Improve Your Streamer Fishing: Three Tips 

Had me cracking up

Thanks for watching! Hope you get out on the water soon.

I'm in New England, same here. Most of the time you need a roll cast. Way too many trees and too much brush.

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Ok good, glad you mentioned that. I thought it was my buds were bad.... Lol. Thanks

Awesome to hear!

Thanks Martin! Where will you be fishing?

I'm in San Antonio, TX. I fish the San Antonio River, Media River, Guadalupe River and some small creeks and ponds. Mostly Bluegill s, Chiclids, Talapia, Guads, Samllmouth and the occasional Largemouth. Been fly fishing for 2 weeks now.

@@martinramirez6702 Awesome, we've always heard there is a lot more going on in TX than just bass and the coast if you really start to look.

@3:15 He's hittn' trees so I'd imagine the un-edited version looks a bit like my day on the Jèmez River NM. Them trees have "eatin" at least 2 boxes of my flies!

Ha...I've certainly dedicated my fair share number of flies to trees and other foreign natural objects.....

I really had to force myself not to pull the rod horizontally. I lost a lot of fish. Pulling the rod horizontally tends to pull a lot more line, and quickly, out of the fish’s mouth. If you’ll notice he said learn to strip set as you lift the rod. So, it’s not like pulling the rod straight back.

Great question! It can be difficult to simulate a streamer but a big chunk of egg yarn has always been my go-to for casting practice.

Thanks for watching! Honestly, there are days on the water when conditions are perfect and we see just a few fish (or none) throughout the course of a day. Even when fishing is hot, throwing streamers is rarely a high-numbers game on our local fisheries. The best days we’ll see several follows an hour. Gaining confidence as a streamer angler can be difficult when you’re not seeing much feedback from fish. Don’t get discouraged though and don’t always assume you’re doing something wrong… some days the conditions are just tough. A few things I keep on my checklist are 1: Do I have my rig setup correctly for the conditions? (fly line, leader length, leader size) 2: Am I confident my fly is being seen by fish? 3: Do I need to change my presentation to fit conditions and “mood” of the fish? 4. Do I need to change the fly? Keep spending time on the water and things will start to click!

@@TheNorthernAnglerFlyShop Hey that's encouraging to hear. Thanks for the reply!

Sorry for the late comment, but: i had better results as a beginner with bigger depth. Then i put more weight on the flies, but that wasnt smart either, the fish see it rushing down. So cast far ahead of the pockets and let the fly sink to the ground without movement. When it is near or over the pocket you start stripping line, thats when i have most success and on average 2 good eatable fish per day out. Talking about trouts.

Learn how to do the "double haul." That loads your rod by flexing it forward, then backward, giving it more snap when the rod returns to the neutral, straight position.

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If at all possible you’ll want to keep your leader and some line out when casting. Otherwise you may not have enough mass to load the road and make a good cast.

Ahhh, it's a throwback at this point. Not sure those will be made again. Thanks for watching!

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