Whispering Trout, What is Fish Whispering?

Fish Whispering is an old school way of gently caring for, and then releasing trout safely and harmlessly. Done improperly, you can hurt trout by grabbing it to tightly, holding a twisting trout against you, and holding trout in the air too long to take pictures and videos. Whispering trout is a way to gently release trout unharmed back into the river.

[@jeromefynaut8177]

A other great video Mike fish whisper good to know thank again and keep watching 👍

[@bobsbrewery4884]

I have been drop shot nymphing a lot this year & caught loads of fish.Last night I was missing a few fish I think i shouldn't have though.This seems to happen more when slightly windy.I have a couple of questions for you.Do you always run your rig slightly overweight rather than underweight. Do you always want to feel that bottom all the way through the drift when leading.As opposed to euronymphing where often you slightly underweight & see the takes more on your sighter.I am thinking with drop shot.It's best to overweight keep tight & relying on feeling most takes.Would you say this is the best approach with drop shot nymphing. Cheers

[@northwestschoolofflyfishin1543]

Absolutely. I often get the question, " How much lead should I use". Well, there is no answer to this question. As you might guess, every river and saturation are different. However, I will answer question bay stating, it is always better to error on too much lead than not enough. Not enough lead means your flies are not in the target zone of the trout and you will not catch any trout. Error on too much lead and you will still catch trout, except now you run the risk of hanging your lead up on the bottom. I like to feel my lead tapping on the bottom. This is kind of mis-leading because on gravel bottoms you will often not feel your weight on the bottom. For me it is a feel, and you will acquire this feel in time. I just finished my latest book, Drop Shot Nymphing, A Definitive Guide. This will be out around fall. Here I have devoted a whole chapter on "Weight Management" where I go into this issue in more depth. As far as Euro style nymphing goes, it is difficult, or in some cases impossible to add weight in order to keep your nymphs in the target zone. In DS it is extremely easy to maintain proper weight management as an adjustment to the changing river bottom. I do have on my channel, topical videos on these issues and more on DS. Thanks for the well thought out comment.