Euro Nymphing: Reading the Sighter ft Norm Maktima

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4 жыл бұрын

@NMaktima Fly Fishing and I went out for a day on a river in Northern New Mexico. The topic of today's video is understanding the sighter. The sighter is a piece of colored nylon built into your euro nymphing leader that aids in strike sections and understanding how your flies are riding in the water column. Understanding where your flies are in relation to the sighter and "reading" sighter angles can help you put more fish in the net. Thank you for watching!
Norman Maktima is a former Fly Fishing Team USA member, Co-designer of the Echo Shadow X rod and Guide at High Desert Angler in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Norm's Channel: / @nmaktimaflyfishing
Norm's Leader Formula:
• Out On The Water - Ind...
I was using Devin Olsen's "Thinner Formula" :
• Tie your own euro nymp...

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@rob3518 Жыл бұрын

Great advise guys 👍🎣

@milanbogdanovic6120 Жыл бұрын

Great video and very helpful tips!

@Toddcm 4 жыл бұрын

Excelllent job gentlemen. Great content!

@robfishguidedflyfishingnew2739 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff Norm

@JerrodPotter 4 жыл бұрын

"There's no substitute for time on the water." So true.

@brianbowles5549 4 жыл бұрын

Good one. Useful info on handling the wind.

@gojhsia 4 жыл бұрын

Great content James and Norm!

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching !

@evanhammans5733 4 жыл бұрын

Great collaboration, great dudes👊🏼 keep it up!

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you

@thatoneguy4412 2 жыл бұрын

I remember Norm showing me the ropes with French indicators in that same stretch of water years ago. Good work fellas! T3

@AdamBuntain 4 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna try to keep this brief but wanted to comment to say thanks for the info in your videos and thanks for dedicating the time and effort it takes to make them. Better than a book or reading articles about technique, for sure. Today was my 2nd time ever using a Euro style leader on the stream (identical to your leader formula) and I caught 14 trout and a smallmouth bass on nymphs. Everything I applied today from reading the sighter to casting to rigging up my flies was all based on info I learned from your videos. It works! You rock. Thanks a bunch! Now I need another fish rod. I was using an 8'6" 5wt, my only rod! Shoulder hurts, need more reach!

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

Adam, really appreciate the kind words. Glad you’re having success and more importantly having fun! The 11ft 3wt shadow X is a great rod if you decide to dive in head first !

@AdamBuntain 4 жыл бұрын

@@AboutTrout I'm definitely going to get the right tool for the job. The stream I fish most of the time, close to my home here in Kentucky is perfectly suited for Euro nymphing and I don't imagine I'll ever go back now. It works too well! Thanks for the rod suggestion. I look forward to more of your content!

@WhatMyLensSees 4 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome video guys! My biggest struggle with the euro setup is wind! Gonna try and use some of your tips on the next trip out. I typically just toss a bunch of weight on there which hasn’t worked and you just validated it 🤣 bummer about losing that big fella ...but glad to know I’m not alone in missing some of those big guys!

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely , hucking a bomb(big beaded fly) off the bat can work but you sacrifice presentation. Like Norm said, compressing that “sail” you can really drive the flies down. Loosing that fish was a heart breaker but hey it happens to all of us , there’s always next time .

@EzequielPesca 3 жыл бұрын

4:29 - 4:33 great rap!!!!!!!! nice video!!

@jesspetro2389 4 жыл бұрын

I am just getting started in Euro nymphing and finding it very difficult to read the sighter in wind and also casting since it is very different from traditional fly casting. This video gave me some good insight on dealing with the wind but I find it hard to see any subtle takes since my sighter is already moving so much in the wind. I feel like I am improving on casting with no wind but struggle when there is even the slightest breeze. Also seem to have trouble getting any distance consistently. I can get my fly where I want it maybe 3-4 times for every 10 casts. Can you do video breaking down the cast and movements and dealing with the wind? BTW found you through Ben aka Huge Fly Fisherman and so glad I did! Your videos are super helpful getting started Euro nymphing! There's just not as much quality videos out there about it and super excited to find you!!!

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Hope you're loving euro nymphing and shout out to Ben for putting me on. I made a casting video not too long ago. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jKeIrbuerb7Xn58.html I hope this helps! Thanks for watching.

@HugeFlyFisherman 4 жыл бұрын

That parking spot is choice.

@alexargyros7186 4 жыл бұрын

Fabulous video. Thanks much. Now, for a suggestion. It would be great to shoot a video in which you show the actual range of movements of sighters when a fish takes. In other words, a video that shoes sighters signaling strikes.

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I totally agree with you there . We only had one day to film and getting dialed in on the sighter to show it would take some time . Definitely will try to capture that at some point . Thanks for the feed back

@jesspetro2389 4 жыл бұрын

At least we all got to see that big fish before he got off! It's worse when you never get to actually see the fish!

