rod. The 2wt is more "technical". It does a great job with light bugs. For your first rod, I would go with the 3wt. The Galvan 3.5 does a great job of balancing it. I don't use a weight kit. See how you like it without it first. Hope this helps.
@@OldDominionTroutBum Thanks for your kind input... much appreciated
Thanks for another awesome video! I am still working on learning to tuck cast. It has been more difficult than I expected for me. Without the cast I know it's not possible to fish out in front and back effectively in those short drift runs. I always look forward to your next videos.
Appreciate you watching, William!. Just keep at it. Make sure you are cocking your wrist back. The power in the cast is in the wrist cock. Tight lines to you.
Hello, ODTB.
When did you get that "2Wt"? I'm still just using my 3Wt. Though, the Ms., well, we bought her a 10' 2Wt Diamondback, last year. She loves it. Her 3Wt is the 10'6" Sage ESN. She loves that, too. I need to get MYSELF a 2Wt.
How do you like the Pezon & Michel? We're using Adam's, in white. It's done well for us. We, too, are 30' in length.
Additionally, are you going to make it out west this year? Specifically, to the Madison, like last year?
It's nice to see you pulling them in, still.
Tight lines, Bum.
American Nympher, out.
Hey American Nympher! I have had the 2wt for a couple of years since it came out. I also have a 3wt, as well. That 10ft 2wt DB is one heck of a nice rod-I have fished it. You can't go wrong with it.
Pezon is my favorite line. I do like the Adams, but prefer the suppleness that Pezon offers.
I'll be going out West soon. July 10-20. I will definitely be hitting the Madison.
It's always good to pull them in. Appreciate you watching and tight lines to you!
ODTB, out.
Like all your videos, chock full of practical advice. Good reminder that one can succeed with short drifts. I have watched all your vids at least 2x. One thing that surprises me - the lack of other fishers upstream or downstream of you. I live in MA and generally fish MA and CT streams. But I also regularly fish all the Catskills streams (including the ones in your videos) and the Maine stream you filmed. And rarely are the streams that empty when I fish. Esp the Esopus and Beaverkill/E. Branch. I usually fish weekdays and either early in the morning or in late afternoon/evening. Do you generally fish mid day? Just curious how you manage to avoid the crowds. My fave vids of yours - the Tuck Cast and adding an adjustable dropper- really helpful! Tight lines.
Thanks, Plasma. Trust me, I see people. I fish some seriously pressured streams...I try to walk farther away or fish midweek (if I can). But sometimes, I just hit it right and no one is there. This day, I was fishing in the middle of the day and two guys were ahead of me. When I got there, I just fished below them for a little while (I think you can see them in the video), then I sat on the bank, smoked a cigar and they eventually left. Fishing in the NE is like that but I can always find an area with fewer people if you just walk away.
Glad the videos are helpful. Thanks for watching and tight lines to you, as well!
Thanks Cory. I learn more with every video. Please keep them coming. Were you running the bi-color sighter the full length from the fly line to the tippet? I currently run 18 ft. of color 5x, then 4 ft. of bi-color and then tippet. Just curious as it would simplify the set-up. Thanks again.
Glad they are helping, Michael. I was running straight 16mm (5x) Bi-color to my tippet ring. You can do it and take away the blood knot. Easy peasy. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video, and especially how you utilize the Mop fly. I need to use that fly more often ! I really like the shape of your net, what size and make is it? I notice that you don't have a bungee on your net, do you have a video where you discuss your net set up ? Thanks much
Hey RJF-this is how I set up my net:
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Use that mop in the wind. Really helpful. Thanks so much for watching and tight lines to you!
Nice, really helpful video Cory…thank you as ever…just a couple of technical comments if I may…did you read the sighter or feel the take from the beach towel thru your mono rig setup? …for more finesse and ultimate sensitivity, I’m building a prototype 25ft long, minus 2 wt global nymphing rod so that I don’t need to cast at all…I’ll just hold the rod out across the river, rotate my body a bit and lower a suitable length of 15X or thinner fiber optic detector tippet straight down to the fish …might need a longer handle landing net too but gotta keep thinking up new things for my lovely wife to buy me 😂have a great trip out West to the Madison etc …all the best, take care
HAHA. TK, that towel fought like a...well...a wet towel! You might be onto something with that 25ft rod. Make sure it isn't a one-piece though. It could be tough to travel! Thank you for watching, my friend. My out West trip is right around the corner! Tight lines to you!
Howdy Cory nice video enjoyed the content. Have to try a mop on a windy day…… I switched to the pezon michel line love it… were you able to get to pens for the green drakes? peace.✌🏻
Hey Fudd-appreciate it! The mop is a great tool/fly for those conditions. Glad you are liking the Pezon. It’s great stuff. Fished Penns a number of times this year but not the Drake hatch. I’ve done that plenty of times in the past, so I’ll let the other 100,000 people have at it!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent teaching
Appreciate the comment, Lawrence. Tight lines to you!
