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@@steviebby That would be an extremely short video Steve…

@@robertlouis24 haha sometimes seconds count ! Well that’s what I tell her 😂

Turn your phone off 😁

@@michaelh3994 Michael - I sometimes feel that I am a walking advertisement for Simms, Orvis and Loon 😬

Don’t tempt us 🤔😁

@@adzoutnabout8666 Ha - all good - Lionel and I have a great relationship - I am always plugging him for information - and we often get so excited that we talk over eachother…

@@robertlouis24 understood 🙂

⁠@@adzoutnabout8666 I need a haircut too 😂

Interesting your thoughts on flyline head shapes and flyline manufacturers, we love our SA stuff in the shop and it does have the BEST after sales service. MPX and Infinity tapers work nicely for most trout applications. Maybe you’re a bit “behind the times” but the days of indicator fishing have been replaced with foamy hoppers. If a trout’s dumb enough to hit a indicator it’ll hit a foam hopper… most “traditional” taper flylines struggle with carrying foam and a dropper. The Infinity and MPX tapers make hopper dropper fishing a breeze. Titan tapers are awesome for throwing XOS profiles at nasty critters. Also great for slowing down the recent spate of “Fast Action Rods” presented to the market… So true to weight? Overline/Underline. I honestly don’t think it matters. It’s all about getting your offering in front of fish as efficiently as possible.

@@larryh9525 Your comments are always so well reasoned Larry - are you involved in the flyfishing industry? You clearly know your stuff. I have also heard that the old Scott Radian - which many New Zealand fly fishers rate as one of the best rods ever made for their conditions - has been recycled as the Scott Session - I have yet to fish one - a friend of mine, Ryan Baxter, recently purchased a Scott Session in a 6wt and I know that he is super happy with his purchase - I have fished a Scott Centric 10’ 6wt, which was lovely - Scott are making great rods at the moment, that is for sure…

@@larryh9525 Larry - you should definitely take your 5wt - and, in the Douglas Sky G 9’ 5wt you have one of the greatest 5wt rods ever made - I have not personally fished that rod, but a trusted friend of mine (Ant) has one and cannot stop raving about it - I also see that it yet again won the 5wt shootout by Yellowstone Angler - as an aside, in 2nd place on that shootout was the G. Loomis Asquith 9’ 5wt, which is the rod that I have. I was lucky enough to fish a stunning freestone river in a steep valley on one of my days and there was not a breath of wind - and my 5wt was a pleasure to fish with, and a welcome change from the 6wt (R.L. Wilson Air 2 9’ 6” 6wt) that I had fished with for the previous 5 days - on a couple of those days I could have fished my 5wt, but I was not confident enough to downsize - all of the anglers in my group, including my buddy Michael, were all fishing 6wt. I am extremely thankful to my guide on that 6 day for suggesting that we could fish with a rod other than a 6wt - on our way to the river I asked our guide for the day what he would fish and he said the he would typically fish a Scott 10’ 4wt on a day like the one that we experienced - and that day, along with 1 particular trout that I caught on that day, is my lasting highlight memory of my 1st NZ fishing trip.

@@larryh9525 Larry - thanks so much for your extremely well thought out and reasoned comment - I wonder how many similar gems of knowledge are scattered throughout YT comments - as you say, matching rods to lines is a bit of a black art - I am lucky enough to own a G. Loomis Asquith 9’ 5wt (that I bought second hand in Australia - unused - for A$950) which I was lucky enough to pair with a RIO Gold WF-5-F straight up, and which I have found to be a perfect pairing - I have subsequently read somewhere that this is the precise line that Loomis recommends for this rod (it is that combination of rod & reel that I fished on my last guided day in NZ this year when we hiked up a small freestone river - and discovered that amazing batch) - finding a line to pair with my R.L. Winston Air 2 9’ 6” 6wt has proved to be a more tricky, and, as I have ended up favouring the RIO Predator WF-6-F - which handled the wind that I experienced on the first 5 guided days in NZ like a champ - the Sydney flyfishing club that I am member of, Sydney Flyrodders, has a world class casting instructor (David Caddies) and I have already attended one of his free casting sessions which I throughly enjoyed - after NZ I realised that I have to improve my casting - the combination of a longer rod (9’ 6”), longer leaders than I was used to (15’+), wind and the demanding eye of guides created a tough environment in which I wanted to perform. You have encouraged me to try the SA Creek - I have often wondered what a reverse taper is - and what the specific benefits are - it does seem as though many industry insiders recommend SA lines (and I am aware that SA makes all of the Orvis lines that Dave & Amelia Jensen use, including their favoured Double Taper format). As an aside, I am a Patreon of Dave & Amelia and reached out to both of them when I was undecided about which 6 weight I should buy as a second rod to complement by Air 2 for my next trip to New Zealand (which is in January 2025 with the Jensen’s on a hosted trip) - my research had led me to the Scott G Series 8’ 8” 6wt - so I reached out to the Jensen’s through the chat feature in Patreon and received a lovely response from Dave, who mentioned that he has owned 3 G Series rods in the past, albeit all in lighter weights than a 6wt - I picked up this rod last week and am planning to fish it this weekend for the first time - with a RIO Gold WF-6-F. Thanks again for your thoughtful comment.

