Improving Your Euro Nymphing Cast

[@alexargyros7186]

This video is a great service to the angling community. Thanks, Devin.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Very kind Alex. Thanks.

[@paulbugeja5425]

Brilliantly simple explanation, it is all in the wrist!

[@SpiralMoss]

I'm new to euro nymph fishing and can do that long distance pendulum cast from the beach, you're right it's about compressing the rod and getting the right arc and wang it upstream 😂👍👍 I'm able to get the flies well up, but my biggest problem is following the leader and keeping in contact with the nymph,I'll get there eventually 👍

[@mikekrol7485]

I was self taught, so my instructor was the weak link. However, it is satisfying when you get it right. I'll be rewatching all these vids.

[@jonboinar9737]

Thanks, Devin! Great tip. I've been euro-nymphing for a little while now. I still don't feel like I've really started to figure it out. My numbers ain't that great, about the same as with bobber-nymphing. One of my problems IS with accuracy in casting. I believe this will help. I'm actually planning to go out later today and practice the cast on a river. I'm going to cross-post this to "USA Nymphing Euro Style" on Facebook under your post there. Thanks again!

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Jon Strait stick with it and I’m sure your success will improve.

[@PJCatch]

From below sounds like you are planning on several videos related to casting. This is exactly what I was hoping to see here. I too am all in - book, videos, online store, but would love a series of vids covering each type of cast out there. Thanks!

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Peter Cacioppo we have filmed a segment for a helicopter and water load cast around trees. I’ll be working on it over the next several weeks.

[@lancelewis1683]

This helps. I have the videos on Vimeo and I'm reading your book, but I like how detailed this is. I appreciate it! As a newbie I need all the help I can get.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Glad it helped Lance

[@garyweglarz]

I literally have a series of "notes" on my computer from the videos and from your book, and now I've added notes on this video. Why? Because there are so many small nuances involved in euro-nymphing (particularly in casting) that aren't readily apparent to me even from my many decades of past fly fishing experience. So thanks a lot for this video. I've been experimenting more with the very light leader system and this info will help my accuracy for sure.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Glad it helped Gary. Thanks for watching.

[@ColorfulCOFlyFishing]

I’ve been euro nymphing for 3 weeks. Thanks for this video, Even though it was a few months ago. Keep the vid coming

[@corndog8183]

Just bought the book and have learned a lot so far. These videos are also super helpful- thank you!

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Thanks Cory! I hope you enjoy the rest of the book and our future videos. Good luck on the water.

[@ruha6455]

Can you please show how to change the cast when the river is flowing towards your left shoulder. Thanks for great info.

[@bluejacket645]

Nice presentation Devin. Very clear and concise information, the close ups really help cement the action visually.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

edward constantini thanks. Hopefully it will help in the water.

[@jasonking3101]

Thanks for helping us all with your informative videos mate.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Jason King glad you enjoyed it

[@chrisbarnes225]

Thanks Devin! I feel like this was partially made for me and my buddy Ken after your class at the Denver Fly Fishing show! Great tips as always! Also, thanks for turning us onto those T&T rods!

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Chris Barnes thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video and the class. Have fun on the water.

[@jp410]

Thank you. Very straightforward.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

J P thanks. I hope it helps.

[@robinhogan5432]

I am just starting out with Euro nymphs in, so many thanks for tip.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Good luck and have fun on the water.

[@joemalone5819]

A video on how you tie micro leaders would be much appreciated. Enjoying the content!

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Joe Malone that will be in our next instructional film that should be out within the next couple of months. It’s also in the current issue of Fly Fisherman Magazine.

[@BarrydeCocq]

Thanks Devin. Great additional info. I have your book and videos and they have been super helpful in upping my euro game

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Thanks Barry. Glad you've enjoyed the book and videos. I hope you're having fun on the water.

[@holyworrier]

I've been trying to cast in the same manner as one would cast a conventional rod. The fly goes off at a 40 degree angle to the left regardless as to which shoulder I'm casting over. I will certainly give your method some practice. I'm worn out whipping the rod over the top.

[@jerrysnyder9388]

Thanks for the tip, look forward to more info.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Jerry Snyder thanks

[@danofromsano]

Thanks for another informative video. This has already helped me out practicing on the pond. I found that I wasn't swinging the nymphs around enough and was executing more of a side cast and not an oval or helicopter cast. Looking forward to the other casting videos you mentioned in other comments.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Glad it helped. Keep up the good work.

