How to Set Up a Drop Shot Nymph Rig (PT 1)

Fly fishing guide Dave Rothrock teams up with Suffering Outdoors for this instructional fly fishing video on drop shot nymphing. Dave is an Ambassador Pro with Douglas Outdoors and a Pro Staffer with HMH Vises. Dave explains how he developed this technique over the years and incorporated it into tight line nymphing (Euro Nymphing). He goes over the benefits of this setup vs. using heavily weighted flies.

Dave Rothrock has been pursuing trout, and other species, with a fly rod since the mid-1960's and he's been tying flies for a bit longer than he's been fishing them. He has fished throughout the East, into the Midwest, and Europe where he fished great waters in Austria and Slovenia.

Dave's articles have appeared in FLY FISHERMAN, AMERICAN ANGLER and PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER magazines as well as other publications. Dave is also a co-author of the book “Keystone Fly Fishing: The Ultimate Guide to Pennsylvania's Best Water.”

Dave is a former Orvis Endorsed Guide as well as a former FFI Certified Casting Instructor . He has worked as an instructor in the L. L. Bean fly fishing schools and has taught fly fishing, casting and fly tying classes for various fly shops. Dave currently guides and teaches fly fishing and casting. He utilizes many of the best trout streams in central and north central PA as his classroom environment.

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Equipment used:
Rod: Douglas Sky 10' 4 wt.
Reel: Douglas Nexus
Line: Cortland Spring Creek 2 wt.