Gosh - are you saying some fishermen AREN'T honest? ;-)

Really glad you enjoy them. And yes, these are definitely tips that can apply to a range of circumstances including highly pressured rivers.

Thanks. This is still one of my favorites I’ve filmed as well.

B Dickinson thanks

Speaks well and louder than most; instructors , excellent

Wading in deeper water/heavier flows are often difficult for me (and I use a wading staff for those). Any tips for that type of wading?

Roger D Stover thanks.

Fred le Roux thanks!

Pat Batad glad you liked it.

Richard Lloyd thanks

Rick Campbell glad you enjoyed it.

Kenny Van Zant thanks. Glad you liked it.

Big O thanks. Hopefully it helped.

Thanks! We hope it helped.

Glad you enjoyed it!

David Woods glad you enjoyed it.

cascade fly fisher glad you enjoyed it.

Rick Lee glad you enjoyed it.

bryhlick glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for watching!

Matt O'Keefe much appreciated

Thanks! This is still one of my favorite videos we’ve shot.

Dave in NH that’s a common mistake for a lot of folks. It’s just as detrimental to have too much weight as it is to not have enough.

Eric Downs have fun

John shand happy fishing!

Mike Krol thanks. I have a lot of practice under my belt so if I wasn’t proficient at this point then there would probably be something wrong with me 😊

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 But so many guard their knowledge from others. I've adopted the idea that sharing intel just forces me to be a better angler. Rising tide lifts all boats. You've done a ton for the fishing community. I hope the payoff has been worth it. Fishing is my drug of choice. Might have done better with crack- same amoount of money, better hours. lol.

Mike Krol I’ve come to the same conclusion. So far it’s been rewarding and the positive feedback has helped make it worth it as well.

Kurt Perham thanks. Very kind.

Richard Ferrara thanks

Thanks for all the support. Hopefully our materials have helped you out on the river.

3guys3girls thanks

Richard Sentz good deal. That was the goal.

Sadly it's actually a piece of concrete. The campground chucked some rip rap in the river for "bank stabilization" at some point.

Fritter Films glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully it helps on the water.

Great job Devin, as usual you are inspirational.

Thanks for watching.

Stephen glad it was worth watching 4 times!

Taylor Warnick we’re hoping the digital copy will be ready in the next couple weeks and probably two weeks after for the dvd.

garyweglarz this is Devin. Lance actually isn’t directly associated with our site. I’m currently writing a stillwater book so there will be plenty of that in there. We will likely do some stillwater videos along the way as well.

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Hey Devin, that was like a total "senior moment" on my part. I know exactly who you are, have your book and both euro-nymphing videos, know you are writing a stillwater book and almost asked you about that when I came to a couple of your presentations at the Pleasanton, CA fly fishing show not that long ago. Just a total brain-freeze on my part buddy when writing the comment! Would love to see a stillwater video sometime though, especially one that focuses on some of the U.K. methods that aren't well known here in the north america. Thanks guy. Great work as usual.

Rick Price Rick Price the euro rig was a micro thin leader. I’ll be detailing it in our upcoming full length film. It’s also in the current issue of fly fisherman magazine. I was using 7x tippet in the video. The tippet was long and I marked it with skafars wax for my sighter and set the sighter around 1.5x the depth of the water.

edward constantini thanks. I was using a 9’ 4 weight T and T Paradigm for the dry fly rig.

Bob Feld I’m going to be doing a tutorial on the midge pattern. It’s a simple perdigon style midge.

Thanks. If you're on a larger river where your 2nd rod isn't likely to hit trees then I use this rod holder www.tacticalflyfisher.com/opros-3rd-hand-rod-holder/ Otherwise I just lay my other rod(s) on the bank and move them with me. It might seem like a hassle but it takes less time than re-rigging each time I want to make a change.

Bill Whitaker my box is on a custom made lanyard from Golden Trout Lanyards. Steve can create the same one for you if you contact him.

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Thank you. I just ordered one of his Game Changer II Fly Box Lanyards.

Silverm9r this video explains my net. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nah9Y7Gmm9nIZqM.html

There's no big difference between one or the other but there are big differences between rods within the same weight. I would look for a medium-fast to fast rod. You want to be able to throw a tight loop with that long leader without getting tailing loops. If you tend to shock rods with your casting stroke then that will be harder to achieve with a slower/softer action rod.

