Which FLY ROD IS BEST - Glass or Graphite - I'll SHOW YOU and MY NYMPHING Rig explained! 

Without a doubt, the best fly-fishing channel on RU-vid! Thanks for taking the time to explain the differences and show some incredible water!

Thanks for this video. Very good, helpful info to a person new to fly fishing as I am. I really enjoy your channel.

I really like your videos, and I enjoyed the leader set up. I recently just bought my first Orvis set up ever, an 8 1/2 4 wt recon with battenkill click and Paul reel, with hydros trout line. I can’t wait to use it here in the driftless. Temps are still cold here in Wisconsin, but we’re almost there. Thanks for describing the leader and tippet sizes, this lends to set up ideas for me. Take care and tight lines

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.

Thanks for making this video!! I asked you on insta to show your nymph setup and here it is! Good luck on your trip

Exquisite water and beautiful trout, thanks for sharing!

Hey Drew ,,I Have to say This Video is Awesome ! and all the what your doings and How's while Your out fishing has got to be the best way to out do all the other videos ,,,No Sponsorships and Commercialized Crap Simms or Orvis fake fishing Type of guy ,,,Your Keeping it real and easy to understand Thats what Fly fishing is about ,,,We Love your Videos for just that reason ! I watch em everyday at 4am ,,,before work ,,,Cheers ! Great Video Would like to see more like this one but More Like the Others ! Cheers !

Excellent video drew. I have four grafite rods in different sizes for different conditions and streams. People ask me all the time why so different in rods and leaders. I try to explain why but you do a better job of explaining then I do. Fishermen need to see this video. Excellent information. 👍👍👍.

Good coverage with great video sampler! Love your BWCA puzzle! Like to see a video of Small mouth fly fishing from MN BWCA!

Dude dude dude!!! Just about to take my first trip to Wyoming, and I live in Colorado I can’t believe the timing of this video!! Thank you I’ve always wanted to know your setup, shot use, indicators used and bam thank you 🙏🏽

kgm Another Great video Drew! A little late to comment but I agree with you completely on the Graphite vs. Glass issue. I have several Orvis Superfines. I use 3 of them quite often, my 8’0” 4wt SF Carbon, 7’6” 3wt. SF Touch and my 7’9” 5wt. SF Far & Fine. They are perfect for throwing delicate dry flies! My reasons for preferring Graphite over Fiberglass are many. 1) Graphite is considerably Lighter. 2) Graphite Rebounds much faster. 3)Graphite gives more support in the butt-section for greater control. 4) Also probably most importantly I have better feel with graphite. I believe there has been a trend in the industry because a couple of companies have re-introduced the old technology of fiberglass for whatever reason (probably cost savings) and others feel they need to follow suit. I did hear from a good source that Orvis my bring back their Superfine Graphite line but until they do one can always buy them on eBay. I’ve looked at Orvis’ Glass rods and was very disappointed for all of the reasons mentioned above. Too heavy, non-responsive and lack of feel. Orvis experimented close to 50 years ago with Fiberglass and after 2 years went exclusively to graphite and of course their split-cane rods.

Hey Drew I don't often comment cuz I watch often on my tv. I just wanted to say thx for putting out amazing content! I look forward to your videos every week! It reminds me of how I need to improve my channel and content. I love a short 3wt for dries etc and I carry a 10ft 3wt for euro but I have the most fun on a 6'6 2wt wen I hit the tiny mtn creeks here in UT. Anyways good stuff take care dude! Steve at Black Fly

Another great video. I prefer glass 90% of the time, can feel every head shake and makes fighting any fish a lot of fun but to each his own.

You are a great caster.

Well Done Drew!

thanks for the info. helpful to see your rod and leader setup. Next level S**t :)

I just found your channel. Great vid! What length is your 3 wt in this video? Thanks!

I use all tippet. All blood knots. In atleast 3 segments heaviest to lightest ofcourse. And i attach it to the welded loop of the flyline with 50 lb braid tied in a circle to make a loop to loop connection from flyline to braid to tippet (leader, whatever). This setup is super supple and sensitive. Leaders are too thick up top and that coil they can have is nightmare if you can't fix it. Using All tippet in segments is lighter and way more flexible, and much easier to straighten, and as i said, more sensitive, which is obviously critical. Keep up on your knots and it's rock solid.

Yeah I got a Hardy glass rod for small streams and I love it, but I found myself needing to nymph often enough that it wasn’t working great so I got a small graphite that I normally use now unless I know for sure it’s a top water day.

Got my 2 , rods in the 70's and early 80's. Yep they are the Same ones I fish with every year. It is getting more difficult to troop the stream. But you will find that after a few years you "know" your rod.

Got me a 6'6" #4 underlined with 3wt MPX and it's a killer small stream setup because the rod feels more like a 3. Mainly dry and dry-drop for most of my situations.

