Let him fish Jerry! You get plenty of fish down "your way"! (Kidding of course!😄). Nice job South Fork Salt! Great fly action! Thanks also for mentioning your experiences with the gill netters. Guys have to make a living, but it's ridiculous how much bycatch gets killed, and how many of the targeted species get killed through "culling". Hey, you two guys could do a collaborative video: "Dueling Flyrods and GoPros"...or something like that... Tightest of lines guys... Frank
Try strip setting instead of pulling your rod up if you miss the strip set too they might go after it again because it just looks like the bait darting away
it's been fun! real solid bite for a few days. It seems to be winding down on the ocean front. We'll see how it looks this afternoon. thanks for watching! hopefully we can fish together sometime. I almost never go west, but be sure to hit me up if you're ever coming out east!
William D fly fishing the ocean surf ain’t easy. I had to capitalize on these calm waters to up my game a bit during this “preseason.” Luckily there were fish there to make it even more worthwhile. Thanks for watching, and the comment!
I'm 17 and I'm doing my senior project on the effects of commercial fishing in my home state of North Carolina.... With little research I found out just how bad it is. There is literally nothing good about it... (yeah you get fish) A lot of nets and traps get broke off or somehow end up in the ocean and just continue to kill masses of fish. Here in North Carolina the boats get in small stretches of our brackish rivers, and will wait for rec. fisherman to catch a couple fish, then move in and absolutely destroy that area. The final effects extremely outweigh the benefits of it. Anyways, great video, can't wait to use my new fly rod out on the surf near me!
JVDfishing good for you dude. Best of luck on your project. The term for discarded nets continuing to “fish” post-Mortem is “ghost fishing.” It’s tough to get a gauge of just how many fish are killed and wasted in this manner. Regardless, the amount of netted sea life that is considered bycatch and thus wasted by “responsible” fishing is pretty staggering. I say “responsible” hesitantly because I don’t think it’s a good method at all..... but I do see worse methods, such as gill nets being left for days without a check-up. That is downright irresponsible. Freakin eco-terrorism. Lots of waste. I could go on forever about this. It sucks. Open some eyes with that project my man!! Tight lines to ya. Thanks for watching.
Craig Ono i believe it’s a 120 foot weight-forward line. There’s probably around 150 yards of backing, but I’m not sure about that. I tied the fly on either a 2/0 or 4/0 hook.
The no-wind factor got me out of bed. That in itself is a miracle. I want to be able to fly fish the Montauk rocks, so I gotta put in my time learning how to work these small swells. The only person I like competing with is myself.... I sure would love to fish with those guys though! They'd be ideal company!
Some morning! What wt. St Croix are you using and what reel, also how you like it? Mash all my hooks down and don't lose many fish at all. Easy releases and even replace all my trebles with one single circle hook. From Hampton Bays and have seen the netters you talked about, it's a shame.
this is the first fly rod I purchased, a St. Croix Rio Santo 8wt. The first one I had broke easily, but they replaced it for very cheap. it did the job. I don't trust it if i'm fishing for twenty pounders, although I caught a 14 pound bluefish on it. Fish nearly tore my arm off.
I live in the southern coastal NC area and am new to fly fishing in the surf. I tried the Wrightsville area, surf is very heavy as is the Carolina Beach/Kure Beach area. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I might have some fun pitching line instead of getting beat up by the surf?
I don't know your area, but I'd recommend trying some fresh water ponds. I learned in brackish, on docks for the most part. I could only roll cast in those conditions. a lot of ponds will have plenty of open space to practice all different types of fly casting. I fish a good amount on bridges too, and the longer ones provide ample room for back casting parallel to the bridge. You can cover a lot of water like that, and stand a good chance at catching fish. The great thing about fly rods is even a 1 pound fish feels amazing. so hit the backwaters, where there's not a lot of wind, and enjoy yourself! good luck!
it's called a stripping basket. you'll most often be under-gunned if you don't have one, and incredibly frustrated. They come in many forms, and it's easy to make your own. don't waste time without one!
@@strichards5337 line management. It's easier to shoot 100ft of line (if you need to) when its coiled nicely in a basket, versus on the ground, wrapped around your feet, or stuck to the water. The "stuck-to-the-water" problem is especially bad in breaking surf.
6 feet of 15-40 pound mono is a good leader. I use a thicker leader when there's a high berm behind me, because there's a high chance my knot and fly are gonna catch sand in my backcast. I've lost a lot of flies because of that problem. If you're a beginner, use a thicker leader. My fly line in this video is a Rio Outbound Short. Most of the surf fish I catch on the fly are close to the beach lip, within 20 feet of dry sand. It's always fun to cast far though.
I may be late commenting on this video but it hurts us fishermen when trawlers net unwanted fish and the species end up dead yet we the fishermen have to pay the price by licenses, size and hooks that must be used with bait. I believe in the rules and abide by them but damn those that get away with it illegally. Peace.
I tie a tapered leader with whatever I have, usually 60/30/15lb...... 5-6 feet of 60, 3ft of 30, 1.5ft of 15..... it's never exact, but thats basically it. uni-uni knots to connect them all. Many people will just use a long, single strand of 20lb. That's fine too.
yeah man. sad day. then the carcasses haunted me for weeks. stunk like ass. the worst part was that non-fisherman people who were walking on the beach didn't understand that it was the gill nets. They thought it was all the surfcasters lined up on the beach. we got a lot of dirty looks.