Umpqua Fly Assortment Euro Master

Overview

The Euro Master Fly Assortment is Umpqua's most complete Euro nymphing box: 48 flies with the key anchor patterns in multiple bead weights. Everything sits in Umpqua's UPG slit-foam Essential Box.

It builds on the Euro Essential with deep stocks of the workhorse bombs, eight each of the Duracell Bomb, Sexy Walts and Quill Bomb, and adds more perdigons, jigs and attractors. Carrying several weights of the same fly lets you change depth without changing patterns, which is how competition anglers fine-tune a drift. It is built for anglers who fish tight-line most of the season and want one box for any river.

Euro Specs

• Hook: Jig and standard hooks depending on pattern.
• Role: Heavier bombs as anchor (point) flies; perdigons, darts, jigs and the Rainbow Warrior as droppers.

How to Fish It

• Two-fly rig: tie a heavy bomb on the point and a perdigon or jig on a tag about 18 to 20 inches above it.
• Lead the flies: keep the sighter just tight and lead the flies downstream at the speed of the current, watching for any pause or twitch.
• Match weight to water: use the heavier flies in fast, deep pockets and lighter ones in shallow riffles and slow runs.
• Change it up: when fish ignore nymphs, try the Twisted Worm in high or off-color water, or jig the Poacher through the run.

Choosing Color and Size

Each box holds Duracell Bomb Brown (8), Sexy Walts Hare's Ear (8) and Quill Bomb Olive (8), all in assorted weights; Smitherman's Twisted Worm Red (4, assorted weights); and two each of Vandehey's Picky Eater Perdigon Olive, Ouellette's Sweet Pea Jig, Egan's Tungsten Dart Red, Blowtorch Hare's Ear, Blowtorch Black, Egan's Frenchie Jig, Egan's Tungsten Rainbow Warrior, Rodrigues's Spanish Perdigon Dark Olive/Red, Egan's Poacher Black and Egan's Poacher Olive. Umpqua notes contents may vary with availability.