Видео

Thanks for the encouragement Ron! I really appreciate it!

Thanks Nick!

Same here!

Hey Jack, great advice about the lateral line and gills! You are definitely right about these being one fly per Cuda! Check out what happened to one of these after a run in with a nearly 5 foot barracuda on my trip to Turks and Caicos! ruclips.net/video/9jrTkcsbV3A/видео.html

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

Awesome man! You are gonna have a great time. If you're looking for a guide Ziga was incredible!

Glad you enjoyed it! what is your favorite place you have fished?

@@isaacness I only started fly fishing earlier this year. I live in Spain currently and so far mainly fished some rivers in Spanish Pyrenees (Ara, Cinca, Segre). They are beautiful (I have some videos from them on my channel), but the places I fished aren't as spectacular as what we saw in your videos from Slovenia :)

My wife and I have talked about doing a trip to the Spanish Pyrenees! It looks like an incredible place to fish.

@@isaacness It's amazing for trout fishing, but best to do it with a good guide who can take you to places with big fish :) Rivers in Catalonia or Huesca region of Aragon can offer a good sport! We fish for fun and usually go to places that we like and enjoy, not necessarily with the biggest fish :) And you could tick off another species - Mediterranean zebra trout!

Sorry to hear about your bad experience in Colorado! I hate to hear stories like that but unfortunately there are some inconsiderate people out there!

Awesome man! this is a good time of year to be out. where have you been fishing?

@@isaacness I fish SW michigan/NW indiana, ive only been fly fishing for about a month. i literally went out with two flies this being one of them and have caught maybe 30 fish on that single fly within the 2 day span of that original comment.

Thanks! Kentucky is one of the few states I haven't fished. How are the trout in the streams near you?

@@isaacness Narrow and cold lol. Heavily stocked too. You have to be in the mood for a bit of a hike to hook a wild brown or a rainbow. But probably one of the trout world's best kept secrets is the Cumberland. All my personal bests have come out the tailwaters of wolf creek dam.

you definitely should if you have the chance! where are your home waters?

@@isaacness I am in Colorado. We're pretty fortunate here too. Cheers!

Awesome! I lived in Steamboat Springs for 6 years, I miss it every day haha

Hex hatch in Michigan

I've heard that the Hex hatch is incredible! I need to make it over there for that. Don't you fish most of it at night?

@@isaacness yeah it starts at dark and it can go for 15min to multiple hours. I have had nights where I have caught several trout 18in+ and nights where I struggle to catch one. But normally you head out before dark because there are smaller hatches that happen before hand.

Man sounds sweet! Ill definitely have to make it that way at some point

Awesome! where are you headed? Bufords work well also. I fish quite a few of those as well.

@isaacness I'm researching a couple places & haven't decided yet. But it'll be one of Pomme De Terre State Park, Hazel Creek Lake, Henry Sever Lake, Fellows Lake, or August A. Busch Conservation Area.

Let me know how it goes for you and what you think of the pattern once you fish it!

@@isaacness Will do. Thank you.

Thanks Alan! the stuff I used is called Pearl EZ Body by Hareline and its in the size Large. I think it holds is shape better than Mylar does. Here's a link to their site: www.hareline.com/item?phrase=&category=Body+Material&line=EZ+Body&stockcode=EZL284

This is some great added context and you're completely right. the river has changed a lot since that storm. I think it was Fred, does that sound right? I recently heard from an inside source that they are going to do a renovation on that hatchery in the next year or so hopefully allowing them to stock more and bigger fish in some nearby streams in the future.

@@isaacness - Yes, that Storm name sounds familiar. It REALLY changed the way a long stretch downstream, and a little upstream, from the Hatchery fishes...and not in a good way. I've been there 4 or 5 times since and the water through there is always lower than it normally was. Even far downstream, there is a 90 degree bend with a large pool I knew of and that pool water level is also commonly lower than it normally was. I sometimes would wade across the river just before the pool and water level was always waist high...now it's knee high. And the river banks along there was severely damaged...likely from both high, rapid water flow and floating debris pushed along. The river is subjected to flash flood conditions, depending on rainfall, but I never seen damage like that done on the Davidson. You are right about the refurbishment on that Hatchery...soon there is to be a major renovation I'm told...the Hatchery will be moved farther back away from the river, among other upgrades. The Trout stocking program has already put out the alert that Trout stocking quantity within the entire state of NC will be much reduced in 2025, and maybe also reduced some in 2026, until this renovation in completed.

