Fly Fishing - How To Break Down A Pool 

Thanks Cam! Yeah I think Jared had fun doing it, and I had fun making it. :)

Thanks Garry! :)

Cheers mate! Yeah Jared did a really good job talking through his thought process for this one. :)

Thanks, glad you liked it! :)

Thanks mate! :)

Cheers Jonny! Yes mate I’d love to, heading down to Vic today for a week but maybe around mid to late May?

@@PeachyFlyFishing sounds great mate. Lots of rain up here today. Just what we need I think.

Thanks Tony! We didn’t shoot a series of these but maybe we should… ;)

Thanks Anthony! Yep absolutely I have a couple of rods that cover both, I have a Hanak Superb XP 9’6” #3 weight that does both dry fly, dry dropper and euro nymphing really well. If you wanted a bit more reach for nymphing at the expense of slightly less accuracy with the dry then a 10’ #3 would work well also. Even a 10’ #2 works well, you can up line the dry fly line to a 3. When I want to do this I just carry a 2nd reel or spool in my pack, 1 for euro the other with a dry fly line. Can also add an ultra light Spey line if you want to swing some small streamers. :)

@@PeachyFlyFishing interesting. I’ve tried a wf 3 on my 3 wt 10 ft (a stalker nymphing rod) It’s ok, but to be honest I can cast a dry-dropper almost equal distance with a euro micro leader. Just not worth the hassle changing up. Typically on the water I’m fishing at the moment I just skip the tails and pools. Might throw a dry dropper on if I’m seeing rises. There small and tight so need to get close anyway! I’m thinking about upgrading my dry fly gear. Have a now ancient loomis gl3 5wt, which has served me well for two decades and still a reasonable kit. Have a nice 3 wt 7 ft for specialised twig water. Both are terrible on light tippets. Really love the control you have with the fighting butt and protection you have with the tips of euro gear. The hanak looks superb, with potential to give me the versatility I’m after for replacing/upgrading the loomis. Note that they are available in shops in Tassie and Vic. Any where NSW stock the range where I could cast? For the $ this would be ‘a couple of decades worth of fishing’ decision and be my stock rod. Sorry for the lengthy msg! Cheers mate, love your work!

I’m not sure if anywhere in NSW stocks the Hanak. I can tell you that it’s a really nice casting rod though, definitely casts a dry fly line much better than most euro rods, and it has excellent tippet protection.

@@PeachyFlyFishing Might have to treat my wife to a weekend in Melbourne😂!

Hey Anthony. I was in a similar boat (even down to the 20 year old GL3 5wt Loomis) and went for a Sage ESN 3wt 10ft. Beautiful rod, excellent for finer tippet but equally good at casting dries. I run a standard 3wt WF line on my reel and just use a mono rig for euro work and then snip off the whole mini rig and change to a tapered leader for dry work. Takes about 1min to change over. I do have other more specific rods for twigwater etc., but use the ESN almost 90% of the time. Fish mainly in tight and gnarly New England streams (Walcha, etc).

G'day Rich! Yes in NSW you can use 2 flies in the rivers and up to 3 in the lakes. The maximum number allowed may vary slightly in different states so check your local states regulations.... ;)

Thanks mate, yes he did miss a couple there, will pass that on. :)

@@PeachyFlyFishing that was the only thing i noticed. During euronymphing session i cant see that of course. This said.... Sometimes fish just dont want to stay hooked 😂😂 i had this problem during session. On Bela river in Slovakia during World fly fishing championship.... I lost probably 20graylings...day before i had 24. Same setup, same fly.... It just didnt work...

Haha, yep some days are like that…. 😆

Cheers Greg! :)

Another great vid Steve & Jared. Thank you. R

Thanks mate, was a fun trip! :)