Best advice YET: "make shit up as you go along!" That's my new motto for life. Actually might've been what I've done for 60+ years but now I can have a tshirt made up to remember. Great stuff, Alex. Learned a lot!
Thanks mate this is my favorite filler so far.. This question has been plaguing me for ages and you explained it very well and very throughly. The quailty of your videos has come along way since the beginning 🤙 Cheers & stay trippin (on trout that is)
Nice buddy. A simple tactic for keeping the split shot from sliding down is loop the tippet around the shot before placing it in the groove and pinching it down. It can't shift then. Hope that helps! 😬
Had to check this one out even though obviously a couple of years old. So, good laugh and good info. Absolutely vital to get that nymph on the bottom. I find that it is the deep and faster flowing water that is difficult. Like your approach to the Nymph rig. Have made my own leaders always but now realise I can simplify and even use a lighter main leader (you know that 8 to 10 foot part). That combined with good placement of extra weight when needed so sensible. And only adding weight when you know the nymph is not getting down. Side note that is not commented on is how you utilise the downstream water to anchor the line and get upstream. I know, seems minor, but smart fishermen use such logical tricks... Thanks, matey! Oh, glad you didn't mention all these things in this filler...now that would have been a mish mash. LOL.
Very well done, I liked how you talked us thru each drift and why you made the adjustments. Best instruction on weight and indicator depth I’ve seen. Thanks for your hard work on this video.
Always good to cover the basics,thanks Alex for the informative chat i understood perfectly what ya meant lol, ya gotta get ya gear on the bottom in front of the fish's face to entice a strike. As ya say watching that indicator and how it behaves gives you an idea of what ya nymphs are doing below ,if they are in the zone or being dragged by the current off the bottom, if they get that far in the first place, by a short leader or poorly adjusted strike indicator.I like ya holistic approach to fishing Alex taking as many factors into account ,water turbidity, flow, feeder currents and foam lines, searching the water in a methodical pattern of casts making sure to cover likely lies and beats ....always enjoy ya vids cheers dude.
All made total sense Alex, really helpful! I’ve been carrying a little container of split shot around for ages but never really an idea of when and how to use it - I do now 👍👍
Very useful info and techniques! Love your vids! For me, from a visual, photographic standpoint, a magenta or other color indicator might make it easier for viewers to see in your videos, since NZ's beautiful water sometimes has lots of white foam, which occasionally makes it a challenge to spot in your chest GoPro action coverage. Saw your pal had a red one in another vid and I picked it up immediately. A guide I had in Slovenia tied his parachute flies with a pink post and it made a huge difference seeing it in tailwater and faster water. I've had the same difficulty with reach and net handles and finally found one with a telescoping extension handle that has a snap to lock the extension in or out. With such relatively long leaders, like we use in Iceland, it helps, though not needed in the Rocky Mts. where I first fished as a kid.
Fun, informative video, cheers Alex. Really helped me heaps as I take on my first full season of fly fishing- having a blast , loads of good stuff from Trippin on Trout !! Thanks and keep the good work going 👍
Now that's a bonus, seeing the indicator dip, I almost split my coffee. A bit like when England score against Germany, if you get my drift?? Thats a really good shot Alex, nice angle and clear. The information will help a lot too, brilliant video buddy.
Nice, thanks! I have never put shot between the dropper and the point fly, and I also would never have put the shot above the dropper so close to the fly. Looking forward to biffing some more lead soon.
Thanks man. Yea sometimes the split shot moves a bit with casting - you just have to keep an eye on it as you fish. I just bite it on with my teeth but forceps would prob be better..
Hey bro. That was awesome! I've been carrying shot round for years with no idea how to use it. Can you please do a Friday filler on tips for mending line to get a natural drift? If I try what you do I just end up pulling the fly all over the river ☹️
Awesome Filler mate! Have always had trouble with judging weight and depth, this reeeeally helps. An idea for another Filler, could you show us the CORRECT way to play the fish?? I can hook them but having heaps of trouble landing them haha. Thanks man!
in Masterton for the weekend and hopefully i'll go fly fishing for the first time! Let's hope the Ruamahanga will be nice to me! I think i got very well what you were explaining, i hope i'll get to try that, let's see will i manage to even cast? :D
Well, it's been in the '90s all week and humid. On top of that, the trout fishing is kind of off to to the warm temps. I can drive 70 miles to a tailwater if I want. But I would take cold and wet and NZ sized trout any day of the week. So suck it up buttercup your spring is just about a month away!
Great vid and informative. I try similar however if i get it wrong and too deep then boom two flies lost. I lost 30 + in two days last week rotorua ways. Okay some of that number were willow trees too lol. too many snags.
Cheers for the video I ask for has alot of useful tips that I will use. Also can you play a fish for too long, I'm have issues with landing bigger fish
You can absolutely play a fish for too long. If you fight a fish to the point of exhaustion then you dramatically reduce the chances of it surviving after you release it. It’s definitely a different ball game with bigger fish....that’s why I always fish as heavy tippet as I can get away with. Then you can go harder with them and get them to the net quicker. Also make sure you are using different rod angles to control the fish as much as possible - I am currently trying to think of how I can do a Filler on this
Such good info mate. Super helpful. But maybe consider not using the term “gay” to describe negative things like at the start of the sesh. Takes away from the high quality of your content.
