Fly Fishing Tips for Late Summer 

I love how you expanded upon your process at the little hole where the whitefish was, a spot that many would disregard. Thank you!

This is gold- great insights and tips . Since I have started watched your videos my catch rate has tripled, and I am thinking about entering my first competition. Thanks from NZ!

Today I caught a fish on a drop shot nymph rig and a euro leader. I learned it from your book thanks!

I think I counted 13 casts in like 60 seconds for the first fish by the rock. This is one of the many reasons you’re a pro and I never will be. Excellent post, loads of info, thank you very much.

Spot on, killer tips. Single nymph, 7x, plus your video on light line fighting tech has me on some PB days in tough conditions. Thanks much.

I actually came home from fishing yesterday and did not watch your video until today. Fortunately, as I went through your tips, I actually used your tips without knowing it for the fish that I did catch, except for the 7x tippet and I do recall places where that would have helped. Great video!!

I’ll be fishing a series of mountain streams in Utah between now through early November depending on the weather. Best tip you mentioned is to not pass up runs of shallow water. It’s amazing they’ll hold in water that their dorsal fins are literally sticking out of.

Casting is most impressive! Thanks for the tips 🎣🙏

Good stuff. Don’t forget about your terrestrial nymphs beetles, ants, and for us East coast boys inchworms. Also I like a lot of weightless nymphs.

Mr. Olsen, you remind me of Joe Humphreys. Out of curiosity, I had Google calculate the volume of the beads you mention in your shallow > deep approach--roughly spheres and not counting slots and through holes. Compared to a 2mm bead, 2.3, 2.5 and 2.8mm may not sound like much of a difference, but the approximate volume (mass) increases are substantial: 1.5x, 2x and nearly 3x. Also, that was a cool move putting slack in the line while you had that fish in the net. Great video.

Solid white fish!! Great video as always guys!

Your tips have helped me a lot. Hats off, you make it look easy! Thanks for taking the time to make these fantastic tutorials.

thank you again for the practical really applicable information and the details that make all of the difference. much appreciated.

Thanks! Great video with great tips explained great as usual!

These are great videos, Devin! Looking forward to fishing with you one day!

This had great tips. Could you do these for each season?

Your advice and material worked very well in my situation. fishing under rocks worked well, hooked my biggest fish of the trip do so though, I have to admit the trout ate my lunch ans is now enjoying it's victory in the wilderness lol. What's strange is I would've ignored many of these pockets because they were so close to shore. I did some numbers and realized that 70% of my strikes happened no more than 2-3 feet of either bank and under trees or brush were "bonus spots". One fish I caught I started with a 2.5 Perigon I tied up with your materials. That flashed the fish and after a few more tries I'd usually move on and maybe try it later. But, I thought I'd drop down to a 2.0 mm bead and the trout ate. Great video!

Love your tautorials. Practical tips easily described for understanding, thanks!

Awesome video 🤘🎣

Devin, Thanks for the great tips. I believe you’ll be getting a order from me and I’m going to tie up the flies I use most but have them in 2, 2.3,2.5 and 2.8 bead sizes as a extra box to use for those certain situations

Great video just getting started and this video has been quite helpful in trying to match the hatch with the season. Thank you!

Nicely done ! Great informative video! And yes I see it all the time , guys walking right over fish ! It makes me cringe! Stay small on the water and be stealth! Tight lines !

just got back from 3 days of nymphing grayling here in sweden :) , and the rest of the family looks strange at me for watching more fishing. Nicely done Devin, keep it up. // Jonas (team Sweden)

Thank you. I appreciate you for being free with your knowledge.

Great video, some good tips I can try out tomorrow on the river Devon :) although we had a storm a few days ago so who knows what will happen

Another great informative video!!

Love the videos and the online store. Keep the videos coming!

Great tips! I’d like to start tying smaller jig patterns, but an issue I have now is that my current size 16 hooks have too light of wire and bend out easy, do you have a preferred hook for smaller patterns? (18-20)

Amazing video - lots of great insight. What is your opinion on using miniature split shot weights inches above a nymph to control weight rather than changing the bead size of the fly? I don't tie flies and would rather not buy 4 or 5 variations of each pattern if I can avoid it. Does adding separate weights impact the natural drift in a negative way?

Great Content! My goto tippet is 5X at the moment, what are the pros of using 7X in shallow water like this?

A great addition to your body of indispensable videos. Could you tel me what fly box you use in the video (is it the C&F Design that you have on your website?).

Your videos always help me out. :) Do you switch up your tippet strategy as the year progresses?

Do you ever worry about catching your second rod on the trees/brush along the bank? I’d like to take two rods with me but I feel I’d be fighting the second rod more than I’d be fishing.

I disagree on the shallow water one fly tip, even in skinny water i fish two nymphs (12" apart usually) and lay my sighter almost horizontally not touching the water. It just gives the trout 2 nymphs choose from.

Thank you for another awesome video , how do you pack your fly boxes so you know what weighted flys you are using

Thanks for the content! Very useful. I have bought a couple of crappy thermometers in the past. Do you have any recommendations on thermometers for the water that give a quick and accurate reading? Have you ever tried a meat thermometer?

Another great video Devin. Can you share what leader you were using with the Dry/Dropper? Ultra thin or modular. Thanks

Devon thanks for sharing, wish I would have watched this before fishing last week, so much rock snot and I now know I shouldn't have been so heavy. Your leader you have said is a micro thin from AFF but it looks white and not orange variegated, what brand indicator line is that?

Thanks Devin, great video. When it is still too warm for waders, but a little to chilly to wet wade, what leg insulation do you recommend? Thanks much

Devin, I noticed your outfit in this video. What do you recommend for minimal wet wading during the summertime?

I watch my shadow when walking along and approach the water from behind a tree or something to block my shadow

Thanks for sharing! always eager for contents from tactical fly fisher! What leader formula were you using? 3-4X to tippet ring then tippet? are you now replacing the indicator mono with wax?

How long was your tippet?

Hi Devin. It looked as though you may have been using a regular fly line in some of the video. If so, in what situations would you use one, other than dry fly? Thanks. p.s. I see that Howard Croston uses regular fly line in traditional upstream nymphing rather than a French/Euro leader. Were you doing a variation of that? Thanks again.

Hello overthese, Are you satisfied with the Simms Z sling pack? Maybe I want to buy that one. Greetings from The Netherlands.

When you're switching out your nymphs all the time are you tying them all on individually for using rings?

Do you mind me asking what reel that is? Thanks.

When you change bead size do you change hook size as well? For example when you changed from a 2mm to a 2.3 mm did the hook size change or did use the same size hook? 2.5mm seems to be the right size to change to something like a #18 to#16 but, I'm not entirely sure.

When switching from two fly to one fly, do you leave the tag in place and just fish the point fly spot alone, or do you trim the tippet up to the knot and then re-rig to switch back to two flies?

Excellent vid but the ad about fracking is total BS! Fracking is the disaster! I know you don't control the ads placed on your channel.😉

Hello, good video. one thing are you wearing waders?

Hi Devin, is the new 6 wt. T&T Contact II 10'8" appropriate/suitable for Lake Ontario tributary steelhead? If so, what reel weight would you pair it with and which line? Thank you for your input.

Hi! Are you using shorter rods in such small creeks? ✌️

What rod were you fishing? Length & wt.?

what were you wearing under your shorts? I want to do more wet wading but my shins get all scratched up. looks you found a solution to my problem with the black leggings (i assume)

What leader set up and line were you useing

What kind line rig you have your nymphing reel?