This ... is... saving me right now!! I'm from Iowa, right on the Mississippi River where Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin all come together. I took up SUP about 4 years ago and quickly became bored of it because nobody around here really does it. SO i thought it was a natural progression to pair my childhood love for fishing with my new love for SUP, and I've become a pretty darn strong fisherwoman/SUP'ing chick! I'm a single divorced mama so i really had to save my pennies, (i mean SAVE HARD!) and i finally had scraped up enough change and used enough different types of poles to see what i liked by the end of last summer, that i was able to finally get my dream rod and bait casting reel! .... Seriously... it's the best of the best sort of feeling to grab a big, fighting, toothy fish out of the water when you're standing up, going downstream! I completely grabbed on to this new venture of mine with both hands and seriously studied it and fished with legit fisherman around here to figure out behavior and what to use, etc... you have so many things to think about when on the SUP that multiplies your experience adn gets you to the neatest spots! Man.. the current, am i going to get caught up, where am i going to throw this line so i dont float right past it.... i'm basically in love with this sport. I spent HOURS and HOURS just throwing the crankbait off of my new bait caster so i could learn to do it without snagging every time (and with that, i learned how to untangle ANY snag, haha!) today i found this video by looking for awesome places to SUP fish! You guys are living my dream haha, i hope you're still loving life!! Someday maybe I can get a piece of one of these fishies :)
Jenny, thanks so much for the info on your adventures and your diving into the sport of SUP fishing. It truly is a wild experience and we are very blessed to have accomplished the things we have down here in Costa Rica. If you ever make it down this way be sure to hit us up!
@@BackwaterFlyFishing I will do that!! I'm really not exactly thriving so well in Iowa at the moment , as i've been working from home since March (COVID) and it's dark outside now by the time i get off work... I NEED SOME SUNSHINE and fresh air and activity! lol as-is why i'm currently looking at where to go. Vacation time is of plenty at the moment, so i'm looking hard for somewhere soon!!! Any suggestions for stays around there? I literally have zero idea of where to start. thanks!
Beautiful filming friend, here in Brazil we have a very similar fish that is called matrinxã and that we use plastic beads that imitate fruits or cork too.
Jesse & Micah, that was an awesome video. After spending the day on the water with you guys today, I know I will have to plan a trip to come back and try the SUP machaca trip. That looks straight up epic. You're good dudes with a great sense of adventure and livin' your dreams. Gotta hit the jungle with the fly rod and your hand made flies!!
Jim Rodgers thanks for the kind words! Was a great time getting to hang with you two. Thanks for taking the time out of your vacation to come fish with us! Hopefully we see you guys again soon! Machaca are a blast on an 8wt!
Hey great video guys, I think this is my favorite of your collection until now. Hope you continue making great videos and helping grow this machaca fly fishing community that a lot of people including myself are trying to get to the world to see. Love fishing this machacas. Tight lines.
We live and guide here in Costa Rica for now so we will be continuing to explore what some of the secrets of this place have to offer. We will be spending a week in Belize this August and then we don't have many plans after that. We shall see.
@@BackwaterFlyFishing That's so cool! What a life! Hopefully you get some great conditions to keep pumping out rad content! Videos like these are perfect for our June contest. Just create a channel and drop the youtube link in for a chance to win gear and be featured on Outside TV. Check it out here: www.outsidetvcampfire.com/contest/about/june19campfirecontest
@@OutsideWatch Right on. Very cool. I will drop the link in there for sure. You guys ever want to come down to the jungle to shoot a vid just let us know. We got a spot for ya.
@@OutsideWatch Ok, I setup a profile and uploaded the video. I didn't see a place to directly "submit the video" but did see something that mentioned all new videos will be submitted into monthly contest. Is the how it works or am I missing something?
Cuda thanks so much. i am not sure either. TH-cam isnt my strongest platform for some reason. all my content seems to move slow on here. thanks for the support!
