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Fly Fishing the Mono Rig -- Versatility and the Tight Line Advantage Taken Further

October 19, 2021 Domenick Swentosky Season 1 Episode 5
Troutbitten
Fly Fishing the Mono Rig -- Versatility and the Tight Line Advantage Taken Further
Show Notes Transcript

After hundreds of Troutbitten articles featuring the versatility of the Mono Rig, now there's a podcast. My friends Josh, Austin, Trevor and Bill join me to discuss how each of us fishes this hybrid rig as a complete fly fishing system, detailing the ultimate flexibility of this amazing tool.

The Troutbitten Mono Rig is a hybrid system for fishing all types of flies: nymphs (both tight line and indicator styles), streamers, dry-dropper, wets, and small dry flies. With twenty pound monofilament as a fly line substitute, better contact, control and strike detection are gained with the Mono Rig versus a traditional fly line approach. And yet, the casting here is still a fly line style cast. Ironically, it takes excellent fly casting skills to efficiently throw a Mono Rig.

The Mono Rig is similar to tight line and Euro Nymphing styles, however . . . it’s a full system for fishing all fly types, with and without indicators — with and without split shot. The Mono Rig is a very versatile tool. And that’s the focus of this podcast. We all fish similar mono rigs with some variation. And we all use it in different ways, too. Some are slight. Some are major. This discussion provides a full picture of what the Mono Rig really is and what you can do with it — all the options — and all the versatility.

We Discuss the Following:

  • Mono Rig Butt Sections and Diameters
  • Tight Line Nymphing
  • Euro Nymphing
  • Tight Line to the Indicator
  • Tight Line Dry Dropper
  • Streamers on the Mono Rig
  • Dry Flies on a Mono Rig
  • Fly Rod Selection for the Mono Rig

Resources

READ: Troutbitten | Category | The Mono Rig
READ: Troutbitten | Design and Function of the Troutbitten Standard Mono Rig
READ: Troutbitten | The Mono Rig and Why Fly Line Sucks
READ: Troutbitten | The Full Mono Rig System -- All the variations, formulas and adjustments
READ: Troutbitten | Euro Nymphing and the Mono Rig
READ: Troutbitten | Beyond Euro Nymphing

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This is the Troutbitten podcast. Thanks for tuning in. So . . . the weather and the season has changed. The fish are moving into their fall rhythms, and it’s a good time to be alive. I hope you’ve been getting out there and putting a pile of trout in the net lately.

I’m Domenick Swentosky, owner of Troutbitten and author of Troutbitten.com, where you can find over 700 articles, with tactics, stories and commentary about fishing for trout on a fly rod.

Today, we’re talking about fly fishing with the Mono Rig. This will be a good one. I have four of my closest fishing friends with me, whom I’ll introduce in a moment. And we want to breakdown, or sort of summarize, the ultimate versatility of this amazing tool.

The Mono Rig is a hybrid system for fishing all types of flies: nymphs (both tight line and indicator styles), streamers, dry-dropper, wets, and small dry flies. With 20 pound monofilament as a fly line substitute, better contact, control and strike detection are gained with the Mono Rig versus a traditional fly line approach. And yet, the casting here is still a fly line style cast. Ironically, it takes excellent fly casting skills to efficiently throw a Mono Rig.

The Mono Rig is similar to tight line and Euro Nymphing styles, however . . . it’s a full system for fishing all fly types, with and without indicators — with and without split shot. The Mono Rig is a VERY versatile tool. And that’s what we’re here to talk about.

Since 2014, I’ve written hundreds of Troutbitten articles on the Mono Rig. Many of them are in series form, so they read like chapters in a book. And in this podcast, there’s no way we have time to explain it all. But that’s not the goal today. Instead, what I’d like to do is highlight the versatility of a rig that every one of my friends here uses. We all fish similar mono rigs with some variation. And we all use it in different ways, too. Some are slight. Some are major. 

I’m sure we’ll do more podcasts with this topic in the future, but by the end of this episode, I’d like you to have a full picture of what the Mono Rig really is and what you can do with it — all the options — all the versatility.

Alright, so let me introduce my friends and ask some questions . . .

. . . Introductions and discussion . . .