Join me on a journey to lovely work on this rather remote river. The majority of the rainbow trout captured remain in the 12 inch variety, however I land one whopper at 17 inches.
Here, I’m fishing the Trinity River (brand-new to me). I’m primarily tight lining here with a Tenkara rod (or rather, a Keiryu rod). Contact nymping is a fatal method, and on a tenkara rod, there are some benefits. This is not an educational video, however rather a viewpoint recording of a current journey
This European nymph design can likewise be called, contact nymphing, french nymphing,, czech nymping, or whatever. Though there is some variation, the concept is the exact same … fish deep and preserve consistent connection to your fly with a tight line.
I start with a Daiwa Snowy Valley 390 rod (practically 4 meters). I then change as much as a Daiwa Snowy Valley 600 rod (6 meters) for a longer drift and more reach throughout the river. The reach is great, however with a longer rod, the compromise is slower hook sets and more lost fish. These rods are NOT developed for nymphing and they have some disadvantages, however whatever is a compromise. They manage big fish well regardless of the truth they’re developed for smaller sized fish.
Flys utilized are typically midge patterns. In this video, I’m mainly exploring on size 18 hooks with beads in between 3.5 mm and 4mm. The calling they’re connected with is a Hairline Ice Dub UV Hot Orang (ICE187), and a Hairline Ice Dub UV Lavender (IEC200).
The line is a 12 foot length of 3.5 Nissin level line tapered to 2.5 with a blood knot. The tippet is by Trout Hunter and tide to a little tippet ring. Throughout the video I run in between 4.5 x and 5x tippet.
