I really appreciate the screen arrow an line overlays to highlight what you are talking about in the video. This is very helpful to reinforce the message.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Glad it helped. Thanks for watching.

This video content should not only be taught to all fly fishers, or should be a case study in business school for how to properly do content that gives a brand authority and attracts lifelong fans.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

10 ай бұрын

Awfully kind! Thanks!

Just like your book- a video illustrating the chapter on fishing runs. Good stuff

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Jeff

Thank you for spreading your knowledge and fishing techniques. Excellent

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

🙏 thanks for watching

Thanks! As always, appreciate the education as I look into the Nymphing game.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Hopefully it helped 👍

Thanks for sharing!! This is a great video and I love the way you take time to explain in details on how to fish just a small section of a river. Being a beginner I will say I love seeing the drawings and the explanation on how to rig the set up you are using. That helps me so much! Thank you!!

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Glad it helped! Happy fishing!

Great video that covered so many elements and nuances of euro nymphing. You’re an excellent teacher!

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad it helped!

Yet another great video Devin. Thanks for the river breakdown commentary and your thoughts as you moved upstream.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Alan.

Good to have you back, I missed your wisdom!

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and we're glad to be back as well. We've had a lot of other irons in the fire lately so we haven't been able to film as much as we'd like.

@DanBrando

10 ай бұрын

Someone loves someone

Thanks Devin! I’ve been trying to be patient and make sure I methodically pick apart each stretch I fish and this video gives a great example of that. I Always enjoy your lessons!

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Dale

Thanks Devin, this is a great video showing your thought processes on how to fish varying types of water. I was particularly impressed with how a simple change in weight can lead to success and how you process through all the scenarios until you come up with the right answer. The section on using the dry dropper is very instructive since I've struggled with this technique on occasion. The leader set-up clarified and reinforced some of the answers to questions about the technique that you helped me with previously. Many thanks!

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.

Great presentation. Very informative and helpful. Thank you!

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks for the quality educational content.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Great demonstration Devin! You've taught me I need to slow down and pick each run apart with depth and presentation. Thanks for sharing👌 Steve @blackflycreations, Ut

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Steve!

Hey Devin thank you for another on the water tutorial, they are really helpful. I like how you mark the areas from above and use prompts like your book. Its a great read but I've also found it to be a great reference book that one can go back to several times. Order this book, you'll never regret it. Thank you again.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Donald! I’m certainly glad you’ve enjoyed the book as well.

Thanks, Devin! It's really helpful that you are so patient and complete in describing what you're doing, or attempting to do at times. The graphics also really help identify where in the river your comments apply. Like Joe below, I'd also like to hear a bit about the Adams leader system, particularly how it relates to your traditional leader formulas, which I use.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

I put a comment in under Joe’s. The adams mono is just another material that I’ve tried for the micro leader that I’ve talked about in previous videos and in Adaptive Fly Fishing and my book. The Adams mono is strong and I like it a lot for micro leaders. Other sighter materials from the brands we have in the shop also work well that are more visible. The thicker Euro nymphing leaders I’ve shared are very good for anglers who struggle with accurately casting euro rigs but I haven’t used them much myself for 6-7 years except for specific situations where I’m floating the sighter or fishing a heavier dry dropper rig in flat water.

Devin, you are the best at explaining what you are doing and why. I've been fly fishing for over 40 years, I was taught by Dave Rothrock up in Pa. I'm sure many will benefit from your ability to communicate how to read the water. Well done!!

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Beautiful, detailed video. Thank you! Love the humility of not insisting on showing some big fish being pulled out of the spots and seams near the slab that you worked so patiently up to. Those spots transpose almost directly to a place I fish often, so it was very interesting to see how you approach it. The video is more about fishing the slower seams around a fast run, than it is fishing the fast run itself (which is what I expected from the title). I'm sometimes amazed at fish I find holding in turbulent water -- more turbulent than anything in this video -- so I'm surprised you didn't address those faster currents more. Then again, I find success happens in those places when it's warmer, and it looks like a cooler day there. I just love the detail and the methodical approach you share. Wonderful stuff.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

10 ай бұрын

I've certainly found fish in faster water before as well though not normally in this river. Glad you enjoyed the video.

