Western River Fly Fisher - Euro Nymph class

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I found tight line nymphing to be a very effective way to fish Utah with it's relatively small streams. I developed my technique starting about 15 years ago. I had never seen or heard anyone else do it when I got started. Of course later I found out it's an old school technique around for decades. It has been independently developed countless times throughout the US and world. Interesting that WRFF is marketing this as part of a new trendy way to fish. I never bought into the trends and fashion show aspects of fly fishing. Doesn't impress fish. When I mainly fished alone far from the crowds, no one saw what I was doing or looked like anyways. Having said that these are not only incredible simple techniques that take little effort to master but they are extremely effective. Other than stalking really big trout up on Seedskadee I usually considered catching single digit #'s of trout per hour slow with tight line nymphing. It's also an extremely effective technique sight fishing silver salmon on small streams. While BH nymphs will work with silvers but I usually just substitute a weighted bh streamer. It's really just the same fishing technique and my catch rate usually mirrors that of trout fishing.
I never really got into the czech nymphing that much. While certainly trendy I don't consider it well suited for most Utah streams. When I fished larger waters elsewhere I still preferred the control and simplicity of fishing a single fly so I stopped using that technique.
Remember it's just fly fishing. Be sure to improvise, blur techniques or what every it takes to be a more effective where you fish.
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