How to EURO NYMPH Larger Rivers 

Thank you, Snook! Appreciate you watching and hope it helped. Tight lines to you!

Thank you, Riverman! Much appreciated!

Glad they are helping, Robert. Tight lines to you!

Thank you, Jim!

Love it when those rocks move!!

Thanks so much, Sead! I’ll be doing a video of the France Midge in the near future. Tight lines to you!

Thanks, James! Glad it's invigorating! Tight lines to you.

Awesome, Scott! Glad you tore em up!

Thanks Tony! All about the real estate. Location, location, location! Hope you are getting at them. Tight lines!

Appreciate you watching, Jerome. Glad it was helpful.

Thank you, Louie! Gonna hit them soon!

Love the Tuck, Craig! WNC is a gem. The Nanty is a great one as well! Hope the spring has been good to you. Tight lines!

Thanks Uni! Appreciate it. Hope you are out there getting your boots wet!

@@OldDominionTroutBum Perhaps tomorrow pending rain or not!

Thanks for watching, John. The WB of the Del is a great one. Good luck to you!

Thanks so much, Truth Seeker!

@@OldDominionTroutBum Yes sir. You're welcome.

Jason, I do know how blessed we are with the East Coast rivers right now. Our waters are in prime shape. Hope yours are or will be getting there soon. Thanks for watching and tight lines.

Appreciate it, Stephen! My reel is a Ross Evolution LTX 4/5. Just a great reel. Really love it.

Thanks, Brian. Really love the new stick. Having fun with it for sure. Hope you get out and wet your boots soon!

Love Penns, Geoffrey. One of my favs! I appreciate you watching and I hope it helps. Tight lines!

Hey Dale. Really appreciate it! My leader from my euro line to tippet ring is approx 22-23 ft. Great question about my flies....I was using a HE blowtorch because there were tons of caddis around. When I fish an area and have a couple of hits and miss them or if it is really fishy and I know I have had at least 10 or so perfect drifts, I'll change my fly to give them something else to look at. Sometimes that is the ticket. Thats what I did in this case, I had a couple of hits and missed, changed my fly, then got them. I'll do it alot throughout the course of the day. Glad you nailed them on Big Pine! That's a place that I haven't fished but is on the list.

Thank you, Jared. Glad the videos have been helpful! Appreciate the kind words. The 4/5 works well with the 10 9 2wt. The Galvan 3.5 is a great one, as well.

What’s up Joey?! I’ll teach you buddy, cuz you are the man! Appreciate you watching. Tight lines to you and your dad!!

Thanks so much, Preston. I use Pezon & Michel. It is Spanish. You can get it from Riversfly. (Sempe is my second choice that you can get from Tactical Fly Fisher). It is colored Fluorescent Yellow and on camera it does blend in with my fly line a lot depending on the sun, etc….I also use orange and bi-color (pink/white).

Thank you, Kevin. I use a braided core euro line….I strip the coating off the end and whip finish a small micro loop. I then tie my leader directly to the loop. I have a video coming out soon about micro leaders. I talk about how I do it in the video.

Appreciate it, Greg! I do have a Euro line (Airflo). Attached to that I have my micro leader. 18ft of 18mm Pezon & Michel mono to 4 t of 16mm bi-color Pezon & Michel sighter. (Sempe is a good choice also). The dubbing on the France Midge is black squirrel. Just a small collar. Tight lines and I appreciate the offer...Vermont is some beautiful country!

Hahaha. It's Euro Nymphing speak, Jon. You'll pick it up fast enough if you keep at it. Good luck with your fly fishing journey and tight lines!

Thanks so much! Really appreciate it! I love my 2 weights, but when fishing the East and West Branch, I always grab my 10’9” 3wt. The currents can be really strong and you can get into a steady dose of larger fish. The 3wt is perfect for those types of rivers/conditions. And btw, I have a casting video, please check it out. Casting is the most important thing you can learn in euro nymphing. Good luck to you and thanks for watching.

@@OldDominionTroutBum Thank you. 10'9" 3wt it will be.

Thank you, Maxwell! In this video I'm using a T&T Contact ll 10ft 9in 2wt. My reel is a Ross LTX Evolution 4/5, Airflo euro line to 18ft of 18mm Pezon & Michel colored mono to 4ft of 16mm Pezon bi-color sighter material. From there I use 3-5 feet of 6-7x tippet. Good luck to you as well!

