Fly Fishing - Farmington River June 28, 2021 

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Thanks for watching ... I almost fainted myself when I missed him the first time!

Thanks for watching! You are lucky to live right there that is awesome. So many healthy fish in that river system. Good luck.

@@fly-f1sh140 thanks man same to you I am very lucky

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Thanks for watching ! If that big brown was the fish I caught when the geese came by I would have fainted!

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Thanks for watching ! It was really unique wish I had another hand to take some awesome pictures of it.

Thanks for watching ... it was definitely a strange colored fish surely something weird in the genes.

Thanks for watching! I love that spot for the ease of filming but they can get picky quick there.

Thanks for watching ! I love that spot for ease of filming from the side I fished and I could not believe I only saw two more people in 4 hours. I need to do a lot more exploring without camera and find some more good filming spots.

@@fly-f1sh140 there’s a couple good spots that are filming friendly just a little more north of where you were. There’s a decent spot that would be the same just north of Church’s Pool but there’s always like 3-5 people fishing that run

I think give it a go early morning for sure. Its pretty deep in there.

Definitely ... So far my current favorite rig is 20 feet of 14lbs Cortland Euro Nymph Nylon (any 14-15 lbs you like really maxima, amnesia, etc) right to 18 inches of .013 sighter. that gives me a 14 lbs to 12 lbs drop. My next attempt will be to a 12 lbs to 10 lbs drop I think. My shortcoming is that when I drop below 10 pounds I snap the leader in the middle usually from a snag or just not paying attention. I also prefer to have the least knots possible so I sacrifice some casting ability for that by not building a taper to the end. My rig is more of a hard hat lunch pail style.

@@fly-f1sh140 thanks for the reply. I will give it a try as I dig my way through this maze they call Euro Nymphing

Thanks for watching ! That is exactly what I mean when ever you hear me say "he took a red dart" or "got him on the mop" . You can google any of those patterns and places to buy them and videos on how people tie the flies will come up.

Google Lance Egan red dart - fly fish food you tube channel does vids on how to tie them yourself and they also sell them - Egan works for the shop

Thanks for watching .... I always start with 5x Cortland Premium Flouro, If I struggle I will drop to 6x. If I see fish feeding or rising all over and I am not catching anything I will reduce bead size and tippet size if that makes sense. I only go to 7x when I want to torture myself a bit.

Good question ... primarily because I have limited time to fish and I want to go with the strongest hand possible. I spent a good 20 years trying to fish both and had some success here and there. When I made the decision to focus on nymphing with a tight line rig my success shot through the roof and I did not have to rely on surface feeding fish. I kind of never looked back. I should incorporate more back in for sure and I probably will when I can fish any day I want to. For now though, I can take my tight line rig to any trout stream in almost all conditions and be successful. From Maine down to North Carolina the exact flies and techniques in this video have produced many fish without the need of knowing any hatches, having specific flies, or being there "at the right time".

@@fly-f1sh140 I totally get. I have been fly fishing for almost 30 years and just recently purchased a tight line nymph rig. I’m looking forward to putting it in action at some point. I’m having surgery today on my wrist so it’s going to be a little while.

@@alanstrober6296 good luck! stick with it and watch and read as much as you can and when it clicks for you I can guarantee it’s going to be surreal

Start from the bridge over the Farmington and go up stream. Every parking spot will have fish. It is not easy though and it will take time to learn.

I think you are right.