Euro Nymphing Sighter
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Fly Fishing Tips
Fish Per Minute- Euro Nymphing
Real time for this video clip is about five minutes. This is a single clip that was shot by my friend Brad a couple of weeks ago while we were fishing the Logan River. I am French Nymphing in this video, using a long leader with a three color HI-VIS sighter (available in our Euro Nymphing Fast Pack). Notice that the leader does not actually lay on the water at all. The key in this style of fishing is to allow your flies to sink and drift at the same speed as the current while keeping a tight connection between your rod tip and your flies. Thus, strike detection is increased drastically when compared to slack line systems (indicator nymphing). This tight line tactic works very well in MANY situations, but keep in mind there is a time and place for all different styles. Learning when to use the appropriate technique is all part of the fun that keeps us returning to the river as often as permitted. Keep tuning in for more videos and tips on Euro Nymphing, my favorite tool in my arsenal!
Fly tying tip: Tie lots of flies in the winter!!
Here in Utah, winter finally decided to show up, along with some storms. Its been extremely cold and windy as of late. Even if I consider myself a hardcore fly fisherman, there are still days when its time to leave those waders hanging up in the garage and sit down at your vise. With that said, January is a great month to fill up the spaces in your fly boxes. Its also a great time to work on some new patterns. If you have plenty of your confident patterns tied up and ready to fish, you can spend some time tying up some patterns that you have been thinking about tying, but never had time to tie them.
Taking advantage of this cold month to catch up 0n your tying, you won’t have to be always trying to catch up the rest of the year when you are fishing more.
If you love to fly fish, but don’t tie flies yet, this is a fabulous month to get started. We have plenty of simple, yet effective patterns on our website that will get you started in the right direction, and still catch plenty of fish.
Don’t waste this month away! Get out on the river when its possible, and get those flies tied up now so you can spend more time on the water when its nice and warm!!!!
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Fly Fishing Tip
The tip today comes from an experience I had just a week ago while on one of my favorite rivers. Shortly after getting to the river, I started to get my flies wet. While I was bringing in just my third fish of the day, I heard something snap. This is not a sound that any fisherman wants to hear. A small piece of the third section of my rod broke. This made it almost impossible for the rod to go back together. Now this could have been a great story if I had been fighting a big fish….but it was only 7-8 inches long:(
Lucky for me on this day, I had my wise brother-in-law with me. When he saw what had happened, he said he had an idea to get my pole to work for the rest of the day. He proceeded to take one section of his rod apart and show me that the exact same part of his pole had broken off about a year ago, but had been able to keep fishing with it. Now this is where the tip comes into play. He had kept his rod together with HONEY!!!! After showing me this, we grabbed a granola bar that had at least a little honey in it and I smothered it on the broken end and put the rod back together. I went on to catch many fish that day and my pole stayed together!!!
So on your next fishing trip, make sure you have something that has honey in it, just in case you need to use it…..just might save your trip to the river!!!! 
Derek