Crazy About Fly Fishing is all about fly-fishing. I call New Zealand home and do most of my freshwater and saltwater fly-fishing here. I catch mainly rainbow trout, brown trout, kingfish, snapper and kahawai and prefer to fly fish most of the time. I aim to make videos that are somehow useful to other fly-fishers. Anything from instructive fly fishing videos and vlog style videos to fly tying tutorials and more. I try to upload twice a week if possible so if you enjoy my videos and want to see more consider subscribing to get notified when a new video is up.
It's been absolutely fine after both those trips. Nothing broke. Build is decent so I think it will last a while. My only worry for what I do is that it's not fully weather sealed so the battery shouldn't get soaked. It rains a lot here and as you see in the video pretty wet so I am worried about damaging thr battery. But with the battery out I have fully pressure washed it twice with no issues. So it's just the battery that isn't sealed and the connections to it. Otherwise a great fun bike.
Euronymphing is not fly fishing, it's pseudo bait fishing, you just use fly gear as a punch fashion statement , you need a fly line for a fly reel and a fly rod.
Well I don't disagree with you that it isn't fly fishing. Yes, the only thing that truly separates fly fishing from any other fishing is casting using the weight of the fly line. Euro certainly uses the weight of the flies. However, regardless of our own opinions of whether it is fly fishing or not , it is very effective and in New Zealand it is a legal fly fishing method that can be used in fly fishing only waters according to the rules, as it is most places in some form. I am not a fly fishing purist in any form anyway and use whatever method I feel like that is legal. Hey I happily bait fish on any day especially with my kids as long as it's legal in the waters I am fishing. To me the method doesn't matter as much I just enjoy fishing. In anyway as I said it is legally considered fly fishing here and while I still prefer casting my fly line, I will definitely Euro when the situation calls for it, like it does in winter in New Zealand's North Island. Always appreciate the input and to have a good discussion. Tight lines and hope you enjoy some of my fly fishing videos instead, there are plenty. I mostly label anything that is exclusively euro nymphing as euro nymphing.
Hi Johan After a year of not actually doing any Czech nymphing, I used my 4 wght Contact on my favourite CHB River and ended up with a lovely 4/qtr. pound rainbow jack. What a awesome feeling, think I will be concentrating on this from now on. Keep up with the vids. Craig.
I would love to have a go with a Surron. Hopefully I get a chance next year. I only know a couple of places to be honest, both I have been. It takes a lot of research and searching RU-vid videos and try to work out where people are using quad bikes. Hunting and offroad videos are a good starting point. The are more likely to give the location.
Thanks, the stream is often very busy but this was a very nice and peacful day. Only saw a couple of young anglers and that was it the entire day. Tight lines.
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing Yes anytime on a stream my man is a great day. Especially down south, the scenery is breathtaking and the challenge gets me thinking when it comes to landing them I Just cant wait to cross that ditch every 3/4 months...have fun! Keep up the great insights, tips, and beauty on the screen.
Another great video Johan, wow that stream has taken a pounding, and from some of the debris some peoples back yards have as well. All the best for the coming winter season and look forward to ay content you share, cheers
Thanks Neil, looking at the water levels there must have been a few places damaged especially wherever that trampoline came from. It must take a lot of water to do that.
If you want to learn how to catch trout consistently in the Taupo Rivers during winter check out my Guide to Fly Fishing Taupo Rivers in Winter here: www.crazyaboutflyfishing.com/taupo-winter-fly-fishing and use the code VIDEO15 to get 15% off the course.
It's all about sinking faster (in winter) because the fish behave differently. Level thin tippet sinks much faster than a tapered leader. The tapered leader casts much better but with a weighted fly in winter all I care about is getting down to the fish, which mostly hold deep and won't move too much for flies, especially upwards. In this stream a tapered leader would be ok as most of it isn't too deep but on the bigger fast Taupo rivers you really need to get those flies down as much as possible. The other benefit is less drag. Thinner diameter level tippet has much less drag in the water so less affected by swirly currents. But in the end there is a balance. You still need to be able to comfortable cast this heavy rig and if a tapered leader makes life easier than it may be a better choice depending on where you fish. Hope that makes sense.
The last thing I expected was a trampoline! Surely that tops the list for unexpected find? Also, I often find myself tying tippet to a leader over and over until there are like 5 segments. At that point are you better of just making a new leader?
Haha yeah it was a strange find for sure. Fewer knots are better. If my tippet gets too short I will retie that entire part of the leader with a new section of tippet instead of just adding more.
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishingHy Johan, good footage and some nice fish. I have found that using tippet to ring to tippet construction I have better presentation and fewer breakages. Agree with you about using just one fly, less bother and more time actually fishing! Cheers mate Harera
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishingBe careful about the brand you buy. My son bought the larger size ( fishing set up for two flies) and lost a lot of fish in breakage as the metal had some sharp edges that cut the line! I buy the good ones in larger size and found a good system. I like your idea of a double lubricant system. I have used both, but never together, brilliant! I thought that us blokes with moustache’s always used our whisker combs for more things and never thought that you younger fellows would ever catch on! Cheers mate, Harera
The Dry dropper is my favorite setup especially for small streams here in North Central Pennsylvania. You can control drag, maneuver the rig so much better, and see those subtle takes that offten get missed. Great method!
