Euro Nymphing tips

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Not from me but from the the experts Rob Vaz and Johnny Gummer.  I'll say no more. Enjoy.


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I enjoyed that, just spent a day and a half Czech nymphing the Rangitaiki.Interesting how Johnny manages the longer casts, something to practice.
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Glad you did. It was amazing watching these guys fish.  They are super accurate as well. I really need to have a real go at it myself one day but at this stage I'll stick to filming them LOL
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Great stuff Excellent video
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What fly line is used and how long the leader.....straight or tapered?
Is the dropper tied off the micro-ring?
Thanks guys - enjoyed that.
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I’m not sure what they were using but usually a straight leader, the tippet ring is only used for the tippet to indicator line and not the dropper fly. You can though if you want to .
Taupo has a few different rules to the rest of the country .
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Yea an interesting way to fish for sure.  Iv been given a mates old euro nymph rod (10' 3#).  Cant say the style of fishing overly intrigues me but il definitely give it a go, this season.  Good to get some tips on how to set it up and fish it.
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Fishb8 I believe they use a 1wt double taper (essentially flat) fly line to bi-colour or tri-colour leader to tippet ring to tippet to flies.  Dropper is a knot, not a tippet ring.  Not sure which, I think it might be triple surgeons.
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I'm so out of touch with some of the developments of fishing being stuck on a 4wt floating line for small streams.
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Been czech nymphing the tongariro and whanganui rivers exclusively the last 5 years. The system is amazingly effective , 10 fish a day is not uncommon. My setup is as follows -

Rio euro nymph flyline - 30cm hanak bicolor mono sighter - 2mm tippet ring - 1.5m 5x fluro then an additional 50cm tied to the end of this with a triple surgeons knot leaving a 10cm tag above the knot to act as the dropper...


Takes a bit a practice to get used to fishing it but its a very effective technique.
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The fish taking the flies Czech nymphing really makes this style of fishing for me.
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A friend of mine, Peter Scott, showed me some Czech nymphing nearly 20 years ago.
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Peter taught me to Czech nymph so he’s “retired” and is now Hanak Nz.
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I got Peter started fly fishing. I well remember his first trout, a very good rainbow at the Rangers pool on the TT. He played it so carefully.
Didn't take him long to overtake me, skill-wise.
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During his Tisdall days he taught me to cast , very patient and good teacher.
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Originally posted by Legacy Legacy wrote:

During his Tisdall days he taught me to cast , very patient and good teacher.
You must be a good caster as I taught Peter to cast...well for the first few weeks.
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Still improving..
But seriously try Czech nymphing I find it a lot of fun especially the catching lots of fish.
I do enjoy conventional dry fly nymph style fishing especially the casting, I tend to alternate between the two !
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