I'll let you in on something ... for a long time, I wasn't very good at nymphing.

I understood the theory: Get the flies down, keep them drifting naturally, feel for the take. It all sounded simple enough.

Then I'd stand in my local river, flies somewhere in front of me, staring at a line, with absolutely no idea whether anything had happened or not.

Was that a take? A snag? The bottom? A fish that had already spat the fly and gone back to tell its friends?

If you've ever felt like that, you're in good company. Nymphing is a lot of anglers' blind spot, and it's usually not about the flies or the rod. It comes down to knowing when something has happened.

If you can't tell, you can't strike. And if you can't strike, you don't catch, so you start to think nymphing just isn't for you.

The turning point for me was Grayling ...

Autumn and winter are when they come into their own. The river's at a perfect level, the trout have mostly gone quiet, and the Grayling are feeding hard on the bottom.

It's some of the best fishing of the year, and a lot of anglers miss it simply because they've put the rod away for the season.

The trouble is, the best way to catch them is nymphing.

So over the last couple of Grayling seasons, I tried several very thin nymphing lines. I loved how they fished. They cut through wind without tangling, they were far easier to manage than mono or braid, and they were sensitive enough to feel the flies ticking along the riverbed. But I still couldn't see the takes easily, and I wanted to.

So we approached a fly line manufacturer:

Meet the NEW Tri-Tone Indicator Nymphing Fly Line.

It's thin, it's visual, and it's designed to take the guesswork out of nymphing:

It had to be:

• Very thin: 0.55mm level line

• Three colours: Green, Yellow and Orange, changing every 10m

• It floats: useful when you want to switch style or nymph at longer range

• Micro-welded loops: on both ends

• 30m (about 100ft) in total

• Low-stretch braided core: around 11lb breaking strain

Here's why the colours matter. When you're nymphing, you're almost always watching your line against coloured water or the far bank, which is green or brown. A line that blends in is useless. As this line is level, you can reverse it to get the best colour contrast against whichever background you fish against.

These colours stand out, so a hesitation, a twitch or a slight draw is easy to spot. And because the line is so thin with a low-stretch core, you still get that direct feel of the flies on the bottom.

We've been sent an initial allocation of 50 lines, which we are releasing today. I've tested them with our very own Pisces 1 Nymphing Rod, they tick all of the above boxes (and more)!

Please Note: Towards the end of this email, you will see we've been channelling our inner Sherlock Holmes and also there's some 'Top Tips' on how and where to get started when nymphing for Grayling this Autumn.

What that means in practice: you're not relying on a numb fingertip to tell you something's happened. You can watch the line and see it. For anyone who's ever struggled to get on with nymphing, that's a big step forward.

And it gives you a reason to keep fishing when everyone else has packed up for the year.

On a practical note:

• It's designed for Euro nymphing rods (9ft or longer, lightweight), but it works just as well on shorter rods when you're fishing awkward spots.

• It's a level line with no AFTM rating. It will load a 1wt or 2wt rod, but it isn't meant to be cast like a regular fly line. It's built for short-range nymphing.

• At 0.55mm it's FIPS compliant, so it's fine for competitions.

We've now received them in stock, and they're ready to go for only £30 each (while stocks last).

Order in a morning and, if you're in the UK and choose 1st Class delivery, it should be with you the very next day. That's plenty of time to get it spooled up before the weekend.

We are selling our NEW Tri-Tone Nymphing Lines for only £30. Just click on any image or button within this email to view more details and get yours today.

--- Go on, you know you want to! ---

GRAYLING FISHING AND
SPECIALIST NYMPHING FLY LINES

When you're fishing for Grayling it’s usually in late Autumn or Winter and you’re lucky if you can feel your fingers at all, never mind a thin fly line. To that end we wanted to do something much more visual and after lots of reading (and testing) we have come up with this micro-thin diameter coloured nymph line, this makes it super easy to detect takes both by feel and sight.

Nine times out of ten when you're nymph fishing for Grayling, you’re either watching your line against the water (which is usually coloured) or against the far bank (which is usually green or brown) - Having the line coloured means you can easily see the line, and detect even the slightest of takes.

Having the line thin with a low stretch core, means you can also feel the flies on the river bed - the best of both worlds.

We channelled our inner Sherlock Holmes for this ...

NEW Indicator Tippet

Years ago a supplier sent me a sample spool of a two-tone tippet. It was great, and I've fished it ever since, and I've been trying to track it down properly ever since. I've finally found the factory in Japan, so now we can bring it to you direct.

It's our White Label Indicator Tippet in Fluorescent Red and Fluorescent Yellow, with a hard colour change every 50cm. Those sharp breaks give you maximum contrast against the water, so even the smallest hesitation shows up.

Tie a short section between your leader and tippet and you've got a sighter you can't miss.

It's the ideal partner for our NEW Tri-Tone line. The line shows you what's happening at the rod tip, and the indicator tippet shows you what's happening out at the flies.

Just tie a short section between your leader (or Tri-Tone Nymphing Line) and tippet material for ultra-sensitive strike detection. Ideal for all nymphing methods.

• Colours: Fluoro Red / Fluoro Yellow, colour changes every 50cm

• Size: 2X, 8.0lb, 0.24mm

• Length: 30m per spool

It's available now for only £12.50 per spool (RRP £14.99) - and if you're ordering anything else from us, you can now add it at checkout for just £9.99.

--- Go on, you know you want to! ---

Tips On Early Season Grayling Fishing

Before the winter frosts, Grayling will not be shoaled up, therefore it’s important to fish where the grayling are (I know it sounds obvious!). Therefore the likely spots are exactly where you would find trout:

• Gravel bottoms
• In the seam of two currents
• In the foam line – Remember “foam is your home”
• Just off and around weed beds

Grayling have an under-slung mouth, they are bottom feeders. If you cannot see them rising, you need to present your flies on the river bed. Remember, if you’re not catching the bottom with your flies, you are not fishing deep enough (try using a heavier point fly).

Here are the ideal places to target:

• Look for deeper, slower water - Grayling do not like structure, so look for uniform flows
• Look for creases, especially slow water which is just off a faster current
• Grayling are a long, thin delicate fish, they do not like to sit in the river flow, due to the amount of energy they need to expend just to stay still. They have a thin wrist, which means they do not have lots of power in their tail to fight against the flow

Grayling are very tolerant of anglers - they don’t spook as easily as trout. I’ve even had grayling take insects off my waders whilst stood in the river fishing!

Remember: Grayling are a shoal fish in the main. Once you’ve caught one - stand still and cast again – you’re more than likely to catch another.

Grayling season is only just getting going. If nymphing has never quite clicked for you, or you've always packed away your rod when the leaves start falling, this might be the autumn to change that.

Tight (Nymphing) Lines.

P.S. We've something very Bosnian launching on Thursday (@07:30), they're ideal to use on the end of your Tri-Tone nymphing line!