[Video] How-to Make a European Nymphing Coiled Mono Sighter
This quick video tutorial shows you how to build a coiled mono sighter used in place of a strike indicator when fly fishing with nymphs.
Used in several European nymphing methods, including French Nymphing and Spanish nymphing techniques, a coiled mono sighter greatly increases strike detection.
What’s a Sighter
The concept of a sighter was introduced in our last post on how to build a French / Spanish nymphing leader where we introduced two types of sighters including a coiled mono sighter and a backing sighter.
How-to Make a Coiled Mono Sighter
Making a coiled mono sighter is very easy. There are 3 basic steps:
1. Wrap hard monofilament around a cylindrical shaped object
2. Boiled for 5-minutes
3. Freeze
The heating and cooling cycle sets a coil into the monofilament resulting in what looks like a spring made from monofilament. Watch the video for more details.
How-to Rig a Coiled Sighter
When French nymphing or Spanish nymphing the coiled sighter is typically tied in about midway down the leader. I prefer loop-to-loop connections for ease of use. Alternatively, you might use a Davy Wotton Leader Knot to attach the upper end of the sighter to the butt section of the leader and use a loop-to-loop connection between the sighter and tippet section.
Give It A Try!
You may garner a few strange looks when you whip out your coiled mono sighter stream side and even a few giggles as you begin to fling this thing about. But trust me; the laughing will stop when you start out fishing everyone on the stream!
I guarantee you will be amazed, that is if you are willing to give it a try.
The Beat Goes On
We’re in the home stretch of our European nymphing tutorial . Next up we'll take a look at how to build a backing sighter and then we'll finish out the series with a European nymphing fly rod review – yee haw!
Now stop reading this and go boil some mono!
More FFR Articles on European Nymphing Techniques
Euro Nymphing: Czech Nymphing, French Nymphing, Spanish Nymphing
How-to Build a Czech Nymphing Leader
How-to Rig a 2-Fly Czech Nymphing Setup
How-to Build a French / Spanish Nymphing Leader
How-to Tie a Davy Knot
How-to Make a Backing Sighter for a European Nymphing Rig
How-to Make a European Nymphing Coiled Mono Sighter
European Nymphing Fly Rod Craze or Bandwagon?
Related Articles:
- [Video] How-to Rig a 2-Fly Czech Nymphing Setup
- Euro Nymphing: Czech Nymphing, French Nymphing, Spanish Nymphing
- [Video] How-to Build a Czech Nymphing Leader
- [Video] How-to Tie a Davy Knot
- [How-to] Build a French / Spanish Nymphing Leader
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