Cheers Dom. Timeless indeed - those patterns don't show any sign of diminishing powers yet! I'm even told by John Shaner that dry fly luminary Vince Marinaro caught his last ever trout on a soft hackle, North Country Wet Fly...
Brilliant video and one to be bookmarked, I have spiders and about to try for the first time but with rivers so low and fish scarce it may just be good practice for now.
Thank you Peter - I think John captured the feel of the whole "tradition-soaked" North Country Wet Fly fishing (there's even a little cameo of Edmonds and Lee "Brook and River Trouting"). Paul
Thanks Russell, I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’ll have to look up the music piece next time I have the laptop open - it will be by one of the artists on Artlist.io. Paul.
Hi Jeff, I believe Rob was using a Marryat Tactical rod (from memory a 10ft #3 but I can check). Rob's leader is a design he has developed and tweaked over the years - and that is something we will sit down with him and video when we get chance. It is one of the detailed investigations that we've earmarked for including in a feature-length video of tying and fishing North Country Soft Hackle flies. Paul
@@FishingDiscoveries Thanks Paul, I’d love to hear more about it. I live in the states and virtually no one fishes this wonderful method over here. I have had to experiment to find a leader that works for me-what I have come up with is a leader based on George Harvey’s leaders if you are familiar with that. He was a fellow Pennsylvania angler who developed a leader that lands with a bunch of ‘S’ curves for slack in the presentation negating drag issues. I’m sure a Yorkshire man would say it’s not true North Country Style if some bloody Yankee is doing it! 😂
@@jeffhanna763 John Shaner is a big advocate (and regular visitor to Yorkshire and Rob Smith) - based in the Catskills...I really enjoyed my video chat with John which you can find on our channel here: th-cam.com/video/5yMCpM2z1RQ/w-d-xo.html
This is the the great short. I enjoy every second of it, music, pace, footage of the angler moments.
Hear ! Here! I agree. Very high product values.
Beautiful footage! Very well captured- and some flies really are timelessly effective.
Cheers Dom. Timeless indeed - those patterns don't show any sign of diminishing powers yet! I'm even told by John Shaner that dry fly luminary Vince Marinaro caught his last ever trout on a soft hackle, North Country Wet Fly...
Those traditional wet flies work just as well on New England brookies! Very nice film.
I just bet they do! Thanks for the kind feedback. Paul
Beautifully shot with a spider dressing commingled with fly presented upstream followed by magical tug.
Glad you enjoyed it Enzo - thank you!
Brilliant video and one to be bookmarked, I have spiders and about to try for the first time but with rivers so low and fish scarce it may just be good practice for now.
A grand wee film,well done.
Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
Amazing footage and lighting, couldn’t want more motivation to go and wet a fly than this.
Thank you Gary - I think that is the best reaction we could ever aim for; to make you feel like picking up a rod and heading for the water right away.
Thank very much for sharing such quality of content. Keep going
Super kind of you to say Valentin - we'll do our best!
Beautifully shot, so tranquil
Thank you Peter - I think John captured the feel of the whole "tradition-soaked" North Country Wet Fly fishing (there's even a little cameo of Edmonds and Lee "Brook and River Trouting"). Paul
@@FishingDiscoveries Hi Paul I have not read the book (shocking as a Yorkshireman) heading up to the Upper Derwent in Yorkshire later...inspired!
Supremely competent video guys! Great to watch. Just makes you want to get out there! Tx
Cheers Neil - hope you have fun on the river very soon.
I can watch this film over and over again.love the music .great fly tying music.could you tell whos music it is ?
Thanks Russell, I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’ll have to look up the music piece next time I have the laptop open - it will be by one of the artists on Artlist.io. Paul.
Beautiful way to fish
There’s definitely a poetry to traditional soft hackle wets.
very beautiful video🤩👏
Thank you 🤗
That's really special, thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much and I hope we can keep adding to that story in future too. Paul.
Well done!
Loved it. 👏👏
Awesome video! What is the tool used to scratch the dubbing off the skin?
Search for "ceramic dubbing rake" 😁
Great footage. Care to share the tackle used for this? What is the leader used? Thanks!
Hi Jeff, I believe Rob was using a Marryat Tactical rod (from memory a 10ft #3 but I can check). Rob's leader is a design he has developed and tweaked over the years - and that is something we will sit down with him and video when we get chance. It is one of the detailed investigations that we've earmarked for including in a feature-length video of tying and fishing North Country Soft Hackle flies. Paul
@@FishingDiscoveries Thanks Paul, I’d love to hear more about it. I live in the states and virtually no one fishes this wonderful method over here. I have had to experiment to find a leader that works for me-what I have come up with is a leader based on George Harvey’s leaders if you are familiar with that. He was a fellow Pennsylvania angler who developed a leader that lands with a bunch of ‘S’ curves for slack in the presentation negating drag issues. I’m sure a Yorkshire man would say it’s not true North Country Style if some bloody Yankee is doing it! 😂
@@jeffhanna763 John Shaner is a big advocate (and regular visitor to Yorkshire and Rob Smith) - based in the Catskills...I really enjoyed my video chat with John which you can find on our channel here: th-cam.com/video/5yMCpM2z1RQ/w-d-xo.html
That was before I had grey hair 😀
Time flies!
Bring him back and give him a tenkara rod and horsehair line!
He's already fond of fishing horsehair casts from time to time.
That's dry fly fishing.
Interesting, In what way?