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@@owensmith8501 dude. Same. Split shot is a must when fishing unweighted egg patterns in heavy current. Last year I fished a really deep run for steelhead and I knew there was fish in there but I couldn’t get deep enough. I kept adding on split shot at a time until I finally ticked the bottom with 4 of them on there. Banged five steelhead in a row as soon as I was deep enough. Getting the weight right is key. Thanks for watching!

@@adamhall9200 thanks for the offer man. I appreciate it. I rarely ever get back up during steelhead season. I wish I had more chances to chase them but I’m glad I at least get one per year most years.

@@johndelaney8405 now that sounds like fun! Thanks for watching.

@@1WilliamsBrian I would love to fish up there sometime. I’m going out tomorrow for some trout which is still awesome but those steelhead are legit.

That’s a good idea. Especially while steelheading!

@@fabios35076 hi there. It depends on the size water that I’m fishing. In this video I’m fishing a Diamondback 10’10” 2wt. The reel is a Redington tilt. I fish this setup on medium to larger water. I have a 10’ 2wt DB that I fish on smaller creek and streams. I use a Galvan GEN 3.5 with this setup since it is lighter and doesn’t need as much weight to balance. When steelheading I use a DB 10” 10” 6wt and the same tilt but with more weights in it. Hope this is helpful.

@brooktoriverflyfishing Thanks Fpr quci reply . I'm actually looking At The DB 6wt Also for steel heading Seeing alot of solid reviews Is there anything Negative you dont like about your 6wt?,

@ it’s a great stick. You can see it in action in some knarly conditions here. I caught 25 in one day last year on it and a tilt reel. I only get to steelhead fish for Erie steel one day a year so I gotta make it count. And no, there are no glaring weaknesses that I see with it. ruclips.net/video/eyhhk1kklG0/видео.htmlsi=m5nYPmQczxpafa_I

@brooktoriverflyfishing Thanks Eric, how do you add weight to your reel to balance? Checking video out now!!

@ the empty weight of the tilt is 5.7 oz. There are also three 1oz weights that you can add separately so the total weight is 8.7 without fly line or backing. I fish it with 1 weight on my 10’10” 2wt and 2 weights or 1 weight but moved farther back with my 6wt 10’ 10”. I Haven’t found a scenario yet where I needed all three weights. Please consider subscribing if you enjoy this type of content and technical stuff. I am also shooting a steelhead rigging video that covers lots of technical aspects of rigging and gear set up. Hope to have it out by the end of next week if all goes well.

Thanks Cory. I only know one way to fish and that’s all in. I don’t like doing anything halfway.

@@gtmrbs6066 thanks Greg. It’s is quite an easy tie and I bet you are right about the black/silver. I have found that to be a great color combo on several other jig streamers I have tied.

@@Thefishyveteran thanks! It was a blast. Wish I got to go more than once a year but I try to make the best of my one day I do get.

Nice. I have them in white, black, and rust as well but honestly the olive works so well I never fish the others. What other colors do you have success with?

White,black and brown along with olive. I tie mine size 14

@ gotcha. I know Landon fishes some smaller ones too.

It's a winner for sure! Thanks for watching

Thanks, it’s a pretty easy pattern and super effective. Here is the link to the blue steel caddis video that I learned off of. ruclips.net/video/P9QbaqLRMu8/видео.htmlsi=cptpbRcDPeOXYOBE

@@stn7w thanks Steve!

Thanks. I had to keep working it every few minutes to keep it spinning freely.

@@davidchao1 hi David. You are welcome! I’m glad you found it helpful.

In the fly fishing industry there are lots of opinions about what is “fly fishing” vs what is not. People are entitled to their opinions and I try to be respectful of them while still fishing how I like. Many times people feel very strongly about these issues and friendships have been lost over this type of thing. In my videos I try to show people what works for me while letting them make their own decisions about how they fish. Thanks for watching.

@ woww that’s corny but I can see that being a thing. These days ppl will divide over ANYTHING. Only thing I care about is fisherman keeping fisheries clean, and no POACHING.

Amen to that. The longer I fly fish the smaller bugs I fish on a consistent basis.

