ORVIS - Tightline Nymphing For Beginners

Tightline or "Euro" nymphing is a very effective way to catch trout when fly fishing, and it works when other methods of fly fishing are not effective, like when trout are in deep water and not feeding aggressively. Dave Jensen shows how he utilizes this nymphing method, and explains how a beginner can quickly learn how to catch those trout that seem to be glued to the bottom.

[delbertnawyn]

For beginners??? Decades of fly fishing addiction!! First hole with this setup and technique, that nice cut hit me hard!! I don't think I'll be using an indicator for a while😆 Great fish in honor of my Mother on Mothers Day!! Thank you!! Love your videos!!!

[SpiralMoss]

Thanks for posting this video.
The trout season opened in my local river in Ireland two days ago, so I've decided to get into nymph fishing..
it's a limestone river, with a meandering river flowing through lush green meadows, woodland and through the quaint town of Ennis..
The insect life here is amazing.
And the wild brown trout are plentiful..
Im 45 and been dry and wet fly-fishing since I was 12 and now I'm going to get into nymphs, I'm looking at the orvis Clearwater 2 and 3 weight rod, it's 243 Euro including postage
So I'm looking forward to 2021 and my start to nymph fishing.
Have a good years fishing where ever ye are 💫💫✨

[etherealbunni]

Day 1 of watching Orvis content and learning fly fishing until an apparel design position opens up! :D Super informative content!!

[johnnorthrop]

I've been (risking heresy) crossing over from my spin and baitcasting roots into drop shotting with both my Tenkara and fly rod...I love the ideas in this video, thank you!

[bigpapi]

I've used this technique effectively on heavily fished water where the trout see hundreds of flies daily. Two keys are to keep your dropper length pretty short and also to use a tight knot to secure it to the running line. This will save a lot of fishing time by keeping the dropper from tangling with the main line. A really great technique.

[jordanleblanc]

Hey Dave, I met a gentleman on the water yesterday who was euro nyphing. he was kind enough to show me is tactics. he was running a long secion of 5x tippet to a few feet of colored line as indictar to another long tippet about 10 ft in legth to wich he had his nymphs rigged in tandum, (a heavy fly on botton and an emerger on top), I was not aware of the distance between point and dropper. have you encountered this set up before? i landed one fish but the control was verry odd at first. Thanks! excuse any spelling errors its late and in heading to bed after this. Cheers

[lizbartley]

what about fishing in bc where more than one fly is illegal? is there a way to fish for trout like say on the Cowichan, on the fly with only one? and no indicator...as those aren't allowed either (or weights like split shot)

[BillSaltbush]

Not much to say really . . . good stuff lads. Well done.

[brianmaney]

“Don’t be overwhelmed or intimidated, it’s just fishing…
Now.. just follow these mega simple 87 steps”

[curtypachec]

What's the point of casting 25 feet out if you're just gonna strip it back in - aren't you supposed to let it drift? (new fisherman here)

[joshuaskorick]

I've always wanted to know how people do this type of nymphing without a euro nymph rig, thanks.

[hovhannesharutiunian]

I would stick to your original rig-placing various split shots at the bottom and tying unweighted flies of droppers on the tippet. This allows you to vary the shot size acc to the water flow and depth. Fishing weighted flies that have less movement than unweighted flies is the key.

[tightdraws]

Great video. Are you suggesting using a perfection loop connection of the 3x leader and 5x tippet? Also, what knot do you recommend to attach the dropper line to the 5x tippet? I really enjoy your videos and am learning a lot! thanks!!

[abeyoffe]

Could you use a 7 ft 5x leader, tie on a tippet ring, and attach both flies to the ring (one short and one long) to accomplish something similar?

[harleymandk]

where is this ?? I want to go there !

[flyfishing]

Let's see him fish a 20-foot deep hole that you cant get close to.

[danreid]

I pity the fellow that never fished a fly.