[@charphel]

I do tight-line nymphing with a TenkaraBum40. This looks like a great way to fish heavier nymphs with it. Thanks!

[@richardferrara86]

Super helpful. Thanks Devin.

[@ericstewart4732]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Glad you found it helpful Eric. Good luck on the water.

[@douglascrawford5551]

simple,...i,mnew to euro nymphing,..this has helped thank you

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Glad you found it useful.

[@p.boersting4888]

I would like to see your Parallel kick cast illustrated the same way you did here! And some thought on the absolute minimum thickness of a Spanish leader in the part close to the fly line.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

P. Boersting I’ve done the helicopter and water load cast that I will be editing soon. I can add the parallel kick cast down the road.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

P. Boersting and you can go down as thin as you want in the leader. 3x to 5x are common for the body of the leader. Just make sure your tippet is at least one to two sizes smaller than the leader.

[@michaelkakaley5558]

Devin, great info like always! The book and videos have helped me refine my leader construction, but I was hoping you could also tell us more about the micro leader when you get a chance. Thanks again

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Michael Kakaley it’s in the current issue of Fly Fisherman magazine. We will also have another instructional video out that details it within a couple of months.

[@ianrobertson9744]

Hi Devon have read your book really impressed with it, the tactics everything , I fish a small river in Wales and it is overgrown in places but I want to fish more nymphs could the cast you show in the video be modified to suit or would a bow and arrow work better, I want to fish euro style as my rig I use at the moment has a braided leader, but it is very inificient and pulls my flies from the runs. Regards Ian Robertson

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Ian, the next video I'm working on has casts specifically for getting around some obstructions. Give me a couple weeks and hopefully it will answer your modification issues. And the braided leader will definitely sag and kill your drift. You can look at our Modern Nymphing films for some other leader formulas that would likely help.

[@timsperling8584]

Your a stud bro you’ve helped me sooooooomuch thank you typhoon tim

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Certainly glad I’ve been able to help. 👍

[@StarloGetsReel]

Awesome! Thanks.

[@coreystoner4129]

Great info Devin. I have been doing that exact same thing casting wise but I have had to modify it for the streams I fish. Even side casting I am very accurate with it

[@iammifl]

Hey Devin, could you make a video explaining in more detail how to cast further distances? I watched this section in "Elevated Techniques" (at 3min50sec) multiple times but still can't figure it out. When stripping in the slack of the line to get the tention back. At which point of the cast do you release the slack again to get further? During the false cast right before starting the forward motion? Greatly apreciate all you do! Watching your series at the beginning of every season to try to improve my technique further.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Mathias Wittwer it’s no different than in regular fly casting. I only let line slip (shoot) through my fingers when I stop the forward cast. If you do it earlier it will kill all your energy and change the shape of your loop.

[@iammifl]

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 thanks a lot for your quick answer! I'll try this tomorrow.

[@jsboyle3459]

Nice wee video👍🏻

[@jmsmooch]

Good stuff. Time to do some yard casting...

[@ronmcneal1569]

Well-done. Makes sense!!

[@kurtrout]

very helpful

[@patches152]

I'd love to see a video of your steelheading setup and rigging in action.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Unfortunately I live a long way from steelhead these days Patrick. There's not much different about my rig for steelhead except I step the tippet up to 2x or 3x, fish a 6 to 8 weight rod, and sometimes add a 3rd fly for deep and heavy water.

[@patches152]

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 sounds simple enough, i think i can manage with that feedback. cheers!

[@toneysisk1585]

Very nice vid, Devon. One question: I sometimes use a #20 mono leader, and the casting seems good straight back and forward, more like a regular line. But my #6 micro leader doesn't like the back and forward cast, and your way of casting seems better. Does this make sense that a micro leader doesn't like the straight cast but a mono leader does? Thanks much, Toney

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Tony yea that makes sense. You can still use your micro leader with that cast as long as it is sidearm and you wait longer on your front and back cast for the flies to turn over.

[@chriscolvin2640]

Thanks

[@glencamblin]

Seems I came to euro nymphing 5 years too early. I had to learn all this on my own. Folks ,u should pay close attention to every word Devin is giving u here.

[@austing9818]

your videos are the best!!! just got into euronymphing

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

At least the hard way provides some DIY satisfaction Glen. :) Thanks for the watch and the feedback.