Great video. Beautiful scenery and fish:) I fish a lot of similar-sized water... especially those smaller pockets towards the beginign. Quick question: would you have felt undergunned with only a 6' 2wt? I am looking to add one, but worry that I'd be limited on a trip with only a 2wt. Thoughts? Thanks!

Great video, as usual. I find that I almost never use split shot, only in the very deep and fast moving water. Seems like the tungsten beadhead can get me where I need to be most of the time, especially on tandem rigs. Have you found yourself using splitshot less over the years?

Hi, Drew. Thanks for the helpful video! I'm just wondering why you tie one blood knot and then orvis tippet knots on down your leader? Is it just ease of tying? I'm suspecting the blood knot might have something to do with line diameter discrepancy but I'm just curious. Thanks for making such awesome content, keep it up man!

Love glass rods for small streams

which ever fly rod you have the most fun with is the best

As always, you share great, useful advice. Thanks for that. Mind if I ask you two questions? 1. What length is your mountain stream 3 weight graphite rod? I’m ready to get one for my next CO trip. 2. Any chance you’d make a video about how you gathered the needed info to legally carry and travel with your handgun in different states? Like you said, some of those streams are super remote, and help is a long way off. Probably closer to bear and moose than you are to cops or medics. It makes total sense to carry. I just want to be safe and legal about it. Again, thanks for sharing your knowledge. I’m looking forward to more installments on the truck bed build for the next trip.

Great video, thanks Drew! So, at about 5:15 when you nymph that deep run, the water looks like 5-7 feet deep in that hole. At 1.5 to 2x the depth, was your Dorsey set at about 9 feet from your first fly? Was it difficult to cast and land fish? Thanks

5:19 One takes off right from the bank

Question, why so many weights of tippet? Does it make it stronger? Thanks. Really enjoy your videos.

I rock a 5 wt since I fish 4” to 24” fish. Size 18 drys to size 6 stimulators. Light to heavy nymph rigs and small streamers. But I picked up a small 3wt glass for small small creeks. And an 8 wt this season for large streamers and sink tip looking for big bulls and browns. I have been eyeing up an echo glass 5wt for drys.

Informative video. Do you ever fish a tenkara rod? It can be a productive tool for many types of streams and great for hiking. I fish 3-5wts in Missouri's trout streams, but also use a tenkara rod quite often (especially in the trout slam blue ribbon streams).

🆘What 3 weight rod / reel do you use? 🆘 Have I missed that detail in this or other videos? Great channel and endless real world field conditions and details ! Thanks Just discovered your channel last few days

Help with a dry fly setup? Do you do leader and then tippet to dry fly? Do you size down tippet when floating dries? Thanks and appreciate the content

Hi Drew, I don't recall in any of your videos which fly line you like to use on your rods, particular the 3 wt for those tight small streams. Can you share your preference with us?

I'm impressed with your mending. When you do high stick with your 3wt though, do you find the fly line sagging in the guides messes up your drift? I've been considering using a long mono-rig leader (25 ft - 20lb maxima butt section for casting ala troutbitten) for nymphing with my 3wt to fight line sag on short casts in small streams. Is the 7.5 length just a bit short for that much high sticking though?

Drew sorry to bug u again but can you share wut rod your 7'6 is? I'd love a short rod w some back bone. Thx again

You've obviously dialed in your setup with great success. That said: 9' 2x + 18" 3x + 15" 4x + 10" 5x = about 12.5' between the fly line and the last fly. On a 7.5' rod on a small stream, how often does your fly line get out past the rod tip to help load your cast?

What are your thoughts on nylon vs fluoro knotless tapered leaders? Thx

I only fish my orvis glass 3wt rod. Its just the best for dry fly presentation. Not to mention the 25 year warranty no questions asked. Being used in the back country’ puts my mind to rest.

Hey, Drew. Great video and channel. If you like graphite but want it to load up quicker you could try a heavier line than your rod is weighted for. Might not be good for all situations because then your presentation is not as good, but just something to think about.

I have trouble when I need to remove shot. I usually just have to re-rig because the shot won’t come off the tippet.

Does your opinion remain the same on graphite vs glass when talking about carp?

Is that a super fine graphite?

Do you use exclusively dry flies on small streams? If so at what point do you start using dry droppers ?

Great video. Are you a lefty ?

No putty! I don't like it either. Doesn't stay on my line and seems to leave a lot of residue if I move it up and down and take it off my line.

Different tools for different applications.

What rod is your 3wt?

Glass is better for hook sets not ripping the hook out or launching a little fish.

I use glass for everything….trout, smallies, pike, carp, panfish. Just my personal preference. Not against graphite….just not my jam.

No bamboo?

If you’re not losing flies you’re not fission.