Good video, thanks for the detailed depth info and tippet sizes..... Quick question....curious....how long do you make your tag for the dry? If you keep cutting it back it's really short to tie any knot to the dry fly right? Thanks again, and tight lines.
I like it about 15cm and use a double davy knot which doesn't use as much tippet. When the tag gets to short it is best to re-tie but you can snip it off and tie a new tag on using a sliding uni-knot above the previous knot or using a figure of 8 knot.
🤣 I'll have to look up what I said. Hope it wasn't something silly. Tight lines and thanks for watching. This is an old as vid though so check out my channel for something new.
Thank you for posting my friend...I fish there ex Sydney few times every year - what a great part of the world and a mecca for trout fishing....love all your video contributions on the channel...we should catch up sometime and throw some flies ..all the best!
Love the video. Years ago, my older brother, dad and myself went on a guided fishing trip on the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam (Arizona, USA) and our guide set us each up with a dry-dropper set up: #10 Royal Wolff trailed by an #18 zebra midge. Caught beautiful rainbows most of the day on the midge but at a certain point, the trout began taking the attractor fly. What a fun day and fun way to fish flies.
Glad you enjoyed it. Noted on the music and the net. Both have been changed since this video. Check out some of my new videos on my channel you might enjoy. Tight lines.
I tend to do a tail of pheasant tail fibres but honestly can't remember with these ones. This was some time ago.. I tend to tie variations depending on what materials I have at hand
I keep hearing people saw to put in on the leader, but if your fishing shallow water would you put it on the tippet? I'm new to this and confused lol I'd appreciate any information on this. Thanks!
It really depends on your setup but if I am fishing shallower than 3 feet I tend to use a dry dropper setup instead but you could easily use the the thin size tubing and create a small sliding indicator on the tippet close to the fly. The key is thin tippet thin tubing and smaller indicator. Thicker leader , bigger indicator for fishing deeper and heavier flies. Rule of thumb.
The browns I have caught all had paler flesh than the rainbows but I think diet might influence that and each species preferred niche, they are different, is possibly part of the explanation.
I can hear that adrenaline kicking in listening to you breathing rate as you go down the bank for the brown 😂 great video as always. Thanks for keeping us entertained.
Throw the Brownie up on the riverbank and leave it there and concentrate on the rainbows. No not really, but in certain company Brown trout are scorned.When carrying out repairs to the NZED properties in Tūrangi in the early eighties we would find, sometimes, clotheslines full of split trout, all Rainbows, drying in the cold air for storage and later consumption and commerce(yes you read that right) there would be no Browns amongst them being deemed an inferior eat by people whom trout made up a significant part of their diet. A local who worked in our workshop told me locals would as like or not do what I first suggested. Personally I have never bothered much with them, not that I haven’t caught my share, I just find their pursuit and capture boring and then I don’t want to eat them when I do catch them. Their colour puts me off, it is the colour of jaundice. The “commerce” mention earlier was interesting also, my fathers family had bootlegging connections when and where my dad grew up and the commercial trout market in NZ works in a very similar manner to how bootlegging operated in Canada during the depression and US prohibition. All this i am able to verify. I still have my fathers chauffeur licence which he had to drive around one of the big bootleggers so the Canadian Federal Police would have no grounds to hassle him. My fathers continued employment in the role meant he was allowed no driving indiscretions at all. And he ended up with the bootleggers daughters name tattooed on his arm, which he later had to get blanked out when he met my mother.
Awesome thanks for sharing that amazing story and history. I believe they actually tried to exterminate the browns in lake Rotorua for that very reason but didn't succeed. I've only ever eaten one brown and I can't remeber what it tasted like. I only eat rainbows from Lake Taupo now all others taste like mud to me. Thanks again for the fascinating info. Tight lines
*fools! I always preferred to eat browns growing up. You could always count on browns to have rich orange flesh where as the rainbows were hit and miss.
Awesome work man! Such a different way to fish with the Czech nymph setup in a tiny stream - -but your technique works that's for sure. Wondering - that pole cam (insta360) made some great footage how come you're not using that? Well done & cheers for sharing
Yeah the insta360 was great but multiple reasons. 1. Lots of extra work as all the footage needs to be keyframed and exported. Can't use it as it is. 2. Lenses damage easily and need lens covers that also scratch easily and cost 30 per set and don't last long aslo fog up. 3. Quality isn't that great. The new X4 fixed all of that but now it has an overheating problem with long recordings which I need to check if it is a real problem before I consider getting one.
Ah true. That does sound like a hassle compared to the simplicity of the gopro. Not sure if worth it but the content WAS good. Anyway, your last few vids are great too. Have a sweet weekend
@@nzadventurer I've got an alternative plan coming using my second GoPro. Someone sent me a video with an over the shoulder setup which gives the same POV as I did with the 360 cam. In general a double GoPro setup is the easiest. But the new X4 has me very interested. I am researching the overheating problem. If it isn't as bad as some suggest I may still go that route in the long term. It does give me a lot of options.
Soon the winter fly fishing in Taupo will also kick off. If you want to learn how to catch trout consistently in the Taupo Rivers during winter check out my Guide to Fly Fishing Taupo Rivers in Winter here: www.crazyaboutflyfishing.com/taupo-winter-fly-fishing and use the code VIDEO15 to get 15% off the course.
