At the highest level, dryfly fishing isn't about matching the hatch, it's about controlling everything else.

Today we're discovering what that actually means from how Team USA approaches leader, design, and casting,

to why their dryfly system looks nothing like what most anglers are doing on the water.

Today I've got Devin Olson and Jack are not on the podcast, two of the top

competitors gearing up for the world championships this year in eastern Idaho, and they're going to

be breaking down exactly how they fish dry flies when it matters most. This is the traveled podcast

series where we bring you the best places to fish in the West and the stories of how this region became what it is today.

Devin and Jack are going to talk about the Spanish dryfly system and how it eliminates drag and

visibility issues. We're going to find out about why a long leader nearly 20 feet changes everything

and why it's very critical to have this exact system.

We're going to get into the key of creating a true dead drift without constant medding

and why simple and impressionistic flies outperform exact matches.

We also talk about how they're preparing for the upcoming championships

and the small adjustments in casting and

positioning that separate good from great anglers. Today's episode is presented by Visit

Idaho and Yellowstone Teton Territory, home to some of the most diverse and wild trout waters

in the west. If you want to find Devon, you can head over to the tactical flyfisher

shop online. You can check them out at YouTube. You can find Jack on Instagram, Jack or not. And we'll be lining up everything for you here with Team USA if you're interested. This is a big one. We're going to talk about the whole thing, how you can get involved as well. Here they are, Jack and Devin. How are you guys doing? Good, good. Happy to be here. Thank you for having us. Fine, thank you. Awesome. Well, it's exciting to have you guys on here. This is a big year as right around the corner are the World Championships in Idaho, in Idaho Falls this year. You guys are going for, you know, hopefully a big win. I think it's interesting. I'm excited to hear how this goes because you guys are obviously two of the big players, kind of the starters out there. We're going to talk about a little bit on dryfly fishing today. I think that's something that's very misunderstood. I think a lot of people think of competition. They think Euro nipping, right? It's like I heard some joke about Lance was saying that he's tired of people thinking to him as just a Euro nympher, right? Almost getting mad. But I feel like dryfly fishing is totally misunderstood. So we're going to jump into that today. But take us back real quick, you guys, where are you at now? Mays right around the corner. Are you guys like prepared, ready to go for this thing? Well, we've been doing sort of our first spring competitions of the year over the last

few weeks. I actually just got back from a couple that I hosted over the weekend. And then we have

two more sets of competitions coming up in May in Idaho on some of the venues that we're working on

for the World Championships. We did our national championship there

last year and another series of regional competitions there as well. So yeah, we've been trying to

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