Fish and Film: Tight Line Nymphing and Tight Line to the Indicator - Using the Advantages of Both

Fishing is a story . . . here's a look at a good morning of fishing riffles, runs and flats, while making the necessary and natural changes to find fish and highlighting the technical aspects of good, adaptive nymphing.

There are many adjustments along the way. And I comfortably switch between pure tight line tactics and tight line to the indicator style, along with weight adjustments, using both beadhead flies and additional split shot.

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TIMELINE

0:00 Intro
1:15 Setup, and a Plan
2:21 Tight Line Nymphing
5:50 Floating the Sighter
8:00 Tight Line Nymphing
10:39 Tight Line to the Indicator
18:25 Why I Needed the Indy
19:00 Demonstration of the Golden Ratio of Nymphing
21:35 Tight Line to the Indicator
22:40 Why Change Back to Pure Tight Lining?
24:00 Tight Line Nymphing
30:15 Tight Line to the Indicator
31:40 Recap and Wrap Up

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Fish hard, friends.
Dom

Fish hard, friends.
Dom

[jeffreyshafran]

I am always learning something new in these videos! I always appreciate the Troutbitten stuff Dom!

[sirmegallot]

Doggo is like "who you talkin to this whole time?" Good insights, good cinematography, I liked it, thanks!

[rryanphd]

Love the road example! Really puts the sighter strategy in perspective!

[stephengiammanco]

Awesome insights. The part where you explain the yellow versus the white lines/lanes and how it would be more effective to go tightline to indy under the tree is really interesting and helpful. I’ve been in that situation many times before and had not considered that approach. Thank you Dom. Please keep this stuff coming! 👍⭐️

[blueridgeflyguy]

Dom, this series continues to get better. I can’t wait to see you in December my friend

[arikoponen]

Hi Dom, greetings from central Finland! I've been following your journey silently and somewhat inconsistently from the early blog years to podcasts and more recently to Youtube content. You have done remarkable job by sharing your knowledge and ideas to the general public for FREE. I haven't actually ever tried your leader system as is partly because it's so hard to find those lines from our local shops but more importantly because I've had so much success with the (some might call heretic) system I developed based on your ideas. Anyway, thanks for the great content you keep producing after all these years!

One thing that I'm always hard time seeing in these Youtube videos is the leader which is pretty essential in nymphing. This is just not just issue of your videos but in general. It seems to be more visible when the sun reflects from it. The highlights and explanations in your videos are awesome.

Have you ever considered doing paid member only content behind a paywall where you show your best kept secrets? I would think this kind of video content would be close to it? Time to conquer Onlyfans! 😂

[dianadevito]

love the relationship between you and are the BEST!

[mikescofield]

I always learn something new from your videos and articles, Dom.

[fredwagner]

Dom, I got to tell you my son, Mitch has been following you for years now and his gear and tactics is YOU and he’s getting good. We went up in the Thompson canyon near Estes Park, Colorado last week and he killed it. He even got his first double on nymphs. Anyways, you got people out here in the Rockies that are Troutbitten.
Thank you!

[anthonyclark]

You just keep raising the bar ! An absolute gem. In Australian we say “bl—dy bonza mate”. ( means high compliments!!). Sincerely Thankyou…the troutbitten project is seriously legendary.

[craigisonychia]

It's like everything you touch turns to gold. Amazing video Dom.

[theLEFTY]

Thanks for showing the adjustments you made throughout the experience. Super helpful! Thanks Dom

[stringtwister]

Yup, these videos are definitely better than Christmas! Lol I loved the road example. That really makes it easier. Now I need to work on my hook cast. Just one problem, Mr. RIVER didn't get enough of that sandwich! He still looked hungry! Lol

[scottlowe]

These are excellent. I know I’ve said it before but hearing how you’re thinking while seeing what you’re seeing is awesome. You’re a great teacher. Thanks Dom.

[peterwelsh]

Dom, these vids are spot on, informative and relaxed.
My rivers in the North of England really are perfect to your methods. Thanks Pete

[parekrj]

Amazing video. Great explanations, great fishing, just phenomenal

[bobnorman]

You present so much useful information in an enjoyable and understandable way. Wish I could spend a day on the water with you. Living in Oregon makes that difficult so your videos have to do.
Can you do a quick explanation on where to place split shot when needed. The tip about placing one above the indicator was great.
Thanks so much for your sharing.
Love your dog by the way.

[pianomoverr]

Giving the distances you are standing and casting is really helpful. I think the camera distorts distances and it can seem that you’re much closer than you are.

This was a very helpful video.

[MiguelPalaviccini]

Dom, love the recommended articles in the video - but it would be more useful if you could (more work!) put links in either the description or accompanying main article. I won’t usually pause a video to read an article - but will definitely want to go back and read articles after going through the full video.

Love what you’re putting out - it’s more detailed information than a masterclass (that’s also great) that I just paid for.

[MikePGuitars]

The way you’re combining the “real” camera on the bank, the action cam, and the handheld cam (phone?) on the water is great. Way more engaging compared to just all GoPro pov footage. I’m sure it’s a pain in the butt, but the end result is great.