Floating the Sighter

Was a day for stealth, and nine takes made for happy hunting. One of the trout coughed up a baby brookie. HT: @flyfishfood Mil Spec Baetis. HT: ‘Modern Nymphing’ video from @lanceeganflyfishing @tactical_flyfisher. HT: Pointers from @nickmeloy. #catchandrelease #sageflyfishing #floatthatsighter #euronymphing #orvis #flyfishing #barbless #burp A post shared by BlogFlyFishMA (@blogflyfishma) on Feb 4, 2017

My Revised Euronymphing Leader

10/4/18 edit: I’ve started playing with thin Euronymphing leaders, which supposedly are better. Details here. For your convenience, here are the formulas (and, links to materials):   Part of the fun, and challenge, of tightline nymphing is that there are no standards. You ask two competition anglers about how they construct their leaders, for example,