I’ve done a great deal of tightline (or, Euro-style) nymphing. But, I am now trying to make more progress with my dry-fly fishing. One of the best dry fly anglers I’ve ever met makes his own leaders. Once I heard that, I knew I had to take a look. I’ve tried a few leaders and
Category: Rigs and leaders
Dries or Die
I was fishing next to a very experienced angler. He fishes only dries. In fact, he doesn’t own any nymphs. He gave them all away some decades ago, to force himself to master dry-fly fishing. “A lifetime of learning,” he said. That got me thinking about things. I’ll always be into tightline nymphing, and so,
Finding a ‘Sweet Spot’
I’ve been fishing a (reasonably) local freestone that’s new to me. It has both stocked and wild fish. It’s where I landed the “Big Surprise,” up above. Over the past month since the stocking, the fish have left the spots where they were placed initially. So, it’s been a game of hide-and-seek. After some trial
Jig Hooks
When nymphing, I tend to use barbless jig hooks. I first heard about them from competitive fly fishing anglers, who incorporate them with slotted tungsten beads into anchor flies in a Euro-nymphing set-up. So, I bought some and fished them. I caught fish. So, I bought more sizes. I really like this style of a