@danm66 4 жыл бұрын

I need to learn how to euro nymph. Let me know when you can guide again, please!!!

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, New Mexico is on closing all non essential business till April 10th as I understand as of now .

@danm66 4 жыл бұрын

I'm the one that reached out to you last month when you were in Cali, in case you hadn't put that together, so call/text me when you're back open for business.

@Enchanted_Adventures505 3 жыл бұрын

👌

@dontrujillo1634 4 жыл бұрын

👍🏾

@CarlosGarcia-507 4 жыл бұрын

Were you guys able to get a glimpse of the new restoration they’re doing there?

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

We didn’t, hopefully soon !

@garyslade6509 4 жыл бұрын

What weight reel, in ounces or grams, does Norm recommend for the 10’ 3 wt Echo Shadow X with the fighting butt installed?

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

I believe Norm fishes a hatch 4+ ? @nmaktimaflyfishing ? I’ve found a reel around 5.5 oz balances best.

@garyslade6509 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@brycebrown3082 3 жыл бұрын

Great video guys, I'm new to tight line/Euro Nymphing. On the days where I have a lot of success I find my indicator is tight (no bow or "sail") and directly under my rod tip. When I am leading with the rod tip I have not had any luck. I understand the more vertical the sighter the deeper you are and the opposite being true with a more horizontal presentation. If you had to guess, what is the main difference between my success with a completely vertical sighter (directly under rod tip) and lack there of with any amount of leading the sighter?

@AboutTrout 3 жыл бұрын

You’re probably fishing heavier . If it works it works . There’s a balance between leading the flies and engaging them to pulling them . If you’re leading and pulling the flies you could be loosing depth and also getting an unnatural drift . With that being said fish will eat pulled flies . Hope that helps !

@brycebrown3082 3 жыл бұрын

@@AboutTrout Thanks for the tips! If you are looking for video a suggestion, I'd love to see a video of how fishing farther away from you (across) effects your sighter angle, and fly depth in the water column. You could include how you would change the distance from sighter to point fly to compensate. I saw in one of your comments on another video you went to UM! Small world man, I started there in '08!

@AboutTrout 3 жыл бұрын

I went to U Montana in 08 then transferred back East. Duniway dungeon forever

@brycebrown3082 3 жыл бұрын

@@AboutTrout dude yes! I was in Duniway too. I thought you looked familiar. Crazy

@DR-yl3xn 4 жыл бұрын

🎣🎣🎣👌🏼🙌🏼👊🏼

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

Norm is the truth

@jimjobes5187 4 жыл бұрын

If using two different weighted beads which should be on bottom on leader the heaviest or the lighter one? Great vids guys keep up the good work tight lines 😉

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

Depends on the situation and how you want your flies to ride . Two flies in one band of the water column or one in each. Heavier On point is one in each

@mercertevyn 2 жыл бұрын

How much line would you use below your sighter? I am usually fishing between 2-5ft

@AboutTrout 2 жыл бұрын

Depends on depth and if I’m running depth to dropper vs point.

@rgonzales9382 3 жыл бұрын

What reel and line do you have partnered up with that pole?

@AboutTrout 3 жыл бұрын

Hard CAD ultralight 5/6

@julesarias6111 4 жыл бұрын

What brand of landing nets are you both using please ? Thanks.

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

Norm has an Ikon fishing products net carrier and I would guess and Ikon net as well... I think mine is a frabill? I’m not sure I caught it on the San Juan this fall .

@julesarias6111 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@RGJR02 4 жыл бұрын

How do I like those smith optics?

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

Love them. These are the high waters , they have a built in leash that is really convenient. I have lost tons of sunglasses because I don’t like wearing chums, the integrated leash solves that issue .

@Diochoi18 4 жыл бұрын

Video on how to save money ordering fly tying consumables please!!!

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

Haha, thats a tough one. But I would say buy your beads and hooks in bulk, best way to save some coin.

@phillipthompson4371 4 жыл бұрын

When is the mop tutorial dropping?

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

If you’re serious then soon .

@phillipthompson4371 4 жыл бұрын

@@AboutTrout very serious

@burkeholmes5500 4 жыл бұрын

Are bonito fish big?

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

Dumb thiqqq

@3amigosriding 4 жыл бұрын

But James... I’m illiterate

@coreytohme9861 4 жыл бұрын

Me too. If I knew how to read, I wouldn't be watching this video.

@coreytohme9861 4 жыл бұрын

Your featured guest is much improved from that Ben guy. I'm glad you have moved up in the world. What's next, bunyan bugs, with Brad Pitt?

@AboutTrout 4 жыл бұрын

Stay tuned for a 10min tutorial on leader straightener tactics , technique , and strategy.

@coreytohme9861 4 жыл бұрын

@@AboutTrout I'm in luck then. I don't currently have any tactical leader straighteners. I going to sharpen my pencil and get my notebook. I'll be excitedly waiting at my screen for the next installment.