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Tight-line Nymph Resources

Here are links to some awesome resources I’ve found for learning how to nymph a tight-line system.

Videos-

Lance Egan + Hunter Hoffler Nymph the Provo

https://vimeo.com/88200244

George Daniel Dynamic Nymphing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9XlK3Q5mcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xJiSb0wb1w&list=PLAmNQquS4GchrQa8TdIbCX9bZcFFJGPD3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxhIx1tocPo&list=PLAmNQquS4GchrQa8TdIbCX9bZcFFJGPD3&index=3

Hank Patterson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m0QbVTWhtw

Books-

Dynamic Nymphing (George Daniels)

Blogs and Forums-

Troutlegend.com

Innovativeflyfisher.com

flyfishfood.com

ginkandgasoline.com

tacticalflyfisherman.com

Enjoy!

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Don’t be one dimensional!

The other day I went out to practice some nymphing techniques for an upcoming competition. The water I was going to be fishing was flat, with very little structure, and intermittent shallow riffle runs. The closest stream to my house happened to mimic this water very well, and I had been very productive as of late. That day, something had changed, fish were not really rising, but still feeding actively up in the water column. This hadn’t stopped me from being productive before, so I started using a tightline system on a 1ft or less shallow long riffle run about 50 yards long. I would pick up a fish here and there, but could not get fish keyed on a certain presentation or nymph. It just so happened that I had seen a couple of march browns hatching, and had tied some F flies, the night before to fish and practice dry flies. I thought “I haven’t used a dry dropper in awhile, lets just try for fun,” almost instantly after covering the entire run and starting back from downstream where I began, did I start to get very good numbers of fish. I got 19 on that system in an hour and a half, evenly on both dry and dropper. Did I mention? I was fishing the SAME EXACT NYMPH I had on earlier, and doubled my fish count (with that fly- old school pheasant tail). Morale of the story- Just because a technique works extremely effectively and efficiently most of the time, don’t throw everything else out the window! I have since focused on other areas of fly fishing such as streamer tactics, and dry fly presentation which have absolutely helped me catch more fish and become a well rounded angler.

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Fly Profile: Vampire Leech

Who: Todd Oishi of Canada designed this particular fly, it is a variation on a fly known here in the U.S. as the "Blank Saver," and with good reason.

What: Hook: Hanak H900BL, Tail: Black Marabou, Flash: Polar Tinsel, Body: Black UV Polar Chenille, Bead: Chartreuse, or Hot Orange, Thread: Black 6/0

Where: Lakes and rivers. For many loch style competitions the Vampire Leech, is a must have fly. On the two most recent lake competitions I participated in, this was the #1 producer of fish. You may find yourself thinking- "that's just an egg sucking leech," well you're not wrong. However, for some reason, and especially with the chartreuse bead, this fly just destroys salmonids everywhere. On rivers, I have caught fish in all 4 seasons on this fly, and I have a stack of them in my box.

When: ANY time of the year.

Why: From my perspective, the you have all the triggers you need to make a good fly - some flash, a UV aspect, a buggy profile, and great contrast.

How: On rivers- strip it, jig it, dead drift it, bop it, twist it, just fish it, fish eat it.

On lakes- Usually bugger patterns are fished as the last or "point," fly in a 3 or two fly set up. 

Here is the man himself tying some up!

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Fly Profile: The Iron Lotus

Who: Designed by Lance Egan, one of the most innovative tyers in the U.S. 

What: Hook: Barbless Jig size 12-18, Bead: Tungsten Gold or Black Nickel (northeast), Thread: Olive UTC, or Camel UTC (northeast), Tail: Coq De Leon, Rib: White 6/0, Wingcase: Black Flashback Tinsel, Hot Spot: Read UTC 70, Thorax: Natural or Copper (northeast) AZN synthetic peacock dub

Where: Anywhere, this fly has proven to be effective in it's variations across the country. 

When: Spring and Summer. First invented to profile a blue winged olive, this fly crushes in spring. But, also works on a consistent basis in the Summer, as it is more of a suggestive pattern.

How: Fishing it with a tight line or euro system can be deadly, but this fly also works extremely well under an indicator, or in it's smaller sizes as a dropper off of a dry fly.

Why: Because of the fly's suggestive profile, it simulates many different style mayflies, I really like it's "teardrop" shape when it's wet, it's also extremely durable. Another reason it fishes so well, are it's two main triggers, a red hotspot, and the flashback wing case. I have tried thin skin also, and usually I am fine with subbing materials. However, I do actually believe the flashback just gives it that extra something, and has out fished, all other variations I have tried.

Tie some of these guys up! You won't be disappointed!

Here is a link to the man himself tying up the original-

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Fly Tying: Czech Caddis Nymph

Learn how to tie a Czech Caddis nymph with me on vimeo!