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Stick the Landing -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing Skills, #3
Part three of this Troutbitten Skills Series focuses on sticking the landing. Because after putting ourselves in great position to present the fly, we shouldn't waste the perfect tuck cast and delivery. As the fly hits the water, all the elements of our system are in position and ready to drift. That's sticking the landing.
Like a gymnast who tumbles, somersaults and then lands on two feet with no body movement, the best completion of a cast happens with no extra movement. Instead of landing and then recovering or correcting, we stick the landing, ready to drift.
My friend, Austin Dando, joins me on Episode Three for an in-depth discussion of this technique.
(Season three will return to my full panel of friends, with longer form discussion about all things fly fishing.)
We Cover the Following
- What sticking the landing looks like
- Position of rod tip, leader, sighter and tippet
- Why it matters
- Maximizing the drift time
- Preserving good slack with tippet position
- Sighter angle
- Leading angle
- The negative results of reaching
- Where to stop the forward cast
- Correcting mistakes
Remember, each of these podcasts is supported by a companion article of the same topic. And you can find the full overview of the Nine Essential Skills for Tight line and Euro Nymphing here:
READ: Troutbitten | The Nine Essential Skills for Tight Line and Euro Nymphing
READ; Troutbitten | #3 Stick the Landing -- Nine Essential Skill for Tight Line and Euro Nymphing
Resources
READ: Troutbitten | The Nine Essential Skills for Tight Line and Euro Nymphing
READ: Troutbitten | Category | The Mono Rig
READ: Troutbitten | Stick the Landing While Tight Lining
READ: Troutbitten | When the First Cast Matters Most
READ: Troutbitten | It's Casting, Not Lobbing
READ: Troutbitten | Put More Juice in the Cast
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