Locating the Strike Zone --Tight Line & Euro Nymphing Skills #6 -- The Troutbitten Podcast S2, Ep6

(From February 13, 2022) Part six of this Troutbitten Skills Series is about locating the strike zone. This zone of water -- this cushion near the bottom of the river -- is the default target and the baseline location for our flies.
Most of what happens in a river occurs in the strike zone. It's where the trout spend most of their time. It's where the bugs and baitfish live. Understanding everything about the strike zone allows us to know exactly how and where we want to present the nymph.
My friend, Austin Dando, joins me to help break down and understand this crucial concept.
Unlocking this knowledge - understanding the strike zone -- then finding it and drifting your flies there, is perhaps the most pivotal moment in your nymphing skills progression. It changes everything.
We Cover the Following
What is the strike zone?
Why is the strike zone important?
Why gliding the strike zone outperforms touching the bottom
Touching bottom to find the strike zone
Watching the sighter speed to find the strike zone
Gliding through the strike zone
Deviating our drifts in and out of the strike zone
The downshift
Depth and speed of the strike zone
More on reading the sighter
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