[@johnperryflyfishing]

Once again-great instruction!

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Thanks. Hopefully it helped.

[@cs1089]

This is a great tip and I will definitely practice it. One question I have is how far can you realistically cast using this technique with weighted flies + euro leader + 10 ft 3 weight rod? I can typically cast my leader rig past my rod tip (about 20ft) butI think I could do better. I'm relatively new to this - I have purchased and watched both of your videos which are amazing - but don't know how to judge if I'm getting the distance I could get with better technique. thank you!

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

cs1089 I sometimes cast up to 30’ but realize that casting further doesn’t necessarily mean better if you can’t manage the slack and get a good drift for the full drift. 20’ is probably fine for most situations as you can always adjust your weight or tippet to fit your casting ability/distance.

[@cs1089]

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 This is very helpful. Thank you!

[@poems35]

Good video and great book. Thanks. I am wondering how the rod is loaded. It seems to be loaded from the weight of the flies and not the water.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Frank Cada yes. It’s loaded from the weight of the flies and also from the mass of the rod itself.

[@MrSurfangler]

Thanks a ton Devin!, I had a question about practicing it in my back yard, how do you practice this without the water load ? I am new to contact nymphing

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

You don't really need the water to load the rod unless you are specifically using a downstream water load cast to get into tight places. The easiest thing to do is put a plate, or other target, on the ground. Put one of your nymphs on your leader and break off the hook. Practice until you can hit the plate consistently with each cast from a few different distances.

[@StarloGetsReel]

Brilliant!

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Thank you

[@edrose4583]

what do you do when there are trees 5 feet behind you and branches 5' over your head - no room to helicopter a 10' rod and 15' of line?

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Water load or bow and arrow cast

[@jp410]

Thank you, Devin. I feel like I need clarification on something -- it sounds like the tungsten is what's loading the rod on the oval backcast, and that the fly is propelled forward first, with the leader tailing into the water directly behind it. In a sense this is an inversion of the typical fly line loop shape. This is what I experience in my EN casts, anyway. It's difficult to see and visually follow the line in EN videos, obviously, as compared to clips of regular fly line casts, so it's a bit hard to know what the line itself is supposed to be doing, or what shape it's supposed to be taking (I realize there's no actual "line" there, only leader...). Is this understanding correct, or is your line turning over like a fly line does?

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

It is the tungsten bead that is loading the rod. It’s still turning over like a normal cast though it’s just that it’s a much wider loop. If you are having trouble with accuracy it helps to keep tension with the fly around that loop which is part of what the oval cast is there to do.

[@ph2738]

Are your flies going around your head and out over your right shoulder, or are your flies going out over your left shoulder?

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

They can do either depending on the plane of the cast but my flies normally stay over my head or right shoulder.

[@OKCKettlebells]

Good stuff!

[@josephnash8713]

thanks for the tip. how do you deal with cover directly behind you when you cast?

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

That's in the next video I'll be doing ;) Should be available in the next few weeks.

[@chasinbowsnbrowns3652]

Great video ! I’m going to try and perfect this cast ! I only use you leaders and love them !! Tight lines !!!!

[@JamesP29]

What if there is brush and trees behind you or it's not feasible to do that?

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Look at this other videos we did. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZepZWl_m9CSrKc

[@ericenglund6668]

Great tip Jim was getting angry with me for boppin him on the head when we’re fishin the Truckee

[@gregkosinski2303]

Bro- you know what I don’t get? Why doesn’t a fly fishing company make a sling pack constructed like a bike messenger bag where the shoulder loop travels through the shoulder pad? That’s so much more comfortable when you sling it around your body. I had to stop using mine because it irritated my shoulder.

[@mikestrate1468]

Do u always rotate your arm clockwise?

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

No. It is clockwise when casting on my right side. It is counterclockwise when casting across my body on my left side. Here's a follow up video that will demonstrate that and help you understand when to cast on either side of your body.

[@visonism]

Great vid dev, need some more confidence pattern fly tying vids

[@michaelsw0rd]

i wish you had an instagram account!

[@irideaduck939]

@tactical_flyfisher

[@danschmitz4699]

1min intro sucks

[@clammerify]

this guy creeps me out. He's like a cross between a withered wax figurine and Caitlyn Jenner

[@benfranks6375]

Great help! Thanks much.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Glad it helped!