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South Mend
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 1 ม.ค. 2020
NC native that fell in love with steelhead/lake run rainbow trout fishing in the Great Lakes region. Look forward to fly fishing and centerpin content!
BIG trout from the NIAGARA RIVER | Centerpin Fishing
I was targeting some smallmouth bass at the lower Niagara river in May, when I caught a surprise steelhead/Lake run rainbow trout. This one was definitely my personal best steelhead so far! I also added two clips from a different day, where I landed two smallies. Thank you for watching!
SETUP INFO:
Rod: FishUSA Flagship Centerpin Rod 12’
Reel: Okuma VT-1002 Aventa Float Reel
Mainline: TAAR Floating Monofilament Line, 12lb test
Leader: Seaguar STS Trout/Steelhead Fluorocarbon leader, 6-8lb test
SETUP INFO:
Rod: FishUSA Flagship Centerpin Rod 12’
Reel: Okuma VT-1002 Aventa Float Reel
Mainline: TAAR Floating Monofilament Line, 12lb test
Leader: Seaguar STS Trout/Steelhead Fluorocarbon leader, 6-8lb test
มุมมอง: 670
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Can you Euro Nymph for Smallmouth Bass? | Fly Fishing
มุมมอง 309หลายเดือนก่อน
I was out on a local creek, and tried to do some euro nymphing/tight lining with a little streamer for smallmouth bass. This is definitely not the most efficient way to catch smallmouth bass, but I fell in love with the technique and got onto a few solid smallies with it. White marabou jigs and Olive wooley buggers seemed to be the ticket today. Thank you for watching! SETUP INFO: Rod: 6wt Diam...
This creek is LOADED with multiple species! | Fly Fishing
มุมมอง 686หลายเดือนก่อน
Started off the day trying to single hand spey cast for the first time using a 200 grain skagit head on a 10'10" 6WT rod. Got the hang of it within an hour, but I definitely need to perfect it. After getting that practice in with no luck, I moved to a different section of the creek and did a little bit of euro nymphing/tight lining. I got into multiple different species of fish, and one was sup...
The BEST nymphing rod for steelhead? | Fly Fishing
มุมมอง 4122 หลายเดือนก่อน
Today I was testing the 6wt Diamondback Ideal Nymph rod, doing a little tight lining/euro nymphing. It was a lot more sensitive than my redington path rod, and using a mono rig for the first time made me see that these rods are made for loading via the weight of the flies vs a traditional fly line. This rod can handle some seriously big fish, I landed 2 river redhorses in the 10-15 lb range. Al...
Catching big DOINKS in amish | Fly Fishing
มุมมอง 4262 หลายเดือนก่อน
Late spring fly fishing, mostly white suckerfish as usual but I got onto a surprise catch. Thanks for watching. SETUP INFO: Rod: Redington Path 7WT, 9 Foot Reel: Orvis Clearwater Large Arbor Reel, Size IV (7-9 WT) Fly Line: Scientific Anglers Amplitude Textured Anadro Indicator Fly Line Leader: I tie my own tapered leaders, using Maxima Ultragreen. 20lb butt section, 15lb mid section, 10 lb end...
The BEST steelhead lure? | Fly Fishing
มุมมอง 5052 หลายเดือนก่อน
Fly fishing for steelhead on a snow day. Weather was warming up this day and the snow was melting. Little did I know the water was about to get blown out. That didn't stop us from getting onto some fish though. The best days to fish are whenever you can. I also got to meet Rick again, who was the guy who gave me an olive wooley bugger. Super cool guy, wish I got his contact info so you all coul...
Is this the HARDEST fighting fish? | Fly Fishing
มุมมอง 1182 หลายเดือนก่อน
Chasing some steelhead in late spring, didn't think I'd actually connect with one. It was a fresh fish too! I had to battle through the suckers, but in the end it was a trip well worth it. Thanks for watching. SETUP INFO: Rod: Redington Path 7WT, 9 Foot Reel: Orvis Clearwater Large Arbor Reel, Size IV (7-9 WT) Fly Line: Scientific Anglers Amplitude Textured Anadro Indicator Fly Line Leader: I t...
Exploring new creek for BIG trout | Fly Fishing
มุมมอง 1663 หลายเดือนก่อน
Struggling to keep spring steelhead pinned... but I was lucky enough to land one. This was the first time I came to this section of the creek so I was doing a little exploring. Still working on my tight lining skills! Tried egg patterns and streamers, egg patterns seemed to be the move early in the morning and then the wooly bugger started doing work later. Thanks for watching. SETUP INFO: Rod:...
Don't mess with Canadian Geese... | Fly Fishing
มุมมอง 2163 หลายเดือนก่อน
Don't mess with Canadian Geese man... dude started hissing at me and chasing me. I learned later that around the early spring time is when these geese have their eggs hatching. During other times of the year they're usually chill! The day started out rough with a bunch of suckers, but it was redeemed at the end with a beautiful steelhead. Watch til the end to see it rocket out of the water! SET...
