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Hi Allan - Appreciate the comment and welcome to CH! Email me in my contact info and we can connect that way 👍

Grand Kanal Rhone / Rhin .. Alsace 👍

@@dbagzz easy weisch grad öb das no 68 oder scho 67 dep isch?

Haut Rhin 68 .. in der nahe vom Mulhouse.

Btw. if you are a Salmon and Stealhead fisher, you have to try the Alpen Stealheads😉

Hi Ice! Hope you’re doing well 👍. Appreciate the tips and places .. I will note those for later exploration. Currently I am trying to get some cyprinid and predator fishing going - keeping myself busy and productive during the Cat. 1 closure. Steelhead and salmon - how I love those fish but damn they make for difficult content creation - fishing channels need action .. and those fish provide rare action.

Hi Lulu :) Yeah, that dude was ... interesting. My wife says in some Swiss Cantons people walk around naked all the time. Whaaaa?? Not that I am offended, but I wondered what if there was a family running about ... it's quite a popular place for all types of people. In terms of the river(s) itself, I have to believe there are some bunches of fish about - the location is particular because of the proximity to Germany and CH - lots of people, lots of access and lots of pressure (presuming). I have seen channels on YT where guys are catching barbel, red eye, brown trout, perch, pike etc ... just takes time to figure things out.

@@dbagzz haha, guess crazy people are all over the place. Interesting to hear about the waters. I see. Good luck to you next time!

Hi Lulu ... Its a wonderful place to spend a day, that is for sure. Not many people this time of the year, from what I saw. Appreciate you watching and enjoy the week ahead! Petri Heil!

I did fly fish but only for a few minutes this time - for trout … La Thur from Thann west up into the Ballon is great water - also I have had great days on the Doller near Masevaux. I believe Category 1 (trout) ends this weekend or next weekend (must check) but there are so many Category 2 spots that can be fished until December.

@@dbagzz La Thur is beautiful and has some Graylings! It is the best River in Alsace. I fish it in Thann usually, because it takes a lot of time to drive deeper in the Valley. The Doller is fine too but i never was there. It is on my Bucket list! The fishing in the première catégorie Rivers ends this Sunday but on my home River, la Fecht, i can fish on the deuxième catégorie part for Grayling deep in the winter😉

@@dbagzz did you caught some Fish in the Thur and Doller?

@icedaft I’ve caught lots of fish in both rivers - nothing super big but lots of 15-25cm brown trout. That being said I covered lots of water over multiple days in both rivers. These rivers are hit pretty hard during the Cat. 1 season, and it shows. There are a few 'fly only' stretches, but again, they are small and I have seen lots of fly guys on them at different times. It's definitely worth putting in the time though - beautiful part of the country, great fishing and fantastic food / gastronomie.

@icedaft I have fished on the Fecht but was only able to for an hour or so - would love to get back up there and fish for Grayling! That sounds like a fantastic time in the Autumn and early winter 👍

Great question! The ‚Neon’ Sharpies glow and are great for hot spots .. you will see in my vids I use the white thread and have multiple neon colors so I don’t need a bunch of thread spools - blue, pink, orange black and chartreuse are my main sharpie colors. Tight lines and appreciate the question 👍

Cheers Mark ... DJI Mavic Air 2 - I bought it for a really good deal last month and it's a great drone, but if I had the option again I would probably get the Mini 4 Pro. Mini 4 Pro is under 250g and here in Switzerland (and the EU), drones under 250g means less flying restrictions. I don't know the regs in the States/Oregon for private drones, but it's worth checking out before you buy.

Beaver Dub from Hemmingway‘s - fished the fly yesterday and she stayed afloat quite some time. My first time with beaver.

Great question. I was thinking of making it hook up but then at the last minute decided not to - no special reason, just a last minute decision. Appreciate the feedback and tight lines to you.

Hi Lulu ... that is the overall plan for the channel. My goal is to get two/three long-form out every month, mixed in with the fly tying shorts which can be done in a jif. Challenge in recent weeks has been the weather mostly - really warm and humid. Mix the weather in with low water levels in these creeks - makes for tricky, tentative (not really motivated to go trekking around in low, warm-ish water) fishing conditions. Thx again for taking the time to connect. All the best.

Thank you kindly

About 20 minutes to figure out the correct camera position - 10 minutes to figure out how I wanted to set the eyes and about 3 minutes to tie the darn thing! Tight lines to you!

Yes Sir! Met my wife back in 2006 and moved to Switzerland shortly there after ... appreciate you taking the time to watch and dropping a comment. Tight lines to you!

@@dbagzz cool man, keep the great content coming. Thanks and good fishing to you too.

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Oh baby! .. that would work too as a variant!

Thank you so much 😀 Tight lines!

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Ka Ching! Can confirm this fly in a size 18-20 worked well on Irish streams a few years back.