Another great video, size isn’t everything and the small fish are so fast as well as being beautiful to look at. Tight casting too-great skill builders!
The hour before it gets dark, is a giving time...🎉 you got both, sun filtering through the tree branshes AND the trout hour. Thanks for another good one.
I did leave wondering if I should have fished that last pool? It always catches me out because it seems really dark on the stream but was still quite light once back in the fields.
Its surely tough to fish in dim light, tonight I just had an inkling something happened to the klinkhammer, it must have sucked it down without making a ripple. In shallow water the bigger trouts seem to be very wary in daylight. 2 weight for the day and 5 weight for when darkness appears. It made two runs and then the fly let loose. Hats off for the trout😊
@tomdemianvingsgard4532 it's funny Tom how you can sometimes sense a rise in the gloaming without seeing it. I've often not known why I've struck, but there must have been some clue that your instinct noticed, but your eyes didn't. Exciting stuff. It was a shame the trout got away, but the experience didn't 👍
As we all know…all flyfishing is relative Chris. A small rain fed river in August, delightful and delicate upstream casts with a dry fly. Ok …you may not catch a monster but I’m pretty sure you know that’s not why you do it. Another magical film with a cracking wild brownie to end it off. I love your films…..it reminds me of a time before I was seduced by stillwaters and high sticking with a French leader. Please keep up the great work 👍🎣
That's the great thing about fly fishing and, in fact, all fishing, it means such different things to different people. I'm sure if I lived near a large midland still water or Irish/Scottish Lough/Loch, then I would be a boat fisher. Similarly, if I was based on the Usk, I'd be targeting larger trout and doing more short line nymphing techniques. As it is, my local streams are generally about light lines and dry flies for small trout with the odd better fish. Maybe one day...........
It was a really nice video! As always! Lovely stuff, thank you for sharing. I would always prefer to be fishing but my next choice would be watching one of these videos. And what a nice fish to end on! Super super stuff.
A decent few caught, spotted the wild life, lovely location. Not all bad! I'm praying for a good spell of weather in the next month or so to go car camping and catch some autumn trout. Cheers Mr 👍
@@chrismatthewsflyfishing7724 That flash of colour is something else, by in a flash like the season. Telling myself there's a couple of months to go but there's been a chill in the air, morning and night lately
Well done Chris nice to see you catching, I got out to river for 90min each day last w/e and had a total of 4 trout and 3 grayling all about 9in but weather has turned very rough now so next visit looks like Sept. atb Mike
Hi Mike, Yes, looks like you caught a lot more of the latest storm. Definitely feeling a bit autumnal now. Good to hear you're getting out trying to make the most of a tough season👍
One thought on tiny rods and streams, with the light rods you need to sense more, be in tune so to speak. As such there are ups and downs to them, they create emotional waves of their own. Coupled with a small stream with all its inherent obstacles and hindrances...when all pans out its an electric experience...
You're doing much better than me, mate! I concentrated on sea trout through August, and it's been dour! Those big scum encrusted backwaters always look like they might throw up a monster, but on my river, I find trout don't lurk there, just a shoal of perch sometimes. Even coarse fishing in winter it tends to be more productive in the main flow. Hopefully a bit of fresh and a flourish to end the season?👍
Hi Dave, I know a lot of the UK has had rain, but our streams down here are pretty stale now. We could do with a good flood to freshen things up before the season finishes. Interesting about the backwaters. Perhaps it's an oxygen thing? I have read about fish taking trapped insects out of the scum but personally, I've not seen this, have you?
Further north they've had good rain, but here it's largely missed, and the small lifts have just stirred up gunk instead of flushing it away. That backwater looked like the one in the original Mr Crabtree book 😂
Yes, Martin, my excuse is too much enthusiasm 🤣 I've been making and using thread furled leaders for about a dozen years now, and I do believe they have improved my fishing. The presentation and drag free drifts are unrivalled imo. Two caveats are you must treat the leader with a paste type floatant BEFORE fishing, and they do seem to have a magnetic attraction to the rod blank, which can be infuriating.
Great video, have you ever ventured into sea trout fishing ? I know the sport can be quite good at this time of the year if your willing to fish in the dark
I fished for Seatrout on the Teign years ago, and had some success. Alas, these days, the runs have seriously diminished, and you would have to really put in the hours to get a fish. As far as I'm aware, there are no Seatrout caught on the Crediton waters anymore. People used to catch them quite regularly, apparently. Another sign of the times.
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Ah, the joys of summer fishing. The sights, the sounds, the smells. A lovely fish too to end the evening with Chris. Thanks as always fro posting
Cheers, Peter, it's just a shame that it seems so fleeting. In fact, the seasons appear to get shorter every year.
@@chrismatthewsflyfishing7724 I would most certainly agree with you there Chris
Another great video, size isn’t everything and the small fish are so fast as well as being beautiful to look at. Tight casting too-great skill builders!
You treat each fish with such respect, great video as always!😊
The hour before it gets dark, is a giving time...🎉 you got both, sun filtering through the tree branshes AND the trout hour. Thanks for another good one.
I did leave wondering if I should have fished that last pool? It always catches me out because it seems really dark on the stream but was still quite light once back in the fields.