Met the fly fishing GOAT then THIS happened? | Fly Fishing
มุมมอง 4894 หลายเดือนก่อน
I met the fly fishing goat on the water. He gave me a fly and some tips to try swinging it through the current, and that seemed to produce some aggressive strikes. Try not to handle fish like I did in this video, I'm working on my butterfingers. SETUP INFO: Rod: Redington Path 7WT, 9 Foot Reel: Orvis Clearwater Large Arbor Reel, Size IV (7-9 WT) Fly Line: Scientific Anglers Amplitude Textured A...
Steelhead can't resist THIS lure | Centerpin Fishing
มุมมอง 2.1K5 หลายเดือนก่อน
Another pretty solid day out on the creek using the centerpin. The only thing they were eating today was the white marabou jig. Looked to be some spawned out hens, steelhead might be spawning and dropping back early this season. SETUP INFO: Rod: FishUSA Flagship Centerpin Rod 12’ Reel: Okuma VT-1002 Aventa Float Reel Mainline: TAAR Floating Monofilament Line, 12lb test Leader: Seaguar STS Trout...
How to catch BIG steelhead in SHALLOW water | Centerpin Fishing
มุมมอง 1685 หลายเดือนก่อน
I'll try to be more attentive about my Camelbak next time 😅 Solid day of steelhead fishing after a slight rain/snow melt off the day before which brought the flows and turbidity up a little. SETUP INFO: Rod: FishUSA Flagship Centerpin Rod 12’ Reel: Okuma VT-1002 Aventa Float Reel Mainline: TAAR Floating Monofilament Line, 12lb test Leader: Seaguar STS Trout/Steelhead Fluorocarbon leader, 6-8lb ...
Fly fishing chocolate milk then I caught THIS? | Fly Fishing
มุมมอง 7435 หลายเดือนก่อน
Solid day of lazy fly fishing at a pretty well known creek in WNY, with an unexpected catch. It was my first time trying tight line nymphing as opposed to using an indicator so go easy on me. SETUP INFO: Rod: Redington Path 7WT, 9 Foot Reel: Orvis Clearwater Large Arbor Reel, Size IV (7-9 WT) Fly Line: Scientific Anglers Amplitude Textured Anadro Indicator Fly Line Leader: I tie my own tapered ...
Wow! That is a huge trout. Enjoyed watching 😎 Just subbed!
Absolutely massive! Hope to beat that this season. Thanks for watching.
Beautiful trout. Powerful fisherman.
Only big doinks out here in Amish
OKAYYY BIG TROUT PR! 🐟💪🏽
Big ups
I do like a clear water day, nice chromies homie
Thanks my man! The Niagara sure is beautiful when the water is clear.
wow I didn't know you could euro nymph for smallmouth bass! that's so cool
I didn’t know either but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to try!
that steelhead looks beautiful! nice catch!!
Thank you! Biggest one I’ve caught so far!
Was this in August?
Nah this was late May, stoked for steelhead season this year!
@@SouthMendsame here
beautiful
Not as beautiful as you!
The people have spoken and they want a topwater vid But nice smallies man been wanting to catch one one day
Haha hmmm I’m not seeing any comments about topwater 🤔 you should come up during smallie season some time and get on some
@@SouthMend that sounds like a plan man likely I will try for smallie my first time there haha
Aardvark: a nocturnal burrowing mammal with long ears, a tubular snout, and a long extensible tongue, feeding on ants and termites. Aardvarks are native to Africa and have no close relatives.
Dang must be lonely having no close relatives
David at 7:14 proving he’ll hook up with any species 😏
I don’t discriminate lol
Women love him. Fish fear him.
Yardy know
the water is starting to look so nice and clear! seems like they’re running out of chocolate milk
😂 unlike the other creek, this one isn’t in Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory
Omg! Sending love from Japan!
The international goat
4:55 beautiful catch!
the euro rod looks fun to use!
@@annie-zhengthanks! Loving the new rod, it helps so much with tight lining/euro nymphing.
yasssssss new vid
Thanks for watching brotha
New fishing video 😲 nymphing 😒 haha jk man I see you destroying the chocolate milk
lol you’re gonna be nymphin soon enough
Will you show us how you tie your flies sometime? They seem to be working great!
Maybe one day! If more people want me to, but I’m not a professional by any means and I get most of my fly tying recipes from other TH-camrs.
I gotcha! Do you have any beginner recommendations for other TH-camrs to watch?
@@annie-zheng Yes! For my marabou jig fly, I learned how to tie it from Bill & Mikes Angling Adventures, who is also in the WNY area. I have also been tying a lot of nymphs for euro nymphing for trout recently, and I have been loving OldDominionTroutBum videos, as well as MainelyFlies. OldDominionTroutBum is a great resource to learn how to euro nymph/tight line, and I also watch some George Daniels videos as well.
