Beyond the Water Temperature: Observing Trout Condition & Behavior & Environmental Conditions 

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100% - and why we aren't discussing ethical/fair chase seasons when it is patently obvious that the trout are struggling through flood/drought conditions and how those impact fish condition & behaviour is puzzling, esp given the risks involved to populations given the #s of anglers. It's a good topic to get going, though we know it'll be 20-30 years before this kind of thinking takes hold in management/populace

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peak of summer can be a wonderful time or a struggle for the trout.

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Something we love doing - hiking/biking/rafting to fish. We'll be doing a lot more of this in our videos moving forward :)

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Thank you - if we weren't that we'd be ignoring what we've learned and turning from sharing it. It's always intended as non-absolute but something to consider into the greater scheme and future :)

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Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for this. Especially for this video. It is very appreciated and supportive, especially given the message of the video and how we do our lives together :)

Glad you enjoyed it! Incredible countryside to ride in and not a surprise there's a number of doggo ones right now.

I think you're in tough a little bit. :) A double streamer set up will be great, tightline nymphing the riffles will work very well. Obviously the big beetles will get the reactionary fish but I'd definitely hone in on the tightline nymphing of prime riffles if catching is the main goal! :)

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Maybe some day we will!

It's an incredible dilemma - moreso in certain variables (and more) in one region then others in another. In Alberta, when I was pushing hard to set the terms of the Emergency Trout Streams Closures here, I was pushing for a post-flood rest period to have equal footing as summer heat/drought but the biologist in charge of the sub-committee wouldn't even acknowledge it even though the main Round Table had pushed it forward. In our case we have native species to consider as well. While this video is based in NZ it is really a global question to the future, finding a way the coming decade to include the things I share here. There is no way that a tourist angler in NZ should be able to target susceptible/vulnerable fish just because they've paid their fee. But how do you get them, much less Kiwis, to acknowledge the things I/we address here? And compound in there the issue of PETA pointing at exactly this as reason to shut down fishing, despite the fact that the only reason trout are in NZ is essentially for us to play God with? But the least that is coming is looking at the totality of the season and need for rest periods beyond just the water temperature. Critically low, critically short energy, critically high/severe/prolonged flooding, etc will come into play in season and calls will have to be made to address these. And communication will then be critical - which is why I am a huge proponent of every angler having to be tied to an app communication system. Much, much more thought in my head to these things into the future - not absolutist, of course, but we're going to have to find mechanisms to management into the future to accommodate them. In looking at water allocations, fishery use and the plight of the Madison R in Montana, for example, and it screams for such management inclusion of the issues and communication. Just thinking out loud :)

We use a Helios 3F 5wt with a DT line.

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to an extent that's true but remember we're talking a negative energy environment where the amount of energy spent swimming even a little bit >>>> food availability in winter/scouring flooding. PS - T-shirts in 2023 :)

We use a 4 or 5 wt DT and we explain why in our Gear Chapter of our Master Course offered at our Membership channel here. www.patreon.com/jensenflyfishing. It would be great to have you join us.

It's great to hear you enjoyed the video. I shared in a previous message about the fly line we use.

60mm mac; 14 - 150; 75 - 300 :)

We could have done exactly that but then had to walk back down valley at the end of the day to then ride back up. We always like to get the hard part done first so we ride, park the bikes, walk downstream to start, then walk back to the bikes. Funny, we always do the hard parts in life first :)

Maybe, sure. But this isn't about catching fish, which we could easily do... it's about respecting rhe state of the fish and asking if we anglers should be targeting them at any point during these conditions.