European Nymphing Fly Rod Craze or Bandwagon?

Well I guess European nymphing, or Euro nymphing, is officially a craze with several major manufacturers looking to get in on the action with new longer specialty fly rods targeting the US market this year.

European Nymphing Craze

I'm not exactly sure when it happened but European nymphing techniques including short-line Czech nymphing, and long-line French nymphing and Spanish nymphing have started to enter the mainstream here in the US. As evidence of this, just look at the number of manufacturers starting to selling 10-foot, even 11-foot, fly rods here in the US.

European Nymphing Rods

Here are a few of the more popular fly rods available in the US that are well suited for the highly effective Czech, French and Spanish nymphing techniques that are all the rage these days. These fly rods clearly fall into two categories - those I can afford and those I can not afford (but might buy anyway):)

Cabelas CZN Series (10 ft 4wt / 5 wt) ~ $200

Cortland Brook Series (10ft 4wt / 10ft 5wt) ~ $200

Temple Fork Outfitters Professional Series (10ft 5wt) ~ $200

Greys Streamflex Series (10ft 3wt / 10ft 4wt) ~ $300

G. Loomis Max Czech Nymph GLX (10ft 3 wt / 4 wt) ~ $650

Hardy Marksman Drifter (10ft / 11ft 5wt) ~ $650

Sage 99 Series (9'9" 4 wt / 5 wt) ~ $700

Sage Z-Axis (10ft 4wt): $700

Orvis ZG Helios (10ft 4wt) ~ $775

European Nymphing Refresher

For a refresher on European nymphing techniques re-visit our Euro nymphing series where we discuss rigging a Czech nymphing leader, building a french/spanish nymphing leader, how to make a backing sighter, and how to make a coiled mono sighter amongst other things.

Enjoy!

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