Thank you I’m glad you liked it. No particular reason really. I sometimes fish the blob if beads aren’t working bc the blob is not something they see everyday. Sometimes just a little difference in a pattern is enough to gain their interest. I started with a bead and caught 3 or 4 on it but I did fish the blob some too. I missed a couple on it but I fished it more toward the end when there was a ton of ice in the water so it was harder to register takes. I actually tied some size 10 blobs with 5.5mm beads in preparation for this trip and expecting to fish the fast deep water. As you know most of the fish were in pretty shallow water this time. I did put one on at the end to try to punch through all the ice and even that couldn’t get through. Thanks for watching.

@@headfakez I agree. It’s so peaceful. Thanks for watching.

@@brooktoriverflyfishing happy fishing and holiday!

Yep. That’s what they were. Fingerless rag wool gloves. Cost me like $12 and I’ve used them for 10 years. Keep my hands warm even when wet. Plus I keep handwarmers in my pockets for when my fingers get cold. Honestly the only part of me that was consistently cold were my toes. I’m planning on doing another steelheading video on cold weather preparations and rigging. I’ll talk about the gloves in that one more.

@@twopassionsfishing386 thanks buddy! I’m still learning too. I don’t get to do it enough to have it all figured out but it sure is fun trying.

@@twopassionsfishing386 I am planning on doing another steelhead video soon where I talk about how I rig for them and my preparations for dealing with the cold. That one may be of interest to you.

@@patrickmcphee770 thanks Patrick. Solving the puzzle is one of my favorite parts of fly fishing. It’s so rewarding when you figure it out. This is the first time I have found them that shallow and out of the current. Usually if they are shallow they are in the current and moving up river but bc of the water temps it was different this time. Only having one day a year makes it extra challenging and rewarding. Tight lines!

Nice. Sounds like you all will have lots of water for the next few months now. Thanks for watching.

@@arcticmorning thanks for watching and for the kind words. Tight lines.

@@JRS94-m7q thanks for watching. It was so much fun and a day I won’t soon forget.

Wow. That went up quick! No reason to fish dangerous water, fly shop sounds like a good choice.

Haha. There were more at the beginning of the day. Most cleared out by 9:30. My buddy had to leave early due to a prior commitment. Not too many as crazy as me I guess. Only one other car there when I left. Roads were a mess on the way out.

@brooktoriverflyfishing I had all my stuff packed up ready to go up that day but saw it had already been snowing all night and seem like ever since ha

It's a regular occurrence for a steelheader including myself. 0 degrees? No problem

@@ryancoleman1 the weather's no problem but water conditions are Believe I know make the 4 round trip drive up from Pittsburgh and not be able to fish sucks

Thanks buddy. Last year, I had better conditions and landed 25 in my one day up there. Sadly, I hadn’t started my channel yet. Oh well, there will always be more years.

Some more tying videos in the future? Great stuff

@@downandout6670 thanks buddy. I some ideas in the pipeline. A few of them are tying videos. A killer winter pattern and another one for springtime. Stay tuned :-)

Yeah I hear some places in Erie had like 50”+ of snow since then. That’s insane. On a positive note, you should have water all winter now probably.

@@Thesteelheadaddiction I agree. When I’m steelheading, I want all the bad weather!

@ bad weather or stable conditions. Nothing in between 😂

@@fredmurray6190 yeah it’s the first time all year they have had water. They should be set for awhile now. Haha. Last year I had better conditions and landed 25. The year before was 17. Before I started tightlining for them I was thrilled with 1 or 2 in a day. It’s amazing how effective it is.

@@brooktoriverflyfishing I used to drift fish (same as this but with tackle) in clear PNW creeks. It was amazing watching beads (Corkies back then) drift a couple inches over their head and they wouldn't budge. Basically had to float it right into their mouth sometimes. So as close to bottom as possible was key, which is what euro nymphing also seems to do. Just lose a ton of gear.

Thanks for watching and the tip. I actually have a black paint marker I just haven’t tried it yet. I have used some tri color Cortland sighter that had black in it for trout but I didn’t have it in heavy enough diameter for steelhead.

@ yeah give it a shot pick up some 2X or whatever. I just couldn’t believe on my friend showed me. I picked up his cider from 10 times further away than mine even was. Also awesome to see more guys euroing for steelhead. Just started this year with you same DB 10 10 6wt love it. You plan on getting the 7wt?

@ nah. I don’t use my steelhead rod often enough to spend that kind of money on it. I bought my current rod used for $300. Was a great find.