Its surely tough to fish in dim light, tonight I just had an inkling something happened to the klinkhammer, it must have sucked it down without making a ripple. In shallow water the bigger trouts seem to be very wary in daylight. 2 weight for the day and 5 weight for when darkness appears. It made two runs and then the fly let loose. Hats off for the trout😊
@tomdemianvingsgard4532 it's funny Tom how you can sometimes sense a rise in the gloaming without seeing it. I've often not known why I've struck, but there must have been some clue that your instinct noticed, but your eyes didn't. Exciting stuff. It was a shame the trout got away, but the experience didn't 👍
As we all know…all flyfishing is relative Chris. A small rain fed river in August, delightful and delicate upstream casts with a dry fly. Ok …you may not catch a monster but I’m pretty sure you know that’s not why you do it. Another magical film with a cracking wild brownie to end it off. I love your films…..it reminds me of a time before I was seduced by stillwaters and high sticking with a French leader. Please keep up the great work 👍🎣
That's the great thing about fly fishing and, in fact, all fishing, it means such different things to different people. I'm sure if I lived near a large midland still water or Irish/Scottish Lough/Loch, then I would be a boat fisher. Similarly, if I was based on the Usk, I'd be targeting larger trout and doing more short line nymphing techniques. As it is, my local streams are generally about light lines and dry flies for small trout with the odd better fish.
Maybe one day...........
The last trout ist beautiful !
It was a really nice video! As always! Lovely stuff, thank you for sharing. I would always prefer to be fishing but my next choice would be watching one of these videos. And what a nice fish to end on! Super super stuff.
Many thanks for the kind comment. It is nice to know that people enjoy my ramblings. Even if I do fail to string the rod up correctly 🤔
Tough evening nice fish to end plus the beauty of being there.
I knew it would be tough, but you still have to give it a go, plenty of time outside the season to sit at home!
Lovely Chris …thanks so much mate …The Taw is a gorgeous little stream 👍
A decent few caught, spotted the wild life, lovely location. Not all bad!
I'm praying for a good spell of weather in the next month or so to go car camping and catch some autumn trout.
Cheers Mr 👍
Yes, let's hope for a nice mild and calm September 🫰
Magic! Lovely video 👍
Nice wee fight at the end there Chris, I agree, if the fishing is a struggle at least you're out and about. The Kingfisher was showing off to you!
Gotta love a kingfisher, Davie, always brightens my day👍seasons flying past, isn't it?
@@chrismatthewsflyfishing7724 That flash of colour is something else, by in a flash like the season. Telling myself there's a couple of months to go but there's been a chill in the air, morning and night lately
@@DaviekFlyFishing agreed Davie, it's all feeling a bit autumnal already.
Well done Chris nice to see you catching, I got out to river for 90min each day last w/e and had a total of 4 trout and 3 grayling all about 9in but weather has turned very rough now so next visit looks like Sept. atb Mike
Hi Mike, Yes, looks like you caught a lot more of the latest storm. Definitely feeling a bit autumnal now. Good to hear you're getting out trying to make the most of a tough season👍
One thought on tiny rods and streams, with the light rods you need to sense more, be in tune so to speak. As such there are ups and downs to them, they create emotional waves of their own. Coupled with a small stream with all its inherent obstacles and hindrances...when all pans out its an electric experience...
You're doing much better than me, mate!
I concentrated on sea trout through August, and it's been dour!
Those big scum encrusted backwaters always look like they might throw up a monster, but on my river, I find trout don't lurk there, just a shoal of perch sometimes.
Even coarse fishing in winter it tends to be more productive in the main flow.
Hopefully a bit of fresh and a flourish to end the season?👍
Hi Dave, I know a lot of the UK has had rain, but our streams down here are pretty stale now. We could do with a good flood to freshen things up before the season finishes.
Interesting about the backwaters. Perhaps it's an oxygen thing? I have read about fish taking trapped insects out of the scum but personally, I've not seen this, have you?
Further north they've had good rain, but here it's largely missed, and the small lifts have just stirred up gunk instead of flushing it away.
That backwater looked like the one in the original Mr Crabtree book 😂
Experts make mistakes too, you know! Just like you a Kingfisher puts a smile on my face. Nicely done. How you getting on with the furreled leader?
Yes, Martin, my excuse is too much enthusiasm 🤣
I've been making and using thread furled leaders for about a dozen years now, and I do believe they have improved my fishing. The presentation and drag free drifts are unrivalled imo. Two caveats are you must treat the leader with a paste type floatant BEFORE fishing, and they do seem to have a magnetic attraction to the rod blank, which can be infuriating.
Great video, have you ever ventured into sea trout fishing ? I know the sport can be quite good at this time of the year if your willing to fish in the dark
I fished for Seatrout on the Teign years ago, and had some success. Alas, these days, the runs have seriously diminished, and you would have to really put in the hours to get a fish. As far as I'm aware, there are no Seatrout caught on the Crediton waters anymore. People used to catch them quite regularly, apparently. Another sign of the times.
I know this kind of "slow fishing" with line around the rod from own experience 😂 - happens if one is too hasty in getting quick enough to the water
😅😅yep, definitely a case of "more haste,less line speed." Not the first time and highly unlikely to be the last😅
None of us are perfect Chris haha, lovely last trout.
Guilty as charged😄the worrying thing is that it took me so long to notice🤔