Thanks! Glad you liked it! :)

That’s great! Thanks for watching. :)

Thanks mate! I’m not sure on the exact distance, but we launched just below the dam and finished at the old caravan park up above town if that helps. As the river was fairly low we probably didn’t cover as much as you would if it was high and pumping.

@@PeachyFlyFishing thanks for the reply I’ve just brought a new canoe and keen to explore the snowy area.

Good stuff! A word of caution though, the Tumut runs very fast when it’s up and is potentially dangerous for the inexperienced - I would strongly advise that you stop in at Tom’s Outdoors or call Angus at Haul Fly Fishing to get some advice on river conditions and safety. Have fun, hope you catch a few! :)

@ thanks I’ve had a couple of chats with the guys at Tom’s Outdoors already about the situation down there I’m also looking for some pressure waves 🌊 in the area

The snake roll has been around for a long time as a Spey cast, so no I’m not saying it’s something new, but it’s incredibly useful. It’s an extension of the roll cast, a normal roll cast is along the line the fly is already in, whereas a snake roll is a change of direction cast for repositioning the “train tracks” or the direction of the anchor. :)

Enjoying these….It’s such an awesome thing…can watch good fly casters and these sort of techniques for hours! Myself… I specialise in the out of whack hoop snake roll, a python pile cast and over extended anaconda!!!! Merry Christmas Peachy, may the trout gods smile on you.

Haha! Thanks mate, I’ll have to check out those casts of yours some time! 😂 Merry Christmas!

Haha! Love it PP, thanks mate! 😆

Thanks! Glad you liked it! :)

Thanks, do you mean when it's directly upstream of you?

@@PeachyFlyFishing Yes for upstream and across and up dry fly. I also use an aerial snap T, single Spey or a snake roll when down stream depending on wind direction and strength. All will lift the line without ripping the water and allowa quick follow up cast if needed. It helps to have a triangle tapered line like an. Airflo Tactical these resemble Scandi tapers and roll cast beautifully while land dry flies gently.

Nice! Yes I use spey casts sometimes too, a bit beyond the scope of what I wanted to cover in this video though. Very useful casts in dry fly fishing though for sure. Thanks for this info, I haven't played with the aerial snap T, will have to have a go at that. :)

Thanks mate! :)

Thanks! Yeah it’s an easy mistake to make…. ;)

Yeah I don’t know how people manage to fish in moving water without the snake roll!! 😆

Haha! Yes sometimes that’s the case, as soon as the water is moving and has a bit of ripple though it’s surprising how close you can get to the fish. And getting into a better position can make all the difference to your cast and presentation…… thanks for watching! :)

Ah thanks Cory! Glad you're enjoying it mate. If you ever come to Sydney we should go for a fish.... :)

You are so welcome! :)

Cheers Aaron! :)

Thanks mate! Yeah lessons are a good investment I reckon for just about all of us. 😁

Thanks!

Thanks Shane! Whatever works for you is good mate, if you like it keep doing it! :)

@@PeachyFlyFishing it's a different situation Steve, I only tie a 10-15 cm dropper off the dries bend to the nymph when casting to tailers, Tying the dry to a dropper is far more effective in moving water mate. Great video , keep it up Steve !

Thanks mate! Hope it works for you! :)

Thanks bud! :)

Ah thanks mate, much appreciated! Btw bit of a rugby fan myself… ;)

Ah thanks so much, glad you liked it! The foam spools are from Soldarini from memory, they are an Italian tackle company. Loon make some individual ones also. :)

Thanks Dave! :)

Thanks David! :)

Thanks!

Yes absolutely you could do that! It might cause a few more tangles in the tippet section, as your tippet is generally meant to cast slack with a dry fly. And in very still water you might want to have the tippet further away from the fly for pure dry fly. Good suggestion though!

@@PeachyFlyFishing, thanks! I’ll give it a try. I appreciate the info I get from your channel.

Haha, totally! 😂

That’s awesome mate, well done! :)

Thanks, you’re welcome!

No problem! :)

Haha! Thanks PP, merry Christmas mate! 😆

The tippet ring idea is a cracker never thought of that

Thanks Cam! :)

For sure mate, here's a few ideas. Firstly, make sure to grease your leader well down to the tippet ring with something like payette paste to keep the leader floating. Gel floatant doesn't stay on long enough, you need proper grease or paste and keep doing it about once an hour or so. Because if your leader sinks, then when you go to pick up the flies it drags the dry fly under, so that's a big one. Apart from that, you need to choose a bouyant dry fly, and also a nymph with not too much weight. I fish nothing heavier than a 2.5mm tungsten bead on the nymph, often just a 2.3mm or even a 2mm. To get that to sink well, you need to tie a fly that is very lightly dressed (a perdigon even), and also you need to fish thin tippet down to the nymph, say 7X or lighter to get it to cut through and sink well. Also, give your dry fly a bit of treatment with some gel floatant, and regularly dry it with the rubber band trick, Amadou or cloth, and powder dessicant or fly dip. If you're in heavily broken water then you need a particularly bouyant dry fly, maybe something with deer hair or something like the cdc & poly caddis that I showed in the latest dry fly video. Hope that helps! :)

@@PeachyFlyFishing Thanks mate, certainly some things there i'm not doing there, really appreciate it!

No problem, hope it helps! Let me know how you go. :)

Ok fair enough, thanks for the feedback, even if it was a little blunt! 😆

Great stuff mate, let me know how you go with it. :)

Thanks mate! Those ones are from Soldarini from memory, I got them from Meander Fly Co online store. :)

@PeachyFlyFishing legend Steve thankyou

No prob!

Cheers Jonny! :)

Ah good stuff, thanks Dan!

Yes absolutely, that's basically a negative curve cast like I described. The amount and placement of the curve depends on how much you under-power the delivery cast, but also the tightness of the loop, and how much you have the rod tilted to the side, that's how you control the size and shape of the negative curve. :)

Thanks, glad you liked it and hope it helps! :)

Thanks! I would like to some day, Pennsylvania streams look amazing! :)

Ah thanks Roberta! ☺️

Haha! Thanks mate, much appreciated! 😆

Ah thanks mate! It’s a bit of a different style of casting to most applications, hope I demonstrated it ok! :)

Cheers mate! Glad you liked it! :)

Thanks! Yeah it’s a special spot, very lucky to have places like this right on the outskirts of Sydney! :)

You're welcome! Thanks for watching. :)

Hi mate, yes absolutely, slack is important for downstream presentations too. The only thing with downstream casts is to place the slack in your curve cast upstream and in line with the fly. So if you’re facing downstream and the river is on your left, cast off the right shoulder instead of the left in order to get the proper curve shape in your leader. I hope that makes sense….:)

@@PeachyFlyFishing It does, thanks for your response.

No problem!

Thanks mate! Glad you liked it! :)

Yep downstream dry fly can be very effective!