Navigating River Complexity and Balancing Influence for a Natural Drift

In this second episode of our Critical Nymphing Concepts series, my friend, Austin Dando, and I walk through the idea — the concept — of having more influence or less over the flies. Meaning, who or what is in charge of the nymphs? Is it you or the river? And do we want to have more influence over the flies or less? What looks more natural? Which choice — which method — fools more trout?

We cover the following

• What is influence and what's in charge of the nymph's path?
• Does less influence look more natural?
• How weight and tippet diameter relate to influence.
• Why taking dry fly principles to the nymphs underneath leads to big mistakes.
• How slack hurts or helps the drift.
• The principle of slipping contact.
• Good and bad things about more influence.
• Good and bad things about less influence.
• Better systems for each method.

Resources

READ: Troutbitten | Tight Line and Euro Nymphing: Tracking the Flies
PODCAST: Troutbitten | #7, Nine Essential Skill for Tight Line and Euro Nymphing | Guiding the Flies
READ: Troutbitten | Tight Line and Euro Nymphing: Leading vs Tracking vs Guiding
READ: Troutbitten | Slipping Contact -- Tight Line and Euro Nymphing
READ: Troutbitten | Tight Line Nymphing With an Indicator
READ: Troutbitten | Your Indicator Is Too Big

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