There are lots of strike detection benefits of having the weight in your fly. It’s also extremely beneficial in tight seams to have the weight focused in a single fly so that the it will stay in that seam and drift with it. A shot, or another fly, will catch current outside of the specific seam you’re trying to drift in and lead to micro drag.

Jeff Denning I often bring multiple rods. Other people switch out reels or different leaders, rigs etc. It just comes down to trying different options and seeing what you prefer.

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Do you have a place where you discuss the leader you use for dry dropper in more detail?

Jeff Denning it’s in my book Tactical Fly Fishing and it will be in our next feature length video Adaptive Fly Fishing

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Awesome--looking forward to it!

Skylar Holliman everything is shot in 4K or 1080 and uploaded that way. Sometimes KZfaq compresses the video based on your streaming settings and capabilities but we have no way to change that.

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Lame. It would be great to watch it in 4K. I think even 1080P @ 60 FPS would be an improvement.

Skylar Holliman I watched it on my phone and computer. It looks fine on both but I have pretty good web speed here.

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 It's in high def for sure. I think what I'm trying to say, is it's a bit too far away from the water to actually see what you're doing while you're describing the techniques. The foreground and everything is Crystal clear. I think it might be helpful to actually be able to see your drifts, but the water isn't in focus enough to see them.

​@@skylarholliman1982 I agree that these videos are super helpful and amazing. I have a very fast connection and am watching on a 5K display, but I also agree it would be helpful to see the line/leader in the water as it's going through the drift. Usually it's very hard to see on video even if in sharp focus (and even in real life), especially with "thin to win" rigs. 4K would definitely help, but I was thinking that doing some post processing where you highlight the line like they do for the puck in a hockey TV broadcast might help. It might look cheesy but it would help people who are learning like myself. Note that this would also apply to the the excellent modern nymphing videos which I purchased and downloaded on Vimeo in 1024 HD. Thanks you Devin for everything you do in teaching and producing great content!

Shannon York this one. www.tacticalflyfisher.com/thomas-and-thomas-paradigm-fly-rod/

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 OK, thanks. I've heard some good things about that new rod.

Shannon York it’s my favorite dry fly stick.

Lilly Munster it’s on a lanyard.

Tactical Fly Fisher do you sell that box and lanyard?

Lilly Munster we have the box. It’s an orientsun foam box. www.tacticalflyfisher.com/orientsun-foam-fly-boxes/ Steve at golden trout lanyards can make the lanyard for you.

I have an opros 3rd hand rod holder that we sell in the shop. For smaller streams with vegetative cover I just place the rod in the bank as I move along.

sebastian walker they’re pretty similar but so far I like the zipper better on the Simms.

Thomas Wade it’s the micro leader in my book Tactical Fly Fishing. It will also be featured in our next video Adaptive Fly Fishing that is coming out in the next month.

Tactical Fly Fisher gotcha, love the book also! Do you use the micro formula all the way to the reel or do you manage fly line out of the rod tip?

Thomas Wade I’m. It sure I understand your question but if you follow the book it is close to what I had during this video.

Cool thank you, love your work!

It was an 18 or 20.

The box is an orientsun foam fly box which we sell in the store. The lanyard was built for me by Steve at Golden Trout Lanyards.

flykeys yes. This one is a 10’ 3 weight but I have the others too www.tacticalflyfisher.com/thomas-and-thomas-contact-nymph-rods/

wyomingtrout when I expect to need the dry fly rod I bring multiple rods.

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Can you recommend a Euro leader and casting techniques that work for dry fly fishing or are expecting to much from Euro rigging? I actually ran into a PMD hatch once a small western WY tailwater. Being the lazy guy I am - I left the sz 16 Copper John on and added a Breadline emerger to the bend on 2 ft of 5x tippet. I was able to cast this rig and if I kept the rod high the emerger would float and I hooked some fish on the dry. A funky system but it worked.

wyomingtrout you can fish dry dropper with just about any euro rig. I don’t fish single dries though.

The mesh on my net is rubber coated. Also, commonly known is not the same as scientifically known. I worked as a fisheries biologist for a number of years. Mesh nets were ubiquitous as scientific sampling nets. As long as they are wet, I know of no studies citing soft mesh nets as an issue for slime or scale damage.

Doesn’t bother me but everyone has their own setup for a reason.