good question ! I haven't seen any on-stream demos on this particular style - but haven't looked real hard. If you find any good ones let us know. Jonathan needs to make us some!
Nice podcast thank you. Swinging flies is a fun way to fish, love the aggressive strikes. Unless I missed it, which rods do you guys prefer for swinging wets?
Jonathan mentions that he likes rods in the 395-400 cm range. Specifically he mentions the Nissin ONI Honryu 395, TBUM 400, Dragontail Ragnarok 400 and Gamakatsu Suimu 4.0. I'd add that for me in generally when I've gone out with wet-fly swinging on my mind I am not all that picky except to say that I don't want a rod that is too soft, if I'm expecting to get fish downstream of my casting position , I want a rod that has decent fish handling capability.
My question is about setting the hook. Which direction do you set the hook? Do you pull the tip of the rod straight up- to the side etc.? What is your techniques? Of course what you usually hear out there is that you are pulling the hook out of the fish's mouth as opposed to an upstream presentation. What is your experience?
When fishing downstream I definitely miss fish especially the further downstream I’m angled (and they definitely miss the fly completely sometimes too). But I feel a surprising number do a pretty good job of hooking themselves without much effort on my part. I guess when setting hooks I do a fairly gently sideways lift in the direction the fly was swinging , as much as that’s possible. If that makes sense. Maybe Jonathan will chime in with some advice too.
Thank you for the information
I look forward to trying some of these techniques!
Love this episode! Jonathan is the man! Keep the great content coming fellas 🙌
The. Man.
Yeah Jonathan! Starting this now!
Are there any videos on Tenkara wet fly fishing ?
good question ! I haven't seen any on-stream demos on this particular style - but haven't looked real hard. If you find any good ones let us know. Jonathan needs to make us some!
Nice podcast thank you. Swinging flies is a fun way to fish, love the aggressive strikes. Unless I missed it, which rods do you guys prefer for swinging wets?
Jonathan mentions that he likes rods in the 395-400 cm range. Specifically he mentions the Nissin ONI Honryu 395, TBUM 400, Dragontail Ragnarok 400 and Gamakatsu Suimu 4.0. I'd add that for me in generally when I've gone out with wet-fly swinging on my mind I am not all that picky except to say that I don't want a rod that is too soft, if I'm expecting to get fish downstream of my casting position , I want a rod that has decent fish handling capability.
@@castingaround Completely missed that, thank you. Agree a stout rod is preferred.
My question is about setting the hook. Which direction do you set the hook? Do you pull the tip of the rod straight up- to the side etc.? What is your techniques? Of course what you usually hear out there is that you are pulling the hook out of the fish's mouth as opposed to an upstream presentation. What is your experience?
When fishing downstream I definitely miss fish especially the further downstream I’m angled (and they definitely miss the fly completely sometimes too). But I feel a surprising number do a pretty good job of hooking themselves without much effort on my part. I guess when setting hooks I do a fairly gently sideways lift in the direction the fly was swinging , as much as that’s possible. If that makes sense.
Maybe Jonathan will chime in with some advice too.