Fall Stillwater Fly Fishing: Drifting Loch Style 

Thanks loads for this video. Great to get some more stillwater tips and techniques. I recently tried your standard stillwater leader from your last video, and quickly realized I hadn't considered one important factor. That is that in my 8' frameless inflatable my behind is sitting no more than 3 inches above the waterline as opposed to maybe up to 2+ feet higher in a boat seat. Casting a 17-18 ft long leader with a three fly rig with a heavier fly on the point stopped being fun pretty quickly, but of course the solution was simple enough. I simply dropped the last 5' section of leader and fished a two fly rig on about a 12-13' leader. Great stuff - thanks guys.

Great video !! 😀 👍

Have you tried the bung/Sight indicator on these larger stillwaters? More and more anglers over here are using it as a go to for larger stillwaters (historically it was a smallwater type method) and have been having positive results, often outfishing established loch style methods. If not give it a try 👍

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and yes, tactics! I've heard the term Loch style fishing for quite some time but didn't fully grasp as to how to go about it. Now I'm ready to get started. Are you/have you participated in any stillwater competitions in Europe?

If you do another loch style video, could you spend some time explaining the drogue: how it works, how to deploy it and whether one could be used from a personal watercraft, such as a pontoon boat.

Great, informative video! I am always interested to know the details of the rod, reel and line you are using in all of your videos, and if the gear is available from your Tactical Fly Fisher online store.

Thanks. Nice video. Like shopping your website, too. Your reel looks like a cassette model. What brand?

Does the rectangular shaped drogue offer additional advantages when compared to cone shaped drogues? BTW great video, thanks for the tips!

Devin, thanks for the awesome video. Very informative on how to crack the code on Stillwater flyfishing. I am interested in doing some Loch Style fishing but I'm wondering if my boat is too big for it. I have a Triumph 1700 skiff which is 17+ ft long, 7+ ft wide and weighs over 1400 lbs. What do you think? Thanks.

I think if you came and fished wild Scottish lochs you might find ‘loch style’ is a bit different from what you’re doing here. This is more competition loch style for stocked reservoirs. Traditional loch style uses only a floating line, 3 flies (traditional wets) with a bushy top dropper. Casts are very short with no real retrieve, just raise the rod as the boat drifts towards the flies, you trip the bushy top dropper through the surface to cause a wake. And……. You never ever use a drogue. 😉👍

Drifting seems to work well. However, the speed depends upon the wind. Of course, speed could be controlled using a motor and GPS. Once you find the right speed you can use it regardless of the wind speed. Also, you are dependent upon the wind direction while drifting. What are the disadvantages of using a motor? I suppose the fish might be put off by the vibrations and noise of the motor. An electric motor might mitigate this? You could easily hold in a spot with the iPilot features.

Where can one purchase a rectangular drogue? I can only seem to find them from British and Tasmanian sellers. Is there a particular one you can recommend? Thanks.

So you changed from an intermediate to a type V line?

Show us how to tie thos flies bro.

What boat net is that?