@@robertlouis24 Here's some additional insight into Smooth Creek. If you look at Rio's taper chart for Perception and Bonefish Quickshooter, they also reverse taper lines. Perception is for fresh and QS is for the salt. They differ from SC, by having a 35' plus head length. So the reverse taper design is not unique to SA. SA's prior generation of this line was Mastery Art and had a 35' head. On my SKY G (5wt) and Hardy Ultralight(4wt), I find perception too light and it will not turn over the size 8-10 wooly buggers I fish in the spring. However, HU 864 is better with 5wt Perception. I find that rods with a faster tip like the 6wt Loomis IMX Pro are better if I go down one line size to a 5wt SC. With the Loomis, I've found that for lines with a 40' head, I need to go up one line size from 6 to 7 wt to get the correct feel for my casting stroke. Let me distill that paragraph into something practical. If the rod feels underlined with the current line, then SA SC will likely work. If the rod feels overlined with SA SC, try dropping down one line size or try Perception in a size that matches the rod. I've found that rods that flex down into the 2nd section are a better fit for SA SC in the size that matches the rod, say 5wt for a 5wt. I find that with Bonefish QS Rio misstates the grain weight on the package by as much as 25 grains. On my Orvis H3 8wt, I need to use 7wt QS as the softer tip on the H3 can't handle the 8wt QS. However, on my SKY G 8wt, which is more like an H3-D, the 8wt QS pairs fine and can handle the additional weight. The upper section of your rod, along with tip speed, will dictate which line works better. That's why matching a line to a rod is a black art. 🙂

@@adzoutnabout8666 I need Wookiee trimmers for my eyebrows…

The Elevation and GPS coordinates are a built-in feature of my BMW X5 - that is always on the right hand side of the screen (with Apple CarPlay on the left hand side) - great feature that I absolutely love - and not a separate App…

@@robertlouis24 I have an Africa Twin motorcycle that has a dashboard with Apple CarPlay. I've been looking for an altitude app compatible with CarPlay for some time and haven't found it, I'd like something similar to your X5. I'll keep looking! Tks!

@@ventosul. You could consider buying a Garmin GPSMAP 67i (which has InReach functionality) with a mount for your motorcycle - and see if the Altimeter page is sufficient - I took a quick look look at the guide for this unit on the Garmin website and it looks great, and easy too use. Use your phone for navigation and the Garmin for location specific information. Garmin would also be a backup for your phone. Note that the InReach subscription is A$40/month for the plan that I use - but you don’t need an InReach subscription to use this unit for what you want it for.

@@LeighCockburn yup - two of my best dunkings ever - I have had to swim once, in the Fish River, which was a bit scary - and I am sure that there will be plenty more…

I use the Fishpond Confluence Net Release 2.0 magnets - very strong - almost too strong…

@@robertlouis24 thank you so much!! how did you attach it? doesn't look like the metal o ring that comes with it

@@freeride1520 the magnet it comes with a metal o-ring - I then use three of zip-ties to connect the o-ring to the plastic buckle on the waistbelt - I then trim the zip-ties as close as I can - and then cover the cut edge of the zip-ties with Loon UV Knot Sense so that they do not scratch me…

Yup - Spencer does not subscribe to his father’s conservative filming guidelines…

Norm - the whole day was a lesson in attrition - after my 2nd dunking, which was a doozy, I seriously considered collapsing my rod and hiking out - but I am not a quitter - and the minor discomfort of wet feet was worth it in the end - when I finally got back to the caravan after dark and took off my waders, I was quite proud of myself when a fair bit of water poured out of my waders..

Thanks my friend - I enjoyed having dinner with you tonight (as always) and I hope that your steak 🥩 was cooked as you like it… I love our ‘dinners with Digby’…

@@robertlouis24 The pleasure is always mine & of course the steak was way up to your usual highest standard& I very much enjoyed being with you, Stue & Maggie.

Danny - they are called the Orvis Flip-Focal 2.2 - you will need to dedicate a cap to flyfishing, as I have with my Winderness Flyfishing cap from Scottie - as they permanently attach to your cap - cannot recommend them highly enough…

Take a look at this video that I did on my magnification journey: ruclips.net/video/ZKV6e0Fl-Ok/видео.htmlsi=i8E5b6OqWyJKr4Kz

Thanks 👍👍🙏

I seriously hope that Barbs does not see this comment 😬…she will have a hernia if I but any more gear!

Agreed - the two dunkings were worth it in the end…but not at the time - they were both horrible…every dunking makes me feel old…

Thanks so much John - I did more right than wrong - spotted the fish (tick) - filmed the fish (tick) - stalked the fish (tick) - cast to the fish without spooking it (tick) - fought the fish carefully on a barbless hook (tick) - netted the monster when it was trying to swim away from me (tick) - the only step that I missed was hooking the actual fish in the mouth…thanks for your support…it really is appreciated more than you will ever know…

Of course it matters (use a spear next time)

Yes - so so so close Frank - something to aim for next season - a goal to keep me focused…

Thanks Jonathan - it was really great to meet you (albeit briefly) when I was packing up to leave Denison the next morning - thanks for coming over and introducing yourself - let’s work out a way to hike down to the fishable stretches of the Coxs River over winter…

Thanks for your support Craig…

Frankly, I was close to giving up after that second dunking - I was far up river, and considered collapsing my rod and hiking out - very thankful that I swallowed a teaspoon of concrete and fished on…