another wham-bamtastic !* casting lobbing tutorial from Jim Williams via Eat,Sleep, Fish Issue no. 10
‘Euro-nymphing’, what a barfable term.
stemming from an ignorant press and industry that’s only too eager to englobe a multitude of styles with all their varied intricacies and regrouping them in one silly-trendy name. hell, by the looks of it most of them believe that Europe is a country, ffs…
anyway… Jim The Great does a wonderful job here in explaining and demonstrating that there’s a lot more to this very effective yet highly unmanly method than just ‘high-sticking it’.
i’m dizzy just by looking at the gifs below but if you can take it click on either one to experience the real thing full-blast. enjoy !
Are you still alive after downloading the Euro stuff Marc? Its pure class , but to be effective method to the highest possible degree, the rod must be pink. As for beeing unmanly – dry fly fushing could be unmanly too, sometimes.
no it can’t. never.
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