Eucumbene River - Ultralight Euro Nymphing in Low Water

Euronymphing has been around for decades now, but had a surge of popularity in recent years. However in competition circles it has continued to evolve, with competitors striving for advantage with innovations in gear and techniques. In this episode on the glorious Eucumbene River in the NSW Snowy Mountains, Jared and I take you through some of the latest developments and how to apply them in your everyday fly fishing.
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#euronymphing
#snowymountains

[@KaylebOConnor]

How good is the production quality! Awesome vid mate! Twas a slog fishing out there!

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks mate! Yeah it was pretty tough that’s for sure! :)

[@BillSaltbush]

Tough conditions lads, however, a marvellous day out, just the same. If you were there at the time of the FFA, NSW comp., it's a wonder our paths did not cross. Shame . . . , given the weather demanded such things, you may have been the beneficiary of one of my extra long and very cooling, G & T's, Steve. 😃 Nice piece, well done. 👍

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Haha! Thanks mate, yes a G&T might have been appropriate…. I’m surprised we didn’t run into you at the Snow Goose…. ;)

[@Cromatt11]

Awesome peachy, glad to see it wasn't just me having a tough time in the snowies in the low clear stuff recently!

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks mate! Yeah it was definitely tough. Might have been fishing better a bit higher up maybe, but it's definitely been a bit harder this summer than the last couple of years before. :)

[@Cromatt11]

@@PeachyFlyFishing We had a crack at a couple of smaller creeks a bit higher up with no luck as well - but that's probably down to the angler! beauty just to get out there though - cracking time of year

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Yeah for sure! Should be improving up there now that it's cooling down again. :)

[@ianatkins1213]

Love the euro nymph styles. Overall I find it more productive then traditional methods. Also, I find it more adaptable to handle different weather conditions which is useful if you have limited fishing days. Recently fished the Thredbo and got a few, fishing one fly in low water. Thanks for the video.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks Ian! Yes it is often more productive than other methods in the right water. Love the Thredbo! Thanks for watching. :)

[@aaronbowie7368]

Great video guys, plenty of great information. Thank you.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks, glad you liked it! :)

[@gweilo99]

Great video guys. Beautiful scenery

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks! Yeah it's a great looking spot, the Euc just looks different to any of our other high country rivers I reckon.... ;)

[@malcolmholden]

Awesome video, thanks Peachy and Jared. Really enjoy the on water commentary and guidance

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks Malcolm! Glad you enjoyed it mate. :)

[@davidflyfisher6379]

Nice video Peachy.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks David! :)

[@wasntPete]

As always a very informative and well made video Steve

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks Pete! :)

[@bertiebeetle525]

Nice work guys. Tough going! Vid quality is brilliant. Thank you both.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Cheers Rob! Glad you noticed the video quality, I've been trying to improve that side of things. ;)

[@harryfriend5015]

I just fished here over the Easter weekend and my gosh it was difficult. I went to three different areas along the river and no luck. Glad I wasn’t the only one struggling with the river being so low

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Yeah I hadn't seen it that low, I'm sure it has been but we have been a bit spoiled with the good seasons we've had in recent years.....

[@harryfriend5015]

@@PeachyFlyFishing although I didn’t have any luck outside of trolling the lake I will definitely be going back towards the end of the year when the season opens up. Until then it’s back to fishing Murray Cod

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Do you fish for the cod with the fly rod?

[@jamesgould7217]

Was up there around the same time peachy and it was bloody low! Barely even spooked a fish

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Yeah it sure was low mate, about as low as I’ve seen it…

[@anthonyclark6118]

Awesome Peachy. Very similar conditions when I fished the euc 6 weeks ago. The whole system needs some rain. I fished an alpine creek further up the on the same day. Shallow water spooky fish!!! Great fun! Wondering what your euro leader set up was? I got some sempe and Adams materials earlier in the season. . The ceramic coated stuff. Was sceptical about it. But have to say it’s brilliant…definitely adds some precision and distance to my euro casting. Great feel. Really only used it for micro leaders so far. Have some more experimenting to do with tapering with these materials. ( ie building my own French leaders and mono rigs). Ain’t cheap…so all in good time.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks mate! Yeah here's hoping for some rain in the snowies so we get a good late season....as far as leader goes, it was 0.18 green color line (very similar to sempe), and then rio and trouthunter fluorocarbon in 7X and 8X. Leader is double rod length so 22' total, about 16' of colorline and the rest in tippet. I haven't tried the Adams stuff, do you find it better than sempe or similar? Was that from Tactical Fly Fisher? :)

