Excellent instructional video Joe. Really helped me understand the euro nymphing leader better. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Man after that first intro I love this guy and Chanel even more 😉👍🏻

Joe, thanks so much I went with the line and leader you have shown here and in my first few hours euro-nymphing landed a handful of trout. Will experiment more! Fish on!

I just made 5. Should be enough for the rest of the summer (and beyond). Great video!

Tjx for all the great tips, this video made it very simple there is so much confusing info out there. I like this setup as my euro fly line has a welded loop so I can put a perfection loop on that leader system you showed but I can easily transition to a traditional tapered leader to switch to drys!!

Very informative video. I learned a lot about nymphing leaders, thanks.

Thank you Joe. No one explains things better. From the why? To the how.

Awesome video. Wiped the excess UV glue from his fingers in the back of his sweatshirt/pants like a savage 🤣

I really appreciated this video, you are great!! Thanks for the tips, tight lines!

Really good info. Thank you !

I just watched a video from a California shop in which they recommended tying the upper fly so it is 20 inches above the bottom anchor fly. I thought, “No way, I catch most of my fish on the Deschutes in less than 20 inches of water.” I like about 6 inches between flies, but it varies between 0 to 12 inches as I fish and try different flies, eating up tippet with each tie. 0 inches is not good but sometimes that’s what happens. A problem is when landing a fish, the other nymph is hazardous, sometimes hooking my hand, or foul hooking the fish. I was nymphing in California this spring, and some guys from California in our campground were real interested in my setup and my catch rate. They asked “Have you heard of Red’s Fly Shop? They have lots of good videos.” I told them yes, I lived 20 years in Yakima until I retired in 2019.

Another hint for managing your tippet rings on the river. Find a good safety pin, and safety-pin the swivel that stores your tippet rings into one of the loops of your fishing vest (n front, on your chest, but low enough that you can see them without taking the swivel off). Ideally, take a couple of passes through the material. Close the pin. That way, you can manage even tiny rings without taking them off the swivel or unpinning the swivel itself, so you'll never drop it in the water. Just be sure to close the swivel when you're done, or those tiny rings will work themselves off as you walk and bend. But it works. I'll even carry a couple of sizes of tippet ring, and I don't lose them.

Hello i M à French competitor. I saw in American fly nympher vidéo Everytime you use a Spanish leader I think this à error I explain . If you fish a long current with the same level and speed is à good choice But in a little river or médium Is Not necessary to cast far away And its important of percuss the nymphe for the quality of présentation and drift in the good part of current rise And for this méthode a tippet with three or four parts is better Camoufil 25/100 6 feet Camoufil22/100 6 feet Camoufil 20/100 6 feet Camoufil 18/100 6 feet Rio two tone 15/100 1 feet Perfect loop more light And tippet water height more 30% Thanks for your reading !!

30' 20# mono, 3' 15# mono, 18" bi-color sighter, tippet ring, 5' 5x flouro + a tag. Easy, cheap, a lot less hassle.

Thanks joe. Quick question. The leader length that you made. What depth is that suited for and should the sighter material be sitting on the river surface. Also when fishing a river of different depth is there a simple solution to decrease/increase the leader to adjust without having to trim off leader.?? Any help would be much appreciated. Domnick

Quick question - how do you keep the tag end fly from wrapping around the main stem that goes to your anchor fly? Even when I just roll cast my anchor fly keeps getting tangled. My tags are about 6 inches, and I tie them with surgeons knots like you do. Is there some kind of trick to keep the tag fly from tangling around?

Joe, thank you. Couple obs and questions based on my experience learning the "contact nymphing". When I snag, the most common failure point is at the tippet ring. do you find the clinch knot to be sufficient there or would something like a uni knot be stronger (holding all things equal). The second question is around french leader vs. dedicated euro line. Do you find either superior to the other. Thx again.

Whole spool of maxima 20lb 15lbs to sighter to tippet ring to 5 x I made it to complicated when I fish started best I found for me

Hi Joe. Thanks for video. Question: Lance Eagan tends to use a much longer leader to fly setup. Is that more of a set up for experienced caster

Great info Joe ! I use a tfo deer creek 1106-4 switch rod, what would be the length of leader I should use , I make my own also but use a heavier but section, and pending what I’m going after will determine my tip section, I’m in east coast Canada 🇨🇦 so fish don’t get as big as your steelhead; if I’m in the salt I’ll use 10ft of t8 with 4-5ft of 8lbs test maxima , I usually use 12-14ft leader if I don’t need to go deep for casting, is this a good length for the rod ? Longer or shorter ? Thanks Joe Regards eh John

One aggravating thing I have found with using a mono setup is line pull through. Do you still have line pull through occurring with the SA euro line?

Why are you using 1x sighter material instead of something like attaching 4x sighter material to a premade 2x sighter leader?

“Your fishing matters more than your gear”. What?!?! Are you trying to say a new fly rod won’t solve all my problems?

Wait..did Joe just say “fishing is more important than your gear?” (Better edit that part out before the boss hears you.). :) I love my gear but I would agree with you.

Hi, didn’t your mother tell you “don’t wipe your hands on your trousers!” ??? Otherwise, a great demonstration of a useful systems. Cheers mate. Harera...

Whats wrong with a blood knot...?