The three buddies I go with like fishing 16, but after this years experience on 16, we rather walk and distance ourselves from people. My buddy caught a 21” brown on 16 and released it, the next day (Saturday) there were groups of unethical snaggers, and his Brown was on one of the stringers. It really hit us all hard that there are people that do this. Many of the sportsman in Erie are cool people tho.

This is in Pa on an Erie trib. Elk.

Yeah I can’t stand when people tear up a resource for their own gain like that. Makes me sick. Thanks for watching!

Not smart if you are not prepared to spend the night stranded on the interstate the snow event that weekend was epic and people got hurt trying to travel through that area.

Thank you Dale. I spent most of a week preparing for that one day of fishing. It’s a big deal to me. And yes, fishing in the cold is fun. I do it all winter long in Va.

@@blueridgeflyguy9551 awesome. I don’t get down that way as much as I’d like but thanks for the offer. I appreciate you watching.

@ all good. I fish up near Harrisonburg, VA often and also the Gunpowder in MD

@@robertperman8967 since I only go one day a year, I’m fishing in pretty much anything. Was sad my day got cut short but it was still awesome. Thanks for watching.

@@brooktoriverflyfishing why only one day a year?

@@robertperman8967 the drive is 8 hours if you don’t stop. I have little kids so we have to stop which makes it more like 10. We go up that far to see our family so most of our weekend is full before we arrive. I wish it were more but I’m thankful for the day I do get.

Excellent video. Tight lines🪰🦟🕷️!!!!!

I fish in zero degrees and up. All about how your dress. Have success in all weather and water temps

@@FD-dh2fu thanks for watching!

@@chadhill21 yeah man. It’s been fun. Just got done steelheading on Black Friday. Going to be working on a video and hopefully getting it out by next weekend.

@brooktoriverflyfishing Awesome and inspiring stuff man. I look forward to watching it and catching up to fish with you.

@@danielcano2019 thanks for the positive feedback. I appreciate it.

Thanks man. I put those inch marks on there to help figure out the sink rates for different flies. The tank is roughly a foot deep when filled all the way to the top. With a little math I can figure out how far it sinks per second.

I’m glad it can help you. I don’t know if you can find the exact ones in the video in Ireland or not but I bet you will find something that works.

@@Mouafishingthings hi and thanks for watching. I have not had any issues with my 4x adams at all. It’s as strong now as the day I bought it a year ago. I do have a spool of 4.5x that is more “fragile” for lack of a better term but I’m almost always running the 4x so it doesn’t matter to me too much. I know that some people have had issues but I love the stuff.

@@dalesheehan9404 I have caught so many fish rigged this way. I know people say that strike detection is hindered by this setup but I have not had any issues detecting takes at all. Thanks for watching.

@@BIGJ3748 thanks for watching. I’m on public water in Virginia. If you want more info Facebook DM me.

@@brooktoriverflyfishing Thanks for getting back to me. In NJ, just curious.

Thank you and thanks for watching. It’s still amazing to me that people all over the world watch my humble little videos.

Thank you and thanks for watching. It’s still amazing to me that people all over the world watch my humble little videos.

@@tulix9572 thank you and thanks for watching.

@@lostwatersflyfishing I have learned a lot from watching my bugs underwater. Certain materials have more movement than others but it’s not always obvious when they are dry. Thanks for watching.

@@DavidSmigas that’s awesome David! I was sure that there was someone else out there as crazy as I am. I even put inch marks on my tank so I could calculate my drop time in feet per second if I wanted to. It’s also very eye opening to look at sink rate with tippet attached. Along with different entry angles. All of these little things can make a difference when trying to choose the right fly for a given situation. I appreciate the kind words and thanks for watching.

@@brooktoriverflyfishing I was wondering about the numbers on the tank , like I said pure genius when used with the drop gadget. I may be older and have been doing this longer but you're way ahead of me in experimentation and advancing knowledge in the fly tying world. I'm a fan !

@@DavidSmigas thanks again. I like coming up with simple solutions to complex problems. There are several other videos on my channel where I solve common fly fishing problems using unconventional methods. One with a hairclip to solve tangled tag flies and one with arrow pullers to get stuck fly rods apart. Feel free to check them out and subscribe if you want to see more videos like these.

@@hannesgumundsson866 you are welcome! I’m glad it was helpful to you. If you want to see more of this type of content, please consider subscribing to the channel. Thanks for watching!