I really enjoyed your video and think you did a good way of showing how you can catch sea trout in daylight! Many people I’ve spoken to over the years have stated that you can’t catch them unless it’s dark. Fortunately I myself knocked that one out of the park, like you it can be done. One thing I’d like to mention which you picked up on is about people thrashing the water with spinners, well I used to feel the same about this, until a group of us (6 in fact) fishing on the Welsh Dee . Five of us were spinning, myself included when John K said you guys go first and he had a 15 foot split cane fly rod with a salmon fly on and he pulled out a beautiful salmon. Since then it never bothered me if guys spin before I use a fly. I think it can wind the fish up into getting aggressive and then a fly gets the reward.
Hi salmon are different to sea trout I have witnessed a dog made to swim a salmon pool to as they said wake the fish up and it worked, but sea trout will not tolerate that. Thanks for your comments. Regards Rod
Hi Roderick, I really enjoyed watching your video. I'm looking to upgrade my landing net, the one you have in the video looks great. Who is the manufacture and where did you buy it?
Excellent piece! Filming the catching of sea trout on fly is very difficult and this is a testament to your angling skills sir!😊 I've published over a hundred utube items and sea trout have always been quite a "bogey" for me, indeed I blanked on the Kyle of Sutherland a month or two back, but I couldn't keep the footage of this beautiful area to myself though so i made a video, so maybe I'm guilty of the "failing to catch on film" syndrome!😂 A friend of mine who's a pretty successful sea trout angler always tries fly soon after the peak of a flood, and usually fares much better than the spinfishers - like you he gets on the water before they turn up! My kind of fishing on this channel, subscribed 👍good luck
Thanks, I have been out again four times trying for some more footage but so far one lost fish and one salmon par. I have had a good day at the rainbows that will be online soon. Regards Rod
Thanks, I had more videos planned on sea trout fishing but the weather went a bit on the odd side. Hoping to do a salmon video later, now that is pushing my luck. Regards Rod
Hi, first use a full action fly rod that takes a light line, sea trout have when strait from the sea soft mouths so the hook can jerk out with a stiff rod. Next when you do a bad cast leave it to swing round past the fish before recasting , fly lines hitting the water hard is the best way to scare the fish. leader strength min 6lb up to 10lb, cast length 3 to 5 yards. The nylon that I like is Maxima ultra green or Stroft GTM , Stroft is very thin. Flies need to be on good hooks I often place lead on the under body to stop them from skimming on the surface. Good luck. Rod
@@roderickwalker491 thankyou for taking the time to reply with such an in depth answer this helped me so much. Love the channel. All the best with your fishing.
I'm a lover of 3wt for small-medium river fishing, both dry (9ft) and nymphing (11ft) for me. Standard sea trout advice would be more like reservoir rainbow equipment, but proof of the pud, and prove it you did sir. Took a little while to get the final fish in, and you'd not be getting far with a double on that gear I'd imagine - but then who gets doubles, really? Question - around 5:30 onwards, the feed lane appears to be under the trees. Would it be worth considering Italian casting (if I recall) where the cast loop is under the mainline, to get under the trees slightly upstream to let the flies sink before doing the down and across? Enjoyed the simplicity of your video and ethos, so thanks. Wonderful water. Thanks.
Hi my leader strength is as strong as I can get away with, light line weight for day time fishing leads to more takes for me far less line slap than say a eight weight outfit. A few years ago I landed a sea trout over seven pounds on one of my light line outfits , I have also landed a twelve pound salmon on a four weight Rod. Regards Rod
Just remembered a double rainbow trout I had on with a heavy outfit, what a dull fight and also my biggest salmon 28 pounds on a heavy spinning rod it just stuck to the bottom of the river going nowhere, I would prefer a six pounder fresh from the sea on a light fly outfit any day to that big cock fish. Rod
Totally agree Rod. I recall reading that English gentlemen barbel anglers would pass the rod to their ghillie once the fish was hooked. For them it was the skill of solving the puzzle of deceiving the fish, not the weightlifting. There is a satisfaction in the right fly well presented
I like your humour, and your tactics. Very interesting to watch. Just wondering what you mean (in what context) when you say “ Sometimes you wonder what hallucinatory drugs early writers were using”.
Hi it is one of the Fishpond nets , it cost far too much but I have lost three nets so I thought if I spent a obscene amount on it I would make sure it does not get left at the river. £250 no need to say more
