Very insightful vid! 👏 Question: could you provide a closer look at how you're transferring your slack line to your casting fingers? It was so buttery smooth!
I'm a rookie euro nympher; I could have used this lesson a day earlier. I took my new outfit for a ride for the first time yesterday and struggled big time because of a" breeze". After getting the skunk I borrowed my son's rod at the last hole of the day and caught one on a woolly bugger, so all was not in vain. I'm looking forward to give it a go again soon.
Use an indicator as an anchor and keep your rod tip low to the water to reduce wind pushing your leader. I will also use heavy nymphs, no indicator, and keep the line just off the water, feeling for the take rather than watching for movement on the sighter.
I resisted using an indicator for over a year, even though any slight breeze makes my Mono Rig useless. Switched over to carrying the smallest Thingambobber and I'm catching even more fish than just straight euro'ing.
Lance and @flyfishfood - towards the end of the video you said "woo- had to slow it way down". I've heard that before from a more experienced fisherman on the river. What specifically does that mean? Slow the fly down? And how do you do that? Thx! Great video as always!
Slow the drift down I assume. The more vertical your sighter, the slower the drift below. Using a tuck style cast will also get the fly deeper and therefore slower; you can also achieve that by using different types of flies. Mop flies for example absorb water and act as an anchor thereby slowing down the drift of a dropper.
Yes, “slowing it down” meaning getting the rig really close to or tapping the bottom to keep the flies in the slowest layer of water near the river bottom. A tuck cast teamed with heavy flies and getting really vertical with the leader and sighter helps slow it down.
Please do a lake trout video this spring please please please. Lance I want to see your lake trout fly box.
Excellent info - well presented. Thanks Lance.
Thank you Mr Egan as always very well taught thank you sir!
Nice tips!
Greetings from Greece!
Nice tips!! Thank you!!!
Very insightful vid! 👏 Question: could you provide a closer look at how you're transferring your slack line to your casting fingers? It was so buttery smooth!
I'm a rookie euro nympher; I could have used this lesson a day earlier. I took my new outfit for a ride for the first time yesterday and struggled big time because of a" breeze". After getting the skunk I borrowed my son's rod at the last hole of the day and caught one on a woolly bugger, so all was not in vain. I'm looking forward to give it a go again soon.
What is the micro leader formula? Thanks Lance!
Thanks! These all work great for the downstream wind. My nemesis is the upstream wind. Any additional tips for that?
Use an indicator as an anchor and keep your rod tip low to the water to reduce wind pushing your leader. I will also use heavy nymphs, no indicator, and keep the line just off the water, feeling for the take rather than watching for movement on the sighter.
The thinest sighter right now i think its Visions 6x, Lance do you know any 7x twotone sighter?
I resisted using an indicator for over a year, even though any slight breeze makes my Mono Rig useless.
Switched over to carrying the smallest Thingambobber and I'm catching even more fish than just straight euro'ing.
I always use a super light leader formula but it is a bummer when you hook up with a big one lol
What are those gloves Lance is wearing?
An older version of these: store.flyfishfood.com/Simms-SolarFlex-Sun-Gloves-p/12661.htm
great looking shirt
I love that pack!! If I didn't already have a set up that's works just fine I'd be all about stopping by the shop and grabbing one of them!!
Lance and @flyfishfood - towards the end of the video you said "woo- had to slow it way down". I've heard that before from a more experienced fisherman on the river. What specifically does that mean? Slow the fly down? And how do you do that? Thx! Great video as always!
I’m hopeful that’s the next video as well! Getting more vertical with the sighter helps.
Slow the drift down I assume. The more vertical your sighter, the slower the drift below. Using a tuck style cast will also get the fly deeper and therefore slower; you can also achieve that by using different types of flies. Mop flies for example absorb water and act as an anchor thereby slowing down the drift of a dropper.
Yes, “slowing it down” meaning getting the rig really close to or tapping the bottom to keep the flies in the slowest layer of water near the river bottom. A tuck cast teamed with heavy flies and getting really vertical with the leader and sighter helps slow it down.
Why don’t you just have Cheech block the wind for you?
Cuz then the fish are all spooked from a squatch. 😳