Lots of gold in this. Thanks. “Nicely done “

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Loved the video. Super insightful.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Great video - super clear

I really enjoy your videos

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you for editing the video to show exactly where you are fishing with those red crosses.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Hopefully it helped

I love the bow and arrow cast! I don't find myself using it as much out west, but it was a staple on the spring creeks in the eastern US. I suspect many folks pass this type of water by and head for the bends or other prime water. But what a mistake that can be. Nice job as usual. Great videography and production.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you so much, that way of working a section of fast water, MSG Leum

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. Happy fishing.

Great lance as always!!! Wish we had those flows bro!!!

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Pretty sure my name is still Devin 😊 But thanks Scott and hopefully the water gods head your way soon.

"Heartbreakingly pretty little parr marks." Now there's a phrase for you. Amen.

Very helpful - thanks!

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Excellent explanation of your technique. Thank you also for not having one of those “fish on every cast” videos.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Hopefully I got my thought process across. Thanks for watching.

Great video do you have any recommendations on reels that balance well with a T&T contact 2 10 foot ? Thanks

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

There are plenty of options in our shop. Anything that is around 4 oz or more will work with that rod. If there are specific reels you’re interested in send us an email and we’ll get you dialed.

Excellent as usual Devin - thanks for taking the time to show us how you pick apart that run! Question: when you know you missed a fish, how hard should you try to get that fish to eat again, if at all? Tight lines! 🎣

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

If you can fish somewhere else for 10 minutes you can often get them to come back. But it rarely works right away after you miss one at least if they are wild fish.

Interesting cost benefit analysis of temp vs location of trout. Curious if type of hatch as another variable would also contribute to trout location, thanks!

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Type and intensity of hatch can definitely shift them around.

Hey Devin! Not sure if it is possible, but I'm hoping technology is getting good and cheap. I have a really hard time seeing your rod and leader to see HOW you are fishing. I wonder if it is possible to make them more visible to the camera, or to digitally accentuate them so us viewers can better see what they are actually doing?

I’m brand new to your channel and to fly fishing. This is the first video of yours I’ve watched. Why did you color on your mono line?

Damn, I want to fish with you, I wonder if you can catch as many fish from one pool where I live (Caucasus mountains). Come to Georgia!

To see an accomplished angler like Devin be surprised with a hole that doesn’t produce as expected gives the rest of us hope! I’ve made that “huh” sound more times than I can count on spots that look real fishy.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Sadly none of us are immune but that’s also what keeps us coming back. It would be pretty boring if we got everything we expected each time out.

How do you like the new adams mono? Comparable to Pierre sempe or pezon & michel? Great video as always devin!

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

It’s a bit stronger than Sempe/PM and resists coiling as well or better. So far I’ve been very happy with it.

Intereresting!

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Thanks

Did you mention you were using a “foam” front end loader caddis dry fly? If so, can you share a tying video/recipe?

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

I’ve shot the video for it but had trouble getting the wing material for the shop. I’ve got a substitute in the works and will have a video up before too long.

Great instruction! Suggestion: how about a vid on strike detection? I mean setting up with telephoto lens on the sighter. Make the sighter the star of the show! Real world demonstrations of detecting a nymph take would go a long way to help me and others. Thanks

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

I’ve tried this with actual pro videographers before, it’s surprising more difficult than you might think.

Would you jig a streamer through the head of the run when nothing else biting? Do you have a video on pendulum cast?

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

A jig streamer would have been a good idea at that point. I don’t have a separate video on a pendulum cast but I cut a view of it into the video at that point. If you watch it a few times you’ll probably get the basics of it. It’s a pretty simple cast.

Hi Devin. I assume your running the dry fly off a tag? The perdigon is not tied to the bend of the hook on the dry, correct? Thanks!

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Correct

I am suprised you did not cross the stream and fish from the left? Could you not gotten better drifts while not high sticking over the heavy water

Can you describe in a little more detail that new leader? Various diameters, length etc? Are you using a tippet ring between the leader and tippet or would a blood knot make sense?