[@anthonyclark6118]

@@PeachyFlyFishing I got the sempe from TFF. The Adams was from source, but got it mailed to a mate working Europe, who was coming home. I would say the Adams is slightly better. A little smoother to feel and ‘sensitive’. But probably personal preference thing. Both definitely improve my casting range compared to the monos I was using. Have darn enjoyed my micro leader adventures this season. 6x even 8x tippets…5x feels like overkill now!!! Definitely a deadly way to fish…but throwing dry droppers with it in super clear water…I know I’m working hard on my approach skills atm. I noticed a lot of Cormorants in the lower sections of the euc and up near Kiandra when I was there 6 weeks ago. Think they clear the trout out! See any? Btw. Do you or Jared have any experience with the multi length euro rods sold by hanak or Greys/Hardy…think vision do one too. They come with different 2nd and 3rd sections where you can scale from 9 ft 6 to 11ft 2 ( approx).

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

That's awesome mate, yeah the micro leaders are fantastic. I've been really enjoying fishing 8X recently too, the drifts and sink rate are so good! I didn't see any cormorants this time on the river, but they were down in the lake at the Portal where it flows in. Lots of pelicans up at Denison though, I'm sure they are eating their fair share too. As far as the multi length rods, no sorry I don't have any experience with those. But this new generation of 11' #2 weights are really really good.... :)

[@jakethomasfield]

Unreal mate. When is this footage from?

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks mate! This was about 3 weeks ago. Euc was about as low and warm as I've seen it, very tough. Should improve with a bit of rain and some cooler weather.... ;)

[@robertlouis24]

Superb skills - wonderful scenery - and great photography, with excellent audio - thanks for taking us along - what rods were you testing if you don’t mind sharing - I do love my gear, and am always keen to see what the pros are fishing with - and what their opinion is of their gear… we are fishing at such a wonderful time in history as there are so many wonderful rods (and reels, and trout lines, and tippet) available to us - spoilt for choice…

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks Rob! The rods were the Vision Nymphmaniac 11' #2wt, and the Hardy Ultralight LL 11'2" #2wt. :)

[@robertlouis24]

@@PeachyFlyFishing I have heard great things about the Hardy Ultralight LL series…

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Couldn’t go wrong with either of those rods I reckon. :)

[@anthonymoore1175]

Nice Peachy. Was up there two weeks ago, low water and tough fishing

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks mate! Yeah this video was shot about 3 weeks ago. Needs a bit of rain to get things going up there I'd say.....

[@anthonymoore1175]

Definitely. Starlo and Gary were there after us and did about the same. Looking forward to some flow. Love the look of those rods, might have invest in one

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Yeah I’m really sold on the 11’ #2wts, going to be fishing them a lot more. :)

[@WetaNymphFlyFishing]

Nice fellas🤙 In essence you’re fishing something more aligned to the french or spanish nymphing styles?

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks mate! Yes that's right, I did some training recently with a couple of members of the Spanish team, this is very much the style that they like to fish. :)

[@Ecinar_flyfishing]

Nice video mate, bet u guys wished u had the dry fly rods though 😅

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Haha! Definitely mate, should've learned my lesson from Tassie! 😅 But really I guess we were there to test the new rods, and it's a long walk back to the car from the river.....🤣

[@Ecinar_flyfishing]

Good stick those 2wt visions! I’m hoping to get around the eucumbene for couple days after the tumut comp

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Yeah mate it's a really great rod actually. I'm gonna miss the Tumut comp unfortunately, have another event on that weekend. Good luck, hope the water level is manageable!

[@Ecinar_flyfishing]

Thanks legend! Chat soon

[@mattgolding2951]

What flys and set up please. I would like to try this style of fishing with a long spin outfit

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

G'day Matt, the nymphs are size #18 pheasant tails with a 2.5mm tungsten bead. Tippet is 7X fluorocarbon, leader is 0.18mm eaux vives color line in Green. The dry fly for the dry dropper setup is a size #14 split wing cdc mayfly. Was there any other info you needed?

[@mattgolding2951]

@@PeachyFlyFishing thanks, see how I go.

[@malcolmbiddle2681]

Did not see anything there that would make me go out and buy a 2wt 11 foot stik. In those conditions would leave the river be.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks Malcolm, yes the river was a bit low for what we were trying to do, but it's a decent walk down there from the cars and we couldn't see the water level until we got down there. We would have had an easier time fishing a dry fly or dry dropper rod with it that low, but we were there to try out these rods in particular and shoot a video on them, so that's what we had at hand! A little bit more flow and depth might have shown the advantages of these rods better.