Fly fishing Irideus nymph flies on natural feeding winter steelhead in California with Irideus 2018 shooting head fly lines

Fly fishing Irideus nymph flies on natural feeding winter steelhead in California with Irideus 2018 shooting head fly lines

Fly fishing Irideus nymph flies on natural feeding winter steelhead in California with Irideus 2018 shooting head fly lines has proved to be effective again this year. We love when we are on a streamer bite but it seems by mid day the steelhead have moved on to buggy offerings. We have been developing a nymphing technique called side shoring and will be writing a more detailed entry on this with a free video to help people who enjoy nymphing strategies. In essence the heavier wt of the shooting head even when used at short distance will help you launch your flies upstream from a down stream end of a swing cast. This keeps the flies in the water longer.  It takes the extra weight of a shooting head to push the full 40ft section of line up stream. You also need no back casting room. You can find a full range of single hand fly rod shooting heads for your fly rods. spey and switch rod fly fishers can find many custom shooting head flies this year to balance your spey rod quiver. 30 and 40 foot heads are available. The snake roll cast using spey rods has become popular again. Check out the custom Irideus Zen shooting heads and have fun.

The Irideus Rise waterproof flip page fly box is a wonderful nymphing and side shoring fly fishing box. It also has a wide side to hold a bunch of streamer and minnow fly patterns. This year the Irideus fly fishing fly menu is hot. We hope dedicated fly fishers around the world will seeek us out and build a collection of our flies. 

The bright mid day sun can make steelhead tune into small #12 and #14 Irideus nymph fly patterns.Irideus Caddis fly, Baetis and miinow flies will fool them. 

Taking time to perfect your nymphing technique with Irideusfly fishing flies is sure to make your approach to the water more effective. Some of our friends will just loop a shooting head onto the standard fly line they are fishing to get the shoring technique. down. This beautiful little steelhead fell for the Irideus American River Master fly with an Irideus Timothy Horner Local Talent Trail fly. When things get tough give nymph flies a try.

We had a cold snap after a week of warm weather. Fishing nymph flies was effective on both ends of the weather spectrum. Many of us have been exclusively fishing this style. We were using Irideus Czech nymphs all day with some solid steelhead coming to hand. We never use nets and keep wild fish in the water. Catch and release is a state of mind and also a practice we steward. Please keep steelhead in the water and treat wild fish with the utmost care.

Wishing the entire international fly fishing community the best of luck with your shooting head and nymphing techniques. We hope to outfit your future needs.