Cory,
Any tips on managing the excess slack during the beginning of a drift on longer casts? I notice that some of my drifts start out with a pile of tippet/sighter above my flies, which requires either fast line management or lifting my rod before I can get tight. Both solutions seem pull my flies out of the lane that I would like to fish, which I would like to avoid.
Cheers & thank you!
Ryan
Ryan, I have done a video here on managing line:
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The smoothest and quickest way is to use your bottom guide like a pulley. Take your non-rod hand and pull the slack back in. You'll see me do it a lot and I show you how to do it in the video.
Hope this helps. Good luck to you!
@@OldDominionTroutBum Thank you sir!
Thanks Cory for more great content! What do you feel are the best attributes of a good drift, besides catching one haha. Do you strive to get your underwater tippet all in the same seam, and see the sighter slower than the foam? Happy for you on another western trip.
Happy to do it, Dan! A good drift is when you have that sighter going slightly slower than the surface current and all in the same seam. Just exactly like you said.
MT is right around the corner! Appreciate you watching.
@@OldDominionTroutBum Thank you Cory for the response. Not many on youtube do. I hope you have perfect conditions in Montana.
Hey, awesome video. Could you please give a quick break down of your leader make up? For example: 6X = 5', sighter = 4', butt section 5'. Im pretty new to this and am struggling to cast with a very long leader, i am just wondering have i made it too long?
Hey Jordan. My leader is approx 29ft of 5x pink/white Pezon & Michel to a tippet ring. I usually run 3.5 ft -4 ft of tippet to my bottom fly. Very simple. Don't get caught up in "formulas". Really focus on learning to cast. I have done a video here that can help:
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Just slow down your motion and use your wrist (watch how I cock my wrist back). Just keep it crisp and smooth. Practice in your backyard.
@@OldDominionTroutBum thank you for this response. Also, when casting at distance how do you keep line off the water when casting? For example casting 30' at a 90° angle. When i have managed the odd cast at distance, i always end up having line on the water or having the line swing back into my rod tip and dragging accross multiple lanes.
@jordanevans65 Jordan, I am assuming your leader is thicker. Because of the mass it is pulling back towards you.
How deep are these runs? I say it because your saying your using 2.3/2.8mm and a heavy bead seems to be a 3.3mm. I can understand that if water 2' and less if there is good current, but I seem to be fishing runs that are 2'+ easy and upwards of 3' to 5' (some I am not even sure off). I am catching fish with 3.3-4mm beads often on 12-16 size hooks. I tie all my own nymphs and perdigons (your tying videos have been very helpful, and I am catching fish on the walt's worm especially, but on the 3.3-3.8 beads). I am occasionally ticking bottom with what I am using and really have not lost any. When I go to 2.3-2.8 and add in some wind I feel it's pulling my flies off the bottom and out of the drift. I just lack the confidence to know that what I am doing is the right thing, I know the ultimate test is catching fish which with the heavier beads I am more so than last year. Do you just start ticking bottom and then lighten or do the opposite till you get the "feel" of that 3-6" off the bottom in the strike zone (I think that what Devin Olsen has talked about)?
I also switched to the Sempe line in .18mm and .16mm for running line and sighter, the difference vs that older suggestions of 10-12lb amnesia or Chameleon (I am going to try the Lance Egan formula in those heavier lines, but I need confidence first) the micro leader is the deal. The Sempe line just doesn't have that memory so it's always tight (I got the JMC, Baetis and Soldarini to try too). I Caught a 16" and change rainbow in the ADKs, (just missed that angle award) never felt like my line was going to cause me to loose the fish. That Cortland Ultra costs some money, but totally worth it.
I was fishing water anywhere from 1.5ft deep to maybe 4ft at the deepest point (In one hole only). It was the depth of typical trout streams. To me, a 3.3 bead is heavy. I'll rarely go heavier than that unless I am fishing massive currents with wind (Like the Madison-even then it's a lot of 3.3 beads). I would imagine you need heavier bugs because of your cast. If you really focus and practice the tuck cast, you will be surprised how light you can go with your bugs.
You don't want to be ticking bottom. There is nothing wrong with starting heavy, finding the bottom, then lightening up until you aren't ticking anymore.
Yes, thinner leaders are better. Heavier leaders are just as you said....Older formulas. Really outdated.
Hope this helps. Tight lines.
When you state a 25’ cast, is that including the length of the rod or 25’ of line ?
AJS-a 25ft cast means you are standing 25ft away. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching.
Do you use tungsten beads on most of your nymphs or just regular beads?
I only use tungsten. Weights from 2.0mm to 3.8 or even 4mm and everything in between.
What is the hitch you have at the end of your cast?
Not sure what you are referencing. Can you explain more?
@@OldDominionTroutBum oh sorry. On the forward motion there is 2 movements of your wrist. Almost like you are doing but the line is carrying it forward a bit more. Also thank you for all the great information.
@@notme9881 The power of the cast is in the wrist. You need to cock it back and stop it parallel with your forearm on your forward cast I have a couple of videos on casting that you may want to check out.
One is on the Tuck Cast and the other is the Euro Cast.
I think it will clarify things more for you.
Thanks so much for watching.