Five(5)Tips on How to Cast European Nymphing Leaders

[@HugeFlyFisherman]

I learned something!

[@arminkaiser5905]

Hold ya line in the left hand....better feeling and set hook.....really important by flyfishing and euronymphing

[@AboutTrout]

If you hold it on the left you risk adding slack to the system . You also are left in an awkward spot when you have the rod in one hand the and line in the other . By stripping though your Rod hand you eliminate the above variables .

[@johnnewman8431]

Hell yeah bro. I’m relatively new to fly fishing and your vids are on point. Tightlines.

[@cliffbradley8871]

I know you use an echo shadow x now. My question is have you ever tried the echo shadow 2?

[@AboutTrout]

Absolutely , I own 5. Big fan of that Rod and use them as my guide rods in euro trips .

[@cliffbradley8871]

@@AboutTrout Thanks dude. Keep up the great vids my friend!

[@AboutTrout]

Thanks for the kind words . If you go back , one of my first videos was a review on the shadow 2 family of rods .

[@scottbeck3717]

Knowledge good!😁 Thanks for sharing!

[@Bonneville_Brute]

Good stuff. Thoughts Rio's pre-built eruo leader? I've been using that because of laziness. I was also digging the lack of knots throughout the taper

[@sethallyn7712]

Thank you this awesome! All this time I was told wrist action was fly sacrilege! Now I see through the lies of the Jedi. Could you touch on if/how you fish/adjust your rig for different water types you might encounter? For example if you are fishing a shallow riffle, and then walk up to a deep pool, do you change your whole rig to reach bottom? Or just let the sighter go under the water?

[@AboutTrout]

Seth Allyn wristing it is a sacrilege in fly casting (most times). In euro casting you can use the wrist to force the tip of the rod to turn over your weightless rigs . The wrist comes into play when oval casting (tip 5) because you’re using the weight of the flies to load the rod like in conventional (spin) fishing . In terms of rigs that’s a whole other video I’d stay tuned . In a nut shell it rig depth to heavy fly and use rod angles to go from shallow riffles to deep pools . Tippet diameter and beads (tungsten, size) also have huge impacts.

[@Duranglers]

I know that spot. Good video.

[@AboutTrout]

Thanks for watching, appreciate the kind words.

[@coreytohme9861]

Stop at noon? Is this a new New Mexico Regulation? When can I start again?

[@AboutTrout]

Corey Tohme New Mexico has as many regulations as we have beach front.

[@RealRyanDeLuca]

Sweet scarf, brah

[@AboutTrout]

Thanks brah, gotta represent my Jordanian side

[@RealRyanDeLuca]

@@AboutTrout Nice!

[@jnix112]

So it looks like you are casting JUST the leader, not the fly line at all?

[@AboutTrout]

Yessir , thicket leader formulas cast better but sag. Depends on what I’m doing for the day

[@RGJR02]

What reel do you use to balance out that 11’ rod?

[@AboutTrout]

Hardy Ultralite CAD 5/6

[@lucasnez3584]

Koo bro thanks fo the info

[@everythingaction3927]

I wan to try euro nymphing. I’m going to try to make a leader out of 12lb line to 6lb line

[@phoult37]

Thanks for the tip on the tip cast (see what I did there?) For real though, I've struggled casting small beads and drys with my euro set up, but I think changing up my cast will help.

[@AboutTrout]

Definitely , a thicker leader formula will help as well.

[@WhatMyLensSees]

Found you from the huge fly fisherman videos. Great stuff and look forward to seeing more of your channel. I'm actually gonna be down in Northern New Mexico next week near Taos and hoping to get a day or two of fly fishing in. Let me know if you're interested in meeting up. dan

[@AboutTrout]

I live two hours west of Taos, but shoot me an email [e-mail] and I can point you in the right direction .

[@matthewallred72]

Sensei

[@AboutTrout]

Glad you like it , hope it helps with casting .