In this edition of Trouts Crash Course, Russ Miller talks through his four fly boxes – their contents, their purpose, and how he chooses flies within the framework of the Euro Nymphing technique.
In this edition of Trouts Crash Course, Russ Miller talks through his four fly boxes – their contents, their purpose, and how he chooses flies within the framework of the Euro Nymphing technique.
The American Navy (was it?) coined an expression with an accompanying acronym a long long time ago – “Keep It Simple, Stupid”, aka K.I.S.S.
Never more the case when it comes to seemingly now must-do Euro Nymphing, something that I was introduced to by various European fishers (French, Spanish, Austrian, Czech and Polish) when fishing their waters for fun during various holidays from the early-mid 1980s onwards.
A plethora of box-filling nymph patterns might appeal to and impress other Anglers but not so much the fish. Far better to think “Just a VERY few patterns tied in every (18 up to 10 or so) size and bead size / weight (both slotted beads for jighooks and countersunk ones with small standard, curved / grub and 2x long nymph hooks) FISHED VERY WELL”.
Almost any good beadhead will do well when you have learned how to fish / present them pretty well in the appropriate type of water.
And don’t forget your “old” now abandoned, so yesterday, 9-foot 4- or 5-weight and floating line and dries and nymphs in your rush to Do The New Euro – to my mind, they’re just as effective and much more fun fish.
Boote out.