Hey Zach! good to make the connection! Hope you guys had some good fishing there, its been tough out there with some of the heat recently!

Im putting the finishing touches on it now! it should be available later this year

Hey Randy, I've found this method to be pretty quick and easy and produces a reliable blood knot every time!

@@isaacness I’m sorry if I was acting like an ass. Your right this is a great way to tie the blood knot and you made it look easy! I just had a hard time tying it this way so I had to find a different way. The way I was taught seems to take a bit longer but it turns out really good. I wasn’t trying too diminish the way you do it. I guess I should have said that a different way. Take care.

Man I really appreciate that! I didn't take any offense to the first comment so no worries! Always happy to hear other points of view and learn new ways to do things!

Shhhhh

Yep it sure is! I found it 3 miles back in the wilderness in a river that has never been stocked and that has a waterfall blocking any upstream fish movement!

@@isaacness great fish!

Great questions! Let my try my best to answer. First, I think I’m decent at fly fishing, I would never claim to be the best fisherman out there so I’m always happy to have help. Second, hiring a guide saves me a ton of time trying to figure out which sections of river are available to anglers, what the regulations are on those waters, and what exactly the fish are doing/eating once I get there. Without a guide it may take me 2-3 days of fishing on my trip just to learn those things before I can really be productive catching. Fishing with a guide gives me the best possible chance at catching lots of fish and big fish in the limited time I am out. Third, usually when I hire a guide I am fishing with my wife who is pretty good at fishing but benefits greatly from one on one instruction. Hiring a guide means I don’t have to be the one giving that one on one instructions so I can fish the entire time myself! The last thing I will mention is that. I really only hire guides when I am in a different country, need the use of a boat, or am fishing for a new species that I have never targeted before. I would not hire a guide to fish for trout in the US where I am from. Hopefully that helps! I am a former guide myself so I know exactly what Im paying for and in the right circumstances I think it makes a lot of sense to tap into the local expertise that can only come with countless hours spent on one single fishery.

Hey! It is the Stowmaster tournament series musky net, I think its the 94" size. great net, everyone we fish with for musky uses this net

Wow! thats a great story, I love how you took the time to slow down and observe your surroundings to figure out what was going on in the river. to me stories like that embody the spirit of fly fishing. in your 70 years of fly fishing, what is your favorite place you have fly fished?

Great question… I wish he would answer.

haha true! how about you Sean? What is your favorite place you have fished?

Thanks! What is your favorite river?

@@isaacness still searching but one in Kalimantan Borneo recently took my breath away

Wow, I would love to fish some of the waters in Southeast Asia. What fish are you targeting there? Mahseer?

Thanks Pete! Im just blessed to have a wife who will fish with me!

Thanks Richard! I appreciate the kind words. The private section starts almost right across the street from The Hub itself. There is a rope with a sign on it that hangs across the river designating where it switches from private to public. Everything upstream of that rope is public! Hope you are able to get out and find some fish on the Davidson!

Thanks man! hope you like it, these have worked great for me and i've caught countless pike and roughly a dozen musky on them

Hey Jason, glad you liked the video and appreciate the concern. plain and simple you are right, Ill try to make sure to pull over next time. Just a little added context for this, the road I was on is an infrequently travelled forest road and I could see that nobody was coming up

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

Glad you like it!

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for asking, I think I put it in the video somewhere!

Thanks Scott! I really appreciate it! The book is very close to being done, we are just finishing up some last illustrations and should have it ready to go out later this summer

email me: ness.isaac@gmail.com

Glad it helped!

Thanks!

Glad that it helped you!!

I can't tell how many years I've been messing around with this knot! I don't use it very often, but it can come in real handy if you have a lengthy piece of leader break. I'd get it right some times, but most times not and for whatever reason, the way you demonstrated how to bring the tag end through totally resonated, thanks again.

the problem I keep having is that after passing the two tag ends through, my knots are far apart and I can't figure how to fix the problem. thanks much

Try leaving more tag end so that the ends don't pull through the space as you work the knots closer together! let me know if that helps

Thanks Richard. By the way, great last name! That sounds like an incredible trip, I have heard Andros is spectacular and loaded with bonefish! Have you been there before or will this be your first trip?

Thanks man! check out the barracuda I caught with it in my Turks and Caicos vid! ruclips.net/video/9jrTkcsbV3A/видео.html