How and Why to Cast Farther When Euro Nymphing

This video explains why it's important to learn to cast farther when Euro nymphing and Tight line fly fishing.
Jeff explains ways to load your rod for more powerful casts in order to reach far away fish, spooky fish, or to cast upstream farther to get a better dead-drift.
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[@michaeldubartell8991]

Very good video. One suggestion that I have found helpful to get more distance while contact/euro nymphing: use the lightest microleader you can cast. Adams Euro Nymph Mono Line is the bomb! It’s ceramic reinforced mono and has no memory-so no coils/less tangles. Double haul that and you can accurately send a size 16 nymph with 2.5 mm tungsten bead sailing 40 feet no problem.

[@mavrkflyfishing]

Yes! thin line helps a lot. Thanks!

[@DuriensBane]

Been using your tracer 62 line for awhile now and i love it. And ive also got into fishing farther almost from the get go, since i didnt understand why people would risk trying to get closer to fish just so they can keep the line shorter. Ill bomb flies 25+ft to hit a seam that others just wont try and reach, and my results are showing for it.

[@mavrkflyfishing]

Exactly! Why pass on fishy water? Far seams are golden and most people pass them up. It's because they've been taught that tight lining is a short game. I truly believe that 98% of tight line anglers don't have the skill to load the rod properly to cast into the 20 to 40ft zone. The key is a powerful back cast and hauling the forward cast. This may require a water-load or a forward false cast to initiate. But in both cases, hauling is the key. Also, a lot of people use too big of a rod. Loading a 10-11ft rod with small bead head nymphs is difficult for most so they just lob it. Stepping down to a 2wt or a lighter 3wt ESN rod will help with this loading issue. Here in the west, the rivers are full of boulders and mixed speed water. You can't always just wade closer to the juicy runs. The ability to cast to them is a huge advantage. Anyway, thanks for your comment- I'm glad that you are seeing the advantages of long tight-line casts. I'll be making more videos on long casting techniques soon.

[@nathankeller3520]

Awesome video. I’m just getting into euro/tight line so this was super helpful. My one question is; if you’re using an indicator on your mono rig, why not use a typical WF floating fly line at that point? Also, when you’re doing your typical arial cast, how do you keep the flies from tangling each other? Thanks for the help!

[@DuriensBane]

You can remove an indicator when you are going back to fishing closer, if you are using a floating line you might have problems fishing closer or if you are reaching over a seam or current it will sag your line. For keeping flies from tangling it depends on how you rig it. If you use a dropper tag, keeping it short is the key, no more then 4in, it may wrap around the line but the bottom fly and top fly typically wont tangle (but it does happen) or you can use an inline rig which almost never tangles.

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Great video mate

[@mavrkflyfishing]

Thanks!!

[@self-taught_angler]

This is just a simulation of gear fishing. You can also get a BFS reel add a 1gr split shot and cast any fly 30-40ft.

[@Dvarden]

The mono rig on a fly rod with weighted flies, or like your talking about “drop shot” has been apart of fly fishing for a long time

[@self-taught_angler]

@@Dvarden Sadly, yes. But at least the anglers had been casting them using traditional fly line methods. Now, it morphed into the mono rig loading the rod with the weight of the fly or the split shot. What is missing? A baitcasting or spinning reel?

[@mavrkflyfishing]

Thanks for the comments! My video is about casting far with an ultra light nymphs rig that was specifically designed for longer natural dead drifts. A BFS (Bait cast) reel may solve the casting distance issue, but they weigh a ton and thus won't be good for high sticking when holding that line off the waters surface.

[@self-taught_angler]

@@mavrkflyfishing BFS reel usually cast a 6lb braid line which is as thin as 7x tippet. They don't weigh anything,

[@johnr909]

looks like Deckers

[@mavrkflyfishing]

Yes it does, but no this is the Truckee River Near lake Tahoe, Ca.