Fly Fishing New Zealand - OPENING DAY 'SEEKING SOLITUDE'
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- Опубликовано: 24 окт 2016
- The most anticipated day of the year for most fly anglers has rolled around again - Opening Day.
Anton and myself have chosen to base ourselves just off the road, instead of the usual hike in as opening falls on a weekend and we expect it to be busy. This camping next to the car has it's benefits as we can fish for the day uninterrupted and fish for the next two days at a different locale...
We found the first day a very relaxing one with good conditions but the second and third a little more challenging...
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Being from Santa Barbara Calif, Its like a dream that your waters are so clear, and fish big brownies.
New to the fly fishing, I have much to learn. but watching great anglers like you and friends I've learned a lot. Catch and Release people.
keep em coming. Awesome Mike.
Thanks P.j.
Thanks a lot for the kind words - nice to maybe demystify things a little so others can see that it is mainly just the basics done well...
Finally a fishing video with the sound of nature and comments instead of HORRIBLE music, well done:)
Thanks and i agree! :-)
What song is this that you used? Great video by the way.
Always worth the wait.... we are so lucky to have such amazing water and fantastic fishing
beautiful vidéo big fish bravo
Cheers for watching
I'm loving your channel!!! Found it just in time, before our fishing holiday back to NZ. Can't wait to get back to that beautiful water!!
Great video guys, without all the hype, not trying to sell gear but being informative , logical and demonstrating sound thinking and approach to fishing. Excellent.
Cheers and thanks for the positive feedback.
'The Blackberry Fish' thought it was gone for all money_ stuck on the dreaded blackberry
But it made it to the photography.. . skilz!
Hello from Vancouver Island, BC. Thanks for sharing your fishing adventures. We are busy stalking our winter steelheads. I will be checking out more of your fishing videos. Thanks again.
Cheers and best of luck!
Another great clip Mike, good to see you getting out before no doubt a busy season for you two. Nice water, great angling and thanks for taking us on the adventure with you. Steak and mushroom sauce for dinner, I must be doing something wrong on my trips haha! Nearly bought the Flex but the Sage Pulse won out for me, horses for courses.
Cheers mate. There is always room for steak and mushies... Shoulda gone with the Flex buddy - just gold those sticks.
Another lovely video, keep up the good work Mike. Love watching your videos.
Tight Lines.
Thanks for the kind words and taking the time to watch
Excellent videos, great skill fishing and guiding. When I move back to NZ I'll definitely get a guide to get to the best spots. Definitely got my fair share of nice fish from that South Island.
Some tough fish and conditions,but you came away with some nice specimens,well done Mike&Anton.
Thanks for that
woow,you did it,the fish was caught very quickly
Very nice fish.
Gabriel Ivan u
Great fishing beautiful rivers enjoyed , tight lines all the best from Ireland.
Cheers for that!
Awesome fishing Mike, well done mate, nice set up, awesome scenery, thanks for the ride.
Cheers mate - thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Finally a jumper! Love your videos....Cheers from Memphis!
Another awesome video, they keep getting better and better. I almost preferred watching this to fishing... not quite lol but seriously keem em coming they make the days when Im stuck at home much more enjoyable and always inspire me to get out there.
Thanks for the kind words - glad you enjoy them!
watching and having a feeling that i am right now at this river too. cool , nice footage
Thanks - thats the aim!
Really enjoyed the footage, thanks for sharing, you guys are great👍
Thanks for the positive feedback
great video,awesome fish,congrat.
Cheers!
Mike, I've been following your RUclips channel for a while now. There is no other channel on RUclips that puts up better fly fishing videos than you. I have watched this particular video four times since you uploaded it. I am commenting because I just saw you in a video on the Orvis website (Backcountry: South Island, or something like that). I hope spots like that bring you the notoriety and the business you deserve.
Anyway, I love and envy your work. Getting to NZ is a dream of mine. If I ever get to come, I will surely seek your services.
Thanks for the kind words Chris. I've been in quite a few fly fishing DVD's and have produced a few of my own if you are intertested... It's a labor of love so to speak, so fun to share with like -minded people. Cheers!
Great stuff. Congrats on the new season.
Thanks mate and good luck out there.
Thanks for sharing, your video work has improved from last year, stick at it Mick.
Cheers (and that's Mike...)
so nice movie! thank you mike!
