Fly Fishing Team USA’s Devin Olsen is back to talk about his new book Tactical Fly Fishing: Lessons Learned from Competition for All Anglers. The book discusses Tight-Line / European Style Nymphing (ESN) / Czech Nymphing in great detail. We talk with Devin about the differences in fishing European water vs. USA’s waters, how to methodically break down different sections of a river or stream, and how fly fishing competitions work. We also spend a significant amount of time discussing high-stick tactics for steelhead - from fishing out of a drift boat to walking and wading for them. It works and it’s deadly! You can buy his book right now on his website.
Fly Fishing Team USA’s Devin Olsen is back to talk about his new book Tactical Fly Fishing: Lessons Learned from Competition for All Anglers. The book discusses Tight-Line / European Style Nymphing (ESN) / Czech Nymphing in great detail. We talk with Devin about the differences in fishing European water vs. USA’s waters, how to methodically break down different sections of a river or stream, and how fly fishing competitions work. We also spend a significant amount of time discussing high-stick tactics for steelhead - from fishing out of a drift boat to walking and wading for them. It works and it’s deadly! You can buy his book right now on his website.
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Devin is a professional fly angler for Fly Fishing Team USA and 2015 bronze medalist at the world fly fishing championship in Bosnia and again in 2016 with a team bronze in Vail, Colorado. He holds a bachelor's degree in ecology and a master's degree in fisheries science and spent 3 years working as a fisheries biologist before taking on Tactical Fly Fisher as a full time business in 2017.
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Chad Alderson is the creator and producer of The Barbless Podcast, a Northern California show focused on fishing, conservation, and science. He’s chased stripers on the Sac River and Delta, trout on the McCloud and Lake Almanor, and carp through the canals of Scottsdale and most of California’s tributaries. His goal: help anglers “Know Better, Fish Better.”
Nick hosted the The Barbless Fly Fishing Podcast with co-host Chad Alderson from 2016 to 2020. Considered by many to be one of Northern California’s most elite anglers, Nick is an expert fly fisherman.
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