@@OldDominionTroutBum love the reel seat on that T&T, beautiful! Thanks for the breakdown. I used a black micro jig up on the Delaware this afternoon and smoked em! Small tip movements were the key. Cheers Cory, hope to see you up here this summer!

Appreciate it! My leader is attached to a Euro line (It is a micro leader. 4x down to a 5x sighter). Sometimes, based on the lighting, it seems hard to pick up. My euro line is typically in the bottom half of my rod. The leader is what you see casting outside of my rod. WNC is a beautiful area. Tons of trouty places!

@@OldDominionTroutBum what tungsten did you throw? 🤔

Thanks, William. I'm not sure what it was but I know it was "normal" flows. It may have looked fast, but it wasn't difficult wading. Very safe. Appreciate you watching.

Jim, I'm using Pezon & Michel mono. It's from Spain. You can also get Sempe here in the states, which is really good. Amnesia is also a great alternative.

Hey Patrick. Thanks for the question. I will be doing a video on that in the future. In the meantime, I'll do my best to explain. I am all about comfort and efficiency. I wear a Waterproof Fishpond lumbar back and have just the essentials. I don't carry all of my flies with me. Just a few boxes that have "backups" that can replenish the bugs that I carry on my lanyard. Inside the pack I also have extra leaders/tippet spools and few others essential items/snacks. (I really try to carry the minimum). My net is hooked to my wader strap on a net retractor. The workhorse for me is my lanyard from Golden Trout Lanyards. It has a C&F Chest Patch on it that carries my working flies for the day. It also has a drying foam patch on it. It has my spools of tippet, forceps, nippers, etc. I can literally fish from this all day. Everything is right in front of me. Hope this helps.

That’s pretty much it, Greg. I tie it on a curved scud/caddis style hook. Size 20-18. Inverted bead. Colors: black, oilve, and blood red. I’ll be doing a video soon on it.

Appreciate it, Nathaniel. It’s a really rare occasion that I would have double 3.5s on (almost never). Even in the heaviest of water I feel I can still get it down with a 3.5 perdigon (if you watch my East Branch Del video, that was some heavy water and I had on a 3.3 most of the day.). You probably would have been better off with one 3.5. Typical streams with normal flows 3 feet or less (and no wind), I’ll have a 2.8 on the bottom, with a 2.3 on the dropper. If the wind kicks up or it’s deeper/faster, I’ll bead up to 3.3/3.5. I do carry some with 3.8 beaded flies, but they are for the heaviest and deepest (over 5-6 feet) holes. It is definitely true if you can go lighter, it’s better. Bugs are smaller and more natural in the drift. Just focus on your cast and getting tight to your sighter. Watch my casting video and it will help you. Hope this helps.

@@OldDominionTroutBum thanks for the informative feedback👍🏻

Marty, I have used it in the past but really prefer to use weighted bugs on my rig.

Hey Brian. Appreciate it! I go by sight. I just did a video on the Top 5 Things to Learn and I talk specifically about this. Thanks so much for watching and tight lines!

@@OldDominionTroutBum again, I really appreciate you sharing your time for the love of the sport …I’d say good luck with the fish but you don’t need it !

Haha. Happy to help!

Hey David. I don't guide but Gordon Vanderpool is THE guy out there. He will teach you a ton about Euro nymphing. He is with Turning Stone's Fly Fishing.

Hey Andreas. I would go with a 3. It’s perfect for larger rivers and rainbows. That’s what I had in my East Branch Del video. You will be really happy with it. Cheer to you and tight lines.

@@OldDominionTroutBum the company I ordered from told me to get a #4 but then again they only have #3,#4,#5 in this series :D I hope their true wt is one down. Anyways really nice vid man, suscribed to your channel :)

@@andreas9036 thank you and appreciate the sub, Andreas!

Hey Michael. The black bands are rubber O rings. When I wrap my rod with mono (when it rains…it keeps the leader from sticking to the rod), I use them to hold it place. The white ones are small rubber bands for braces. I use that to hook my dropper fly on.

Hey Mark. It’s a Macanudo. Nice, smooth smoke.

Always!!