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

I normally use the .16 mm or .18 mm Adams mono. The length is all in the diagram in the video. The only thing I alter is the tippet length based on the depth of the water. I was using a tippet ring as I show in the diagram. Blood knots tend to be a bit weak between sighter and tippet so I would use a figure of eight knot if you don’t use the tippet ring.

@joeborgione5477

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. Had to re-watch it for the diagram. (It’s at about 2:40 for those interested). I’ve been fishing a longer and thinner tapered leader lately that I tie myself and it might be time to try the mono set up. Also, I like your use of one fly: that’s something I need to do more of.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

@@joeborgione5477 one fly rigs can be critical in complex broken water. Basically if I can’t fit two flies easily into a seam or pocket I will opt for the single fly right away.

@joeborgione5477

11 ай бұрын

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Dog days of summer are pushing fish into tight seams. They are a challenge but the rewards can be ‘big’!

I am relatively new to fly fishing, so are you casting without any fly line just a 20’ leader? The leader and the rod = approx 30’, the river doesn’t look that wide.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Yes. This is a specific style of fly fishing called European nymphing. Most of the time the line never makes it out of the rod tip with this method.

@Rufus761

11 ай бұрын

@@tacticalflyfisher3817thanks, I have a lot to learn 😵‍💫

Devin, what rod ate you using?

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

I used the Diamondback Ideal Nymph 10’ 2 weight for the dry dropper and the Adams XTZ 10’ 6” 2 weight for the straight nymph rig.

I'm curious and still learning the Jargon. Are most of your videos, including this one, euro Nymphing. Or is it all kinds of fly fishing? I just watched this whole video, but was left with, wait, what kind of set up was this?

@tacticalflyfisher3817

7 ай бұрын

Yes, most of our river fishing videos have a Euro nymphing focus but there is a fair bit of dry fly fishing and occasional streamer fishing mixed in as well. And we also have some stillwater videos.

@darranjacobsen4366

7 ай бұрын

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 OK, so I want to look for videos with dry, fly, fishing or streamers in the title?

@tacticalflyfisher3817

7 ай бұрын

@@darranjacobsen4366 most of the videos with those methods are vlogs of a certain day of fishing. They probably won’t have a specific method in the title.

@darranjacobsen4366

7 ай бұрын

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Oh...darn Ok TY

Are you now using the veniard quills to tie quilldigons?

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

I still have a stash of Polish Quills that is dwindling. Veniards is no longer selling quills to the USA either. The best option now is the new Fulling Mill quills we just got in the shop.

@justaman3333

11 ай бұрын

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Thanks Devin. My polish quill stash is dwindling as well haha. jeff

When you fish the upper part at the end of the video from the left bank you are standing in very rough water, you could choose the other bank and be more confi. I understand that it is to be conceled and not be detected... Is it the case? I take the chance to wish you all the best in the upcoming world fly fishing Championship!

@tacticalflyfisher3817

10 ай бұрын

It’s more about having a good drift angle. If I crossed to the other side I would have a direct upstream angle when casting along the boulder. That angle is much harder to manage in quick water to maintain slack control and a natural drift. It’s possible there might have been some benefit from that side though so it’s always worth trying different angles. Thanks for the encouragement at the championship.

How does the Adams compare with the Cortland? Thank you

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

Can you clarify the specific products you’re asking about? Rods, sighter material, etc.?

@brooktroutangler5917

11 ай бұрын

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 The Adams sighter material white with the Cortland sighter material white. Thank you

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

@@brooktroutangler5917 in the white specifically I like the Adams better. The cortland white has a weird tendency to coil where knots have been tied, though their other colors don’t have that problem. The adams has been strong, resistant to coiling, and durable for me so far.

Thalwag??….really. I’m a simple fly fisherman, called the center of the current, the fast water etc.

@tacticalflyfisher3817

11 ай бұрын

You’re certainly welcome to call it whatever you want. For those who are interested, it doesn’t hurt to introduce specific scientific terminology from my time as a fisheries biologist.