Zach Lazzari knows a thing or two about subsurface fly fishing for trophy trout.
So when he contacted me about his new eBook entitled “Subsurface Fly Fishing for Trophy Trout: A Guide’s Advice for Catching Larger Than Average Trout,” I was thrilled to flip through it on my new iPad.
And I was hooked from the opening chapter, where Lazzari puts you in the water of his favorite meandering river, where you’re dead drifting in search of Mr. Rainbow.
“Wait … Wait … Wait,” he writes. “Slurp. Pause. Set! You take your time playing the fish on 6x and slowly bring a beautiful 14 –inch rainbow to the net.”
Now isn’t that a nice picture during this frigid winter spell we’re having right now? Can’t wait for spring to come around so I can act on some of these techniques for big trout in the Eastern Sierra.
For those who don’t know him, Lazzari grew up fishing many of the same rivers I love to fly fish. Born in Reno in 1984, he had honed his skills on Pyramid Lake and Truckee River near Lake Tahoe, and the waters of the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada.
Lazzari, who runs nomad-fly-fishing.com, also worked as a fly fishing guide in Colorado, Alaska and Montana, so he knows what it’s like to guide larger waters as well.
But why stop doing what he loves most to write an ebook about his fly fishing experience and travels?
“I wrote this book to fill a niche in the technical information available about targeting large trout,” he said. “I wanted to create a very straightforward piece of literature that helps anglers find and catch bigger fish.
Very few books exist that cover the specific scenarios that produce these fish. The combination of literature and photos really brings it together in an easy to read format.”
As previously mentioned, Lazzari has fished everywhere from the Truckee to Rock Creek, Montana, which is one of my all-time favorites.
So which of those fisheries is his favorite? And when is the best time to tackle those destinations?
“Every fishery has unique tendencies and learning the cause and effect behind fish behavior is challenging and fun,” he said. “Ultimately, my favorite fishery is the one in which I stand. Today it is the Truckee River in Nevada, a month from now the Missouri in Montana and three months from now it will be the Bitterroot River, Clark Fork River and Rock Creek in Montana.”
Not to keep you from reading the ebook, but Lazzari did impart a few fishing tips during our conversation, including a nice little nugget you can’t find in the book:
“The dry fly fishing is phenomenal but it pays to mix things up and fish some bigger streamers and nymphs,” he said. “The abundant structure in the low elevation river valleys provides cover for some very large fish.”
But Lazzari doesn’t just talk tips and altitude adjustments in his book. The Nevada native also talks Attitude Adjustments in one of the opening chapters, before moving on to breakdowns of his go-to fly selections, how to read water, weather and temperature, as well as well as his personal breakdowns on nymph fishing, streamers and how to safely land, handle and release fish.
So what does he mean by “Attitude Adjustments?”
“Targeting large trout requires a different mindset,” he writes. “You are no longer trying to fool the obvious fish in front of you. Targeting the big boys requires intensity and persistence. It requires heavy rigs, large flies and a willingness to pass on average size fish in hopes of catching something much larger.”
Amen brother. And with the help of this book, I plan on catching something a lot larger this coming spring!
So when he contacted me about his new eBook entitled “Subsurface Fly Fishing for Trophy Trout: A Guide’s Advice for Catching Larger Than Average Trout,” I was thrilled to flip through it on my new iPad.
And I was hooked from the opening chapter, where Lazzari puts you in the water of his favorite meandering river, where you’re dead drifting in search of Mr. Rainbow.
“Wait … Wait … Wait,” he writes. “Slurp. Pause. Set! You take your time playing the fish on 6x and slowly bring a beautiful 14 –inch rainbow to the net.”
Now isn’t that a nice picture during this frigid winter spell we’re having right now? Can’t wait for spring to come around so I can act on some of these techniques for big trout in the Eastern Sierra.
For those who don’t know him, Lazzari grew up fishing many of the same rivers I love to fly fish. Born in Reno in 1984, he had honed his skills on Pyramid Lake and Truckee River near Lake Tahoe, and the waters of the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada.
Lazzari, who runs nomad-fly-fishing.com, also worked as a fly fishing guide in Colorado, Alaska and Montana, so he knows what it’s like to guide larger waters as well.
But why stop doing what he loves most to write an ebook about his fly fishing experience and travels?
“I wrote this book to fill a niche in the technical information available about targeting large trout,” he said. “I wanted to create a very straightforward piece of literature that helps anglers find and catch bigger fish.
Very few books exist that cover the specific scenarios that produce these fish. The combination of literature and photos really brings it together in an easy to read format.”
As previously mentioned, Lazzari has fished everywhere from the Truckee to Rock Creek, Montana, which is one of my all-time favorites.
So which of those fisheries is his favorite? And when is the best time to tackle those destinations?
“Every fishery has unique tendencies and learning the cause and effect behind fish behavior is challenging and fun,” he said. “Ultimately, my favorite fishery is the one in which I stand. Today it is the Truckee River in Nevada, a month from now the Missouri in Montana and three months from now it will be the Bitterroot River, Clark Fork River and Rock Creek in Montana.”
Not to keep you from reading the ebook, but Lazzari did impart a few fishing tips during our conversation, including a nice little nugget you can’t find in the book:
“The dry fly fishing is phenomenal but it pays to mix things up and fish some bigger streamers and nymphs,” he said. “The abundant structure in the low elevation river valleys provides cover for some very large fish.”
But Lazzari doesn’t just talk tips and altitude adjustments in his book. The Nevada native also talks Attitude Adjustments in one of the opening chapters, before moving on to breakdowns of his go-to fly selections, how to read water, weather and temperature, as well as well as his personal breakdowns on nymph fishing, streamers and how to safely land, handle and release fish.
So what does he mean by “Attitude Adjustments?”
“Targeting large trout requires a different mindset,” he writes. “You are no longer trying to fool the obvious fish in front of you. Targeting the big boys requires intensity and persistence. It requires heavy rigs, large flies and a willingness to pass on average size fish in hopes of catching something much larger.”
Amen brother. And with the help of this book, I plan on catching something a lot larger this coming spring!
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