Have you ever wondered what is going on below the surface of the water while you are nymphing? In this video we investigate the underwater changes to your Euro nymphing drift when you alter the angle of your sighter and leader above the water. We filmed Euro nymph drift scenarios where we changed the angle of the sighter between shallow, vertical, vertical with jigging motions, and inverted angles. Each of these angles changed what happened to the tippet and the drift below the water. Learning when to use each of these sighter angles will help you be more effective at Euro nymphing and catching fish.
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0:55 How and why we filmed the video
3:17 The four different sighter angles we filmed
4:48 How using a shallow sighter angle affects your Euro nymphing drift underwater
6:49 How using a vertical sighter angle affects your Euro nymphing drift underwater
8:03 The effect of vertical drag on nymphing drifts
9:16 How using a jigged drift affects your Euro nymphing drift underwater
11:40 How inverting your sighter angle affects your Euro nymphing drift underwater
13:31 My take home message about using different sighter angles