Home Waters: Terrestrial Dry Flies and Terrestrial Nymphs

Producer: Troutbitten

“The concepts of terrestrial fishing are largely centered around the dry fly. And I show that in the first half of this video. Target the edges and fish some of the middle stuff along the way. But the terrestrial fishing mindset—the concepts and strategies—are effectively taken over to a nymphing rig as well, often producing more and larger trout. With either fly style, good terrestrial fishing requires very accurate casting. In this film, I demonstrate the lagging curve cast and the corkscrew cast with dry flies. And I show how casting form is just as important with a nymph, where landing a fly inches from the bank is best done with full turnover, a good tuck cast, and a leader purpose-built for this kind of accuracy.”