Thanks for watching
WOW that's so awesome. Your streams look so beautiful over there. My big fish are you small fish and my small fish are your bait. LOL Awesome video mate.
True, except you guys have Murray Cod and Barramundi, and they get pretty flippn big
Great video guys proper stalking for good fish well done, and no inappropriate music .
Thanks mate!
great video!!
Impresionante que videos por dios con poca edicion y que Truchas, aca en Argentina eso no existe....!!!!! Felicitaciones
2:05 - That's a good look from Anton. Kind of medieval style, a trout man looking more like a Pikeman. That's a beautiful stretch of water around 10:40 .
Not his finest hour ;-) Some nice water for sure...
Some great looking fish and it really helps if you have a spotter.
Yep!
Unreal fishing,we have beautiful Brown trout here in Ireland but NZ is in a different league, great video!!
Cheers!
Nice fishing ! New Zealand good, want to go.
Thanks
Have been waiting for this! Nice as always!
Glad it met your expectations then! :-)
Awesome fishing ! Greetings from Poland.
Cheers!
Holy bent hook add that bad boy to the wall of fame
Great day fishing Blokes'
Cheers
Awesome!
Thanks for that
Great fishing! Always enjoy watching the vids - especially since our season's just finished. Big fins on the trout down in NZ! W==
Thanks!
mikefsher t
Finally got my fill by watching a clip of yours! On ya fella, great watch... Fark me, weather been poop here, back country next week unless thwarted again... I can feel it's gonna be good... gotta spare few days?!
First time i have buddy is from 16th December. I'll give you a call soon...
great filming again as always :-9 I,m start dreaming about fishing in NZ from the otherside of the globe :-) hope you guys are oke after the earthquake :-(
All good here and thanks!
Another top video Mike. Enjoyed watching it
Thanks mate, we must catch up for that mission that never happened... Drop me a line if keen.
mikefsher yes still very keen. Let me know when you have a spare slot
Flying Flyfisher
Maybe mid/late December could work?
mikefsher yes I'm good from the 10th through to the 22nd
One of your best videos yet Mike! Scenery looks somewhat familiar... The one thing you taught me about battling NZ browns is the use of side pressure. I think in the past I played fish a little too soft in fear of breaking them off but this video shows just how much pressure you really can put on fish (using 5x tippet?). Anton did really well to get that one out of the blackberry bush!
Glad you liked it Dave, if you want to know how little pressure you are really putting on them try lifting a 1 pound block of butter with a 5wt rod and 5x tippet. Feels like you're gonna break the rod. That's 1 pound of pressure!!
Noce video Mike...enjoyed that last fish best, had to work on him a bit before he took. Wouldn't be much fun without the challenge!
Cheers Andrew, you coming out this way any time soon? Lots happening here these days... :-)
mikefsher thankfully yes! Really missed not coming last summer...will be making up for it this time. Planning fishing first two weeks of February, probably deep south.
Nice - best of luck
You guys rocking 5WTS? Awesome footage... I’m jealous man!
i use a magnet and a lanyard fixed to the net... it's comfortable
As I watch more of these channels, and keep coming back to yours, I am thinking of your videos as those done by the zen master. You really tell the story with a few words and a little background music. I am amazed at how you often call the shot of what a fish is gonna do. Great stuff... Does Anton also have a channel?
Hi and thanks so much for the kind comments. No Anton doesn't have a channel - he's just the eye candy in this one ;-)
Great video. I see that u change angle of rod when u fight fish, right side and left side. Is it any instruktion online how to doit, or can u explain when to change sides like u do? Its a mayby long quastion so if its alot to wright i understand, u dont need to, hahah, thx.
I have to come New Zealand for fishing
This video is awesome. Beautiful fishing and beautiful trouts. Mike, I would like to know what sort of indicator you use for upstream nymph fishing technique. Thanks.
It's called the 'NZ Strike Indicator Company'
Bonjour
Combats de fou, très beaux poissons
En FRANCE, nous avons les mêmes et aussi combatifs
Come on
See you
Fly Fishing is the best next thing to share yur life with a perfect woman. And wow Such big fish in that small stream btw.
there is no perfect woman just give and take
hey mike, planing on my NZ dream what wt rod and line set up? and waders or no?
Amazing video! Will be moving soon to Australia and definitely will be looking to fish NZ. Do you guide? Let me know!! Please!
