When The Unexpected Happens | Western Sierra Fly Fishing - Free Form Fly Fisher
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Talk about an overwhelming feeling of joy. I was definitely not expecting to have a day like this. The flows had been really high recently and I thought the fish would have been pushed down stream. Lucky for me, they stayed home and came out to play.
I doubt that I'll be posting as many videos like I did in recent years. I started a business and just don't have the time to get out as much, yet. Thats okay because I really enjoy my line of work.
I hope you all enjoy this video. Thank you for taking the time to watch. Take it easy 🤙🏽
“I gotta release ‘em bro.” 👍
We need those ones to have some babies. A lot of em haha
Beautiful day, nice places and great fishing trip and a few beauties landed too, great gtrip, thumbs up and greetings from NZ,, Tony.
Hey Tony. Thanks for stopping by 🤙🍻
Really enjoyed your video. Missed your excellent presentations but glad you’re OK and that you’re enjoying your new business. Wish you lots of luck amid much success. Good that you chose to release that beautiful brown and not let that meat fisherman turn it into his dinner.
That river you found is awesome. Don’t let anyone know where it is. I like your camerawork that allows us to follow your indicator down the stream and watch the moment it disappears underwater - fish on!
There's no way in hell I'd let someone harvest one of the most gorgeous browns I've ever caught hahaha.
Thank you Frank. I appreciate 🙏 the wishes. Tight lines
Man... I just love watching your videos. I feel like I'm right in the water with you. I think I've said if before, but I love the way you conduct yourself out there. Such knowledge, and those fish were tanks! So glad you didn't give that fish away to be eaten. Nothing wrong with eating them, but those old ones deserve to fight another day. Excellent video👍👍👍
Hey Ryan, thank you for the comment 🙏. I am so grateful to have experienced that session. Overwhelmed with joy haha. I agree with you, nothing wrong with harvesting fish. I believe those larger ones should be put back to spawn and reproduce. They were really healthy. Hopefully there are a lot more in there that are in good hiding spots.
Beautiful catches and what an amazing spot. Great job 👏
Thank you and thanks for stopping by to watch.
Impressive. Those are Montana, Idaho and Wyoming class browns! Making me want to make the drive and wet a line. Tight lines!
Those states are definitely on the list of places to fish. Thanks for watching. Tight lines
Unbelievable! That's definitely a good day!
What an experience it was. Thanks for watching and commenting. Tight lines
Coffee 🎉
Wow.. It is the best scenery for mental training
I agree 100% 😄
I know that spot on the trinity. Fished it quite a bit this past fall/winter.
The layout of that run is perfect to hold good fish. I'll definitely be going back.
@@FreeFormFlyFisher it's a great run for swinging. I hooked and lost a big one in there.
@joshholt1513 I know I sounded like the fish I caught was huge lol that's because the day before, my friend and I were catching tons of smaller fish, nothing over 10 inches or so. I know there's 30 inch+ in there.
nice fish man !!
Thank you and thanks for checking out the vid 🤙🏾
Dude…that was an epic day. I think you just found the best kept secret in all of California. I wish I could get out to that spot but I’ve been so busy with school. So glad to have you back!
I have that same Fisherman’s Life sunshirt
It's definitely a hidden gem. I was surprised to see those guys out there.
Handle school. The river and fish will hopefully be there for a while. One day become your own boss and fish as much as you want, wherever you want.
As soon as the shirts came out, I bought both colors haha. Cheaper than anywhere else plus I don't mind supporting local youtubers. Matts' channel is one of my favs.
@@FreeFormFlyFisher Thanks man. I'm definitly not going to give up on school (as opposed to others I know). I might get out tomorrow if the rain today doesn't affect the flows too much.
Ever tried Wolf Creek in the town of Grass Valley? It's in a really pretty setting, looking almost like one of those PA streams and its got little rainbows and browns. A bunch of people started fishing it during the Lockdown, but now theres almost no one there anymore.
@thecalfisher I have not. Just checked it out on satelite. Those smaller creeks are so much fun. The trout have the most amazing colors and patterns. Dry dropper might be the weapon of choice.
