Fly fishing like a guide: intermediate

A weeklong fly fishing program in different locations using a variety of techniques and tackle.

"Fly Fishing like a Guide: intermediate" lessons will help you to improve your fly-fishing skills in different sceneries.

The aim of this program is to develop the basics of the most appropriate fly-fishing techniques for each stretch of water. 

• Conventional Dry Fly Fishing: upstream & downstream
• Dry fly fishing with attractor flies & terrestrials
• European style nymphing
• Wet flies and micro nymphs
• Tandem rigs: Dry & nymph
• Streamer or lure fishing with sinking, floating and intermediate lines
• Sight Fishing

Fish the best spots in the Pyrenees Rivers.

You will be improving your technique in the best available waters in the Pyrenees because many of our instructors also work with us as guides.

Minimum level of skills: basic-medium

Duration: 6 days of fishing, 5 nights

Area: Western / Eastern Pyrenees. Provinces of Huesca and Lleida

Accommodation: La Jacetania Fishing Lodge or La Ribagorza Lodge

When: 1st March – 30th November

Best Time: 1st April – 30th November

Species: regular brown trout, zebra brown trout, rainbow trout / brook trout

Location:each day different scenarios to apply different techniques

Recommended State of Physical Fitness: Not significant

Waters included in the itinerary:

• Mid mountain waters for nymphing or tandem rig fishing (dry fly plus nymph)
• High mountain streams which, are perfect for dry fly fishing
• Big rivers – up to 90 meters wide where lures or streamers are used to catch trophy trout and lakes and reservoirs, which are perfect for learning how to find fish
• Tail waters and Spring creeks fishing for rising fish
• Stillwater where the food rich waters and technical fishing will really test the angler

Skills:

Dry fly skills:

• Skate & Drop
• Extended downstream drifts

Nymphing Skills:

• Indicator nymphing
• Czech nymphing

Sinking Lines:

• Fishing streamers with intermediate and full-sink fly lines

Other contents:

• Advanced knots
• Rigging a fly line (nail knot, arbor knot)
• Rigging up a reel with backing, fly line, and butt section

Casting:

• Overhead cast to 40 feet
• Reach Cast

Tackle

Rods 3 and 4 weight. Length: 7ft to 8ft 6inch
Rod 5 weight. Length: 8ft 6 to 9ft
Rods 4 weight. Length 10ft to 11ft
Rods 6 and 7 weight. Length: 9ft to a 9 6ft

Floating lines
Intermediate lines
Sink Tips lines

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If you need tackle etc., all that you require can be obtained at no additional cost.