Yes i guide www.latitudeguiding.co.nz
Hey mike. Have been following your channel for a while. Absolutely amazing footage and it's nice to see your appreciation for the amazing country we live in. Keep it up!
Was wondering what leaders you use? Do you make your own or use knot less tapered from a store? I know most of it comes down to good casting but I see you have long leaders and still get good turnover. Tight lines from the North Island
Josh
Cheers for the kind words, email me and i'll send a few details on my leaders
When is u next video coming mike. I need ur videos to get me through winter over here
In a few weeks i'll have a new one out - with four more to follow...
Great stuff fellas. Considered a longer handled net?
Cheers! Nah, no need if you play fish properly - carrying a big clunky net because you haven't learned well the art of landing fish just makes no sense to me...
What s your rod's force number??? (AFTMA)
awesome videos. I notice that u use the radian , how do u like it? Is it pretty fast?
I do and fast but a heap of feel - best rods on the market IMHO
hey mikefisher, I'm an interest lad in fly fishing and have been casting and learning the basics for a while now. if you wouldn't mind at around 18:00 u changed your added a nymph to your lure when the fish rejected it. Just wondering why u did this instead of seeing if he'd have bit second time round?
Simply that the fish refused and if a fish has the chance to take and doesn't, there's a reason so you change...
okay thanks, new to the game... obviously:)
What camera are you filming with?
Canon XA20
cheers
Korean : 자주 좀 올려주세요~ ^^ Thank you~ Beutiful Beutiful Pictures~~ Amazing!
Cheers!
I am trying to establish the name of the tune plated in this video. No credits that I can. Can anyone help.
John Stranack It’s from a mate of mine, Jay Kennedy from ‘The River Project’
@@mikefsher Mike thanks for the response. What a great song. I love it. Im a harmonica player and wanted to play it but couldn't find the music score. You will not remember me but I ran into you when I was fishing with my brother from South Africa on the Wangapeka a few years back. You were with your Christian who you guide a lot. Thanks for the response and yes there was acknowledgement of the composer just not the name of the song.
do these fish come in from the ocean or are they native stream fish
Trouta Holic from the ocean m8
absolute how to clinic boys , awesome fish , awesome fishing nice to see people who know the value of anational treasure and handle them that way , i do have a question that might be dumb butt like my dad always told me there are no dumb questions just dumb people , some of those browns looked kinda almost sea run lots more chrome colored than the other beauties , but that is not true , how are my rainbows holding up over there from sonoma creek , thats what ive been fishing the last ten years , ocean run chome steelhead that enter the river to meet a thousand seals otters sea lions eagles ospreys , and the 1% of the fish that survive their first twenty four hours are for the people . iwas thinking maybe we could back half a million sea lions seals and otters to give you the real expierience we enjoy ,,,,, nothing like being unable to sleep the night the conditions are going to be prime to drive in the dark sixty miles to the river another fifteen to avoid people layer up for the icy cold morning quietly wade as dawn breaks into position strip afew feet of line off your hook and just as you start your backcast two seals rocket into your tailout sending pairs of third run three ft plus chrome pairs of steel heads into the air as the seal s breach swat stab and shut down the stretch for the day , im sending the a petition to our new humble , sophisticated , admirable president the trumper if he will allow us to bag six seals a day we could heat our houses feed and clothe the homeless and ferstilize our gardens, others will work all day swinging spey rods to have a seal sleeping on a log wait for someone to hook up before he will enter the water , ,only thing you can do for the sake of the fish is come tight and pop him off before the seal gets them , i wish the white sharke knew how many seas were inthe first few miles of the river that would be nature keeping it fair , anyhow i can ramble way to much ..... loved your expert level display and the pristine look of your landscape
Phew! Cheers for the kind words...
Kamuflaza
What s your rod s force number???(AFTMA)
And line?
6 and 5wts mate.
in which region are you fishing in?
I find some of those massive trout quite ugly
Ok? And?… 🤷🏻♂️
@@mikefsher that's it...that's my comment. Onto the next thing...
Tardan demasiado en cobrar la pieza, totalmente innecesario!!!
His technique is shit especially his netting skills
Jeez - thanks for letting me know! Not sure how i've been making a living so long guiding with so many glaring flaws. Put up a video yourself showing us all how it's done mate?! Please! No? Didn't think so...