Euro Nymphing: Where and How to Float the Sighter

Thanks, it's a technique I will integrate into my next trip out on the Whanganui river in NZ!

Wonderfully explanated. A big thanks for sharing you knowledge¡

You make this look so easy haha. Great video as always Devin!

really detailed, and precise instruction. impressive. thanks much.

thanks for the video - no one else has shared information about this application. thanks for making euro nymphing more complete for those of us trying to figure it out.

Cool to see different techniques. Log salmon cracked me up. In Jersey we call it a stickerel. 👍

Great video! Questions; usually how long are your drifts? Also does the weight dictate how long your drifts will be?

Great video Devin! Quick question, what is your go to brand for sighter material you use to build these leaders?

Excellent video Devin. When switching leaders from your micro leader to one more suited for floating the sighter, do you switch by tying onto a micro loop on your fly line or do you have an extra spool?

Something I've been doing the last couple of years is putting on a couple midge sized dot indicators above my tippet ring, spaced apart by 4 - 6 inches. When it gets windy or if I need to float the sighter I can drop one or both of these into the water for an anchor/pivot. It also allows me to easily mend if I am fishing across stream with some soft hackles or swimmers.

Do you ever use a coiled or "slinky" sighter when you are floating your sighter?

Thank you, Devin. I love this video and learned a lot from it.

Really helpful video Devin, thanks for that one.

I really appreciate your films. They are without doubt some of the most informative and useful tutorials available. Keep up the excellent work. Great products from the shop too.

Many thanks for this video. Any reason not to just add an airlock indicator just below the tippet ring, especially in deep, still runs or pools? Takes about 5 seconds to put on an off, the weight of the indicator helps to sling the flies out an extra 10-15', and no grease!

Great, as always! Really clear description complemented by super demonstration on the water! Thanks, Devin!

I actually experimented with this on some tough tail water and did surprisingly well. Great stuff. Thanks for the learning’s! The ease at which you catch fish keeps pushing me to be better and try harder.

Really informative, thanks

Excellent and well explained as always. Your vids are always pleasure to watch. Cheers

I guess the reason I don't use this is that whenever the conditions seem right for it, I use a dry/dropper instead. What advantage does floating the sighter have over a dry/dropper?

This is excellant on when and where to use the floated sighter. I've been confused on that aspect, and knowing when and where to switch up techniques will greatly help! I think of the better thoughts on this is knowing to constantly adjust, like when you discussed lighter tippets, smaller flys, longer or shorter tippet length. Interesting that you talked about some of the sighter coming off the water , particularly at the end of the drift, that there is nothing wrong with that..Also wanted to ask for a better interpretation of what you meant when you talked about a 'downshift at the end of the drift.'
Excellant video, Devin! Thank You!

isnt this technique the perfect time to use a curly sighter with very small coils? thats my preference anyway..cortland makes a product called dab which floats a sighter way better than any paste on the market or loons high tack swax works great also and last much longer then paste..tite lines

An excellent tutorial on this technique! Thank you for these tutorials ! I'm also reading your book, and love it. You sure picked a great spot to show this style works.

What a tutorial! Never thought in such details for a sighter management !! Great! 🙏👍

When you euro nymph so hard you accidentally invent indicator nymphing

‘Diabaetis’ is an awesome baetis fly name lol. Gonna have to learn to tie it.

Great tutorial! Thanks for ALL your efforts teaching us whether it’s YT, books or your dvd series. I have all three. Any plans on a fourth? I’ll buy…just sayin’!

Love it 😊

Would you use this technique in deep slow moving pools with trout suspended on high pressured tail waters?

Great video. First time watcher. I would like to have seen how you tied your nymphs to your tippet. Was it a tippet ring two nymph set up? Or a suspended two nymph rig. Thanks Mike from Depew NY

What box do you have on the top of your chest pack and how did you get it on there?

Hi mate

Ref line and cast management in your video - what exactly are you doing with the downstream circular twirls before tuck casting upstream - untangling coils or getting line out to water load fwd cast?

I really like how you mention the weight of the flies you're using and the range you're fishing at.

Just use an indicator. All this other stuff is cutting’ into my fishing time

Thanks for the informative talk at the beginning. Dense and to-the-point. A question, though -- on the first couple fish you catch, you seem well close-enough to tightline that area effectively. Are you choosing to float the sighter there just for demonstration purposes, or would you indeed choose to float rather than tight-line at that close of a range? Thank you.