I’ll check them out, thank you!
One Fly Man 🪰👊
😂 Catchin fish with only one fly!!
"Gang". R.I.P. King Dave
The goat bro I didn’t know he passed away
@@SouthMend "Big Ole' Doinks".
Brother, I'm looking to get my first fly rod and I'm torn between weights. Would you recommend a 5wt or a 6wt to start off on?
Depends on what type of fish you’re going for! If you’re fishing for inland trout, anywhere from 3wt-5wt is good. If you are fishing for steelhead, then I’d recommend the 6wt-8wt.
@@SouthMend I think realistically I'm going to be fishing waters with more trout than anything else but i wanted to be able to handle the occasional bass and maybe even a steelhead. I do plan on getting a nicer rod down the line so I'll have one lighter and one stronger in the future. Thanks man!
@faz4983 Gotcha, I currently use a 6wt rod for both steelhead and smallmouth bass so it’ll definitely work for both of those. If you are going to be catching inland trout most of the time then I’d recommend a 3wt just because they’re generally smaller and you won’t need as heavy a rod to fight them (plus fighting fish on a lighter wt rod is more fun!). But a 5wt is generally seen as an all around good rod that you can catch all 3 species of those on (maybe not huge huge bass or steelhead), and a 5wt will be better at casting bigger flies than the 3wt if you’re into using streamers as opposed to smaller nymph like flies. If you have to choose between only a 5wt or 6wt, I’d go 5wt if you’re mostly catching inland trout, and I’d go 6wt if you’re mostly catching bass/steelhead. Let me know if you have any other questions! There’s a lot of things to consider when choosing a rod and I am by no means an expert lol.
@@SouthMend I appreciate you man! I've got questions here and there but not a lot of people around me that are into fly fishing. I'll probably grab the 5wt to start then go from there. Keep up the content man, it's videos like yours that get me hype to get on the water! 🫡 Thank you!
@faz4983 no problem, best way to figure out what gear you want/need is to try out some rods yourself anyway! I started with just a 7wt and now own a 2, 6, and 8wt lol. Thank you for watching and supporting the channel brotha
Do you think when the fish gets caught they think “dang this fly been hittin the gym” or what?
LOL flies hittin some PRs over here launching fish out of the water
meow
Woof
This man is addicted to the choccy moo moo
Yardy know
If a fish could be any other animal which one do you think it would be?
They’d probably want to be Canadian geese so they can get revenge and mess with humans
The last time I went fishing with this dude he saved a whole blind orphanage from sinking with the children inside because he’s jacked and a good man but most importantly he’s incredibly jacked. Like mt Everest jealous of them peaks gnome sayin? Anyway you should subscribe to him
😂 all facts
how are you not freezing in that water wtf
Desperation and many pairs of sweatpants do the trick 😂
The view looks beautiful
I agree, half the reason why I go fishing is for the scenery!
Oh wow I can’t believe they’re still around! Nice catch
Thanks! It was a pleasant surprise for sure.
First, also not to be giving unsolicited advice or nothing but I heard that a topwater mouse gurgler absolutely destroys 😏
Haha that’s all you brotha
love the vids
Preciate it brotha!
Fiiiirst, and nice fish man glad to see there’s still some straggler steelhead
Thanks my man it was definitely a surprise!
This guy is NUTS they can’t stop him!
Thanks Bob the arena GOD
They look so yummy in my tummy!
You should come up and try one then 😎
being first is overrated it's the real ones that count, nice steelie man lookin forward to the smallie content
😂 smallmouth content comin soon for sure!
Losing fish is always tragic but glad to see you landed one later
For real, we take those though! Thanks for watching
ya boy is first again
The goat
Beautiful 🎣 Great video! Don’t pet the geese lol
I definitely won’t be petting that one! Thanks for watching
Ok I see you with the editing skills. Also you have really nice hands :)
I know you like these tendies
Seems like the geese were just trying to protect their babies- glad you didn’t get hurt!
Yeah I was not messing with that goose!
Cobra chicken attack at 7:00 min
😂
first
The goat
nice
Thanks for watching!
I cried a little when you dropped the last fish
Same here, I need to work on holding fish 😅
seems like the single fly worked today 🪰
For sure! I will definitely be trying the double rig again in the future
Damn those first few hook slips were heartbreaking. That dropper/tandem rig seems to grabbing their attention though!
It definitely does the trick!
this man can't stop catching these fish gyatttt
Only certified gyats out here
Bice been fishing elk creek pa since the mid 90s. Great fishery
Steelhead alley has some of the best fishing! Love the scenery as well
cool.
Thanks for watching!
What about you recording how you catching the fish, and then I record how I cook the same fish that you caught😂
Sounds like a good plan! When white bass are here I’ll keep some for you!
@@SouthMend when summer break comes, I might want to go fishing with you together 🫣
@@bilingchen1595 I got you, I can show you how to catch the fish!