@@FreeFormFlyFisher fs the rainbows are some of the prettiest ive seen. Got some orange tips on the dorsal fins. I will say the flows fluctuate a lot and so the dry fly bite is hit or miss.
@thecalfisher I see. I wanted to go somewhere tomorrow but I have a feeling the water is going to be muddy everywhere. If you head out, make a video. It'd be cool to see.
Fly fish the lower american. Bigger steelhead that fight more because of the crazy current.
Almost every year I buy a card and I never go. I think it has to do with it not looking like a normal trout stream. You know, with like boulders and other features or structure. And yea, crazy fast current. Do you fly fish it for steelhead?
@FreeFormFlyFisher every day. 😆. It is definitely very different from mountain streams.
@FreeFormFlyFisher even though lots of it looks the same, you wanna look for dips/buckets and seams and little things.
Moke? Stan? tricky one..
Very good guesses. There are areas at certain elevation in California that look very similar. The vegetation, along with the hills and other landscape features. If I didn't know, I would guess those two streams as well. Thanks for watching.
My day is instantly better now, we missed you bro! Killer fish as always!!!
Haha thank you Eric. Seems like a lot of channels I watch have kind of slowed down. If I'm not fishing, I at least want to be watching it.
@@FreeFormFlyFisher Yeah, I know i've been unable to keep up my normal pace of things. After I get my raft bought, I'm going to cutt back my hours at work or even quit. Looking forward to getting some more fishing in
That is a big brown hahah.
So buttery too. One of the most handsome browns I've ever caught.
Expect the unexpected!
Does powerball count? Cause I've been waiting for a damn long time 🤣🤣
Thanks for sharing two epic days of fishing, well done! I'm sad I won't be able to enjoy as many of your videos, but wishing you only the best in your new business adventure!
I appreciate that. Thank you very much 🙏
Just curious brother what is the strike indicator your using called ?
@ArtOfAngling Lightning Strike Ball Indicators. I've been getting them here for the past 5 or 6 years. I use the 3/4 size.
www.bobmarriottsflyfishingstore.com/ball-strike-indicator
At one point it was the only place I could find them so I've only bought from here. For me, the best indicator. Slides over tippet knots. Just pull the tooth pick out, adjust, plug it back, and cast.
@@FreeFormFlyFisher appreciate it brother your really inspiration to my fly fishing journey
@@ArtOfAngling hey, I appreciate that. Do you plan to load videos of your journey? Are you in California as well?
@@FreeFormFlyFisher yeah born and raised in the Central Valley and I have couple of clips of my adventures nothing worth uploading yet
@@ArtOfAngling right on. What fish do you mostly target?
Those fish where Awesome!
Thank you brotha. It's good to see vibrant colored browns every once in a while. You getting out on the water much?
@@FreeFormFlyFisher unfortunately no. Haven’t been fishing much over the last 8 months. Hopefully I will be able to fish more this summer.
@colbymyers6278 I hear ya. We'll have to figure out a time to link up and get a session in as well.
@@FreeFormFlyFisher for sure! I’ll get ahold of you
Awesome video.
Thank you 🙏
Fished that river a couple times and got skunked both times. So nice to know there are fish in there and that it’s just my bad fishing😂
@brandondooley5091 hahaha its a tough little stream. The first few times I fished it, I was landing rainbows in the 3-5 inch range. I'd catch maybe 3 all day. Then I started hiking deeper. Either up or downstream, and apparently, that's where the big boys hang out. Might have to bush wack a little and cross a few times but it's worth it.
Ya Ive hiked a couple miles up stream and the poison oak starts to get thick in spots. Water is low enough you can just hike the stream up though. Went up yesterday and nothing. Frustrating after watching your video for sure😂 but I’ve only been fly fishing for less than a year now so it’s going to take some time to get that technique and presentation down.
@brandondooley5091 you'll get it. Just like anything else, takes a lot of practice and you'll learn from your experiences. The poison oak is no joke there. All over that stream. Last year I walked right next to rattle snake. It was just off the trail. So keep your eye for those too.
You ideally want to be downstream while fighting big fishy
100% true. I fished another river with higher flows this week and pretty much every big fish that got below me snapped me off lol.
@@FreeFormFlyFisher .it's the fish we don't catch that keep us comming back ...BRC