This ... is... saving me right now!! I'm from Iowa, right on the Mississippi River where Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin all come together. I took up SUP about 4 years ago and quickly became bored of it because nobody around here really does it. SO i thought it was a natural progression to pair my childhood love for fishing with my new love for SUP, and I've become a pretty darn strong fisherwoman/SUP'ing chick! I'm a single divorced mama so i really had to save my pennies, (i mean SAVE HARD!) and i finally had scraped up enough change and used enough different types of poles to see what i liked by the end of last summer, that i was able to finally get my dream rod and bait casting reel! .... Seriously... it's the best of the best sort of feeling to grab a big, fighting, toothy fish out of the water when you're standing up, going downstream! I completely grabbed on to this new venture of mine with both hands and seriously studied it and fished with legit fisherman around here to figure out behavior and what to use, etc... you have so many things to think about when on the SUP that multiplies your experience adn gets you to the neatest spots! Man.. the current, am i going to get caught up, where am i going to throw this line so i dont float right past it.... i'm basically in love with this sport. I spent HOURS and HOURS just throwing the crankbait off of my new bait caster so i could learn to do it without snagging every time (and with that, i learned how to untangle ANY snag, haha!) today i found this video by looking for awesome places to SUP fish! You guys are living my dream haha, i hope you're still loving life!! Someday maybe I can get a piece of one of these fishies :)
Jenny, thanks so much for the info on your adventures and your diving into the sport of SUP fishing. It truly is a wild experience and we are very blessed to have accomplished the things we have down here in Costa Rica. If you ever make it down this way be sure to hit us up!
@@BackwaterFlyFishing I will do that!! I'm really not exactly thriving so well in Iowa at the moment , as i've been working from home since March (COVID) and it's dark outside now by the time i get off work... I NEED SOME SUNSHINE and fresh air and activity! lol as-is why i'm currently looking at where to go. Vacation time is of plenty at the moment, so i'm looking hard for somewhere soon!!! Any suggestions for stays around there? I literally have zero idea of where to start. thanks!
@@jennyswartz1772 shoot me an email backwaterflyfishing@yahoo.com
Does that fly float with the hook end up or down in the water?
Beautiful filming friend, here in Brazil we have a very similar fish that is called matrinxã and that we use plastic beads that imitate fruits or cork too.
Thank for the compliment! I am sure Brazil has some great fishing as well.
Adilson Teruji I think dorado and jatuarana are the same family Brycon
Costa Rica paradisse , Pura Vida !
Jesse & Micah, that was an awesome video. After spending the day on the water with you guys today, I know I will have to plan a trip to come back and try the SUP machaca trip. That looks straight up epic. You're good dudes with a great sense of adventure and livin' your dreams. Gotta hit the jungle with the fly rod and your hand made flies!!
Jim Rodgers thanks for the kind words! Was a great time getting to hang with you two. Thanks for taking the time out of your vacation to come fish with us! Hopefully we see you guys again soon! Machaca are a blast on an 8wt!
Brooooo!!! Getting the itch bad!!!! What an awesome fishery. Congrats and I wish y'all the best.
Many thanks! Glad you liked the film. If you ever want to come down to the jungle please give my guiding company a look over, www.506outdoors.com
Hey great video guys, I think this is my favorite of your collection until now. Hope you continue making great videos and helping grow this machaca fly fishing community that a lot of people including myself are trying to get to the world to see. Love fishing this machacas. Tight lines.
Very well done!!!! great video guys...keep up the good work!!
Right on, Right on! Many thanks!
Amazing
saenzzz2 many thanks!
Muy buena producción, excelente trabajo. Keep going mates! Love your channel.
Dude you killed it with this video!! Very well done! It’s great to see you get your target fish you were after as well!! Keep it up brother!!!
Derrick Sarosi thanks for the kind words brother! Took my time on it for sure.
Great footage and great video. I guess for some reason I never thought about targeting a non predatory fish. It’s crazy to see them feeding like that.
They are predatory in the sense that they do eat insects and small baitfish; however, their main diet is fruit, nuts, and flowers.
Backwater Fly Fishing good to know 👍thanks man
What’s that they’re biting? Couldn’t tell what kind of fly that was lol. Great video!
fruit flies.
Where was it? I want to go there?
That looks epic! What size rods u using for this?
8wt mostly
So Creative and epic! Great Stuff Guys! Where are you fishing next?
We live and guide here in Costa Rica for now so we will be continuing to explore what some of the secrets of this place have to offer. We will be spending a week in Belize this August and then we don't have many plans after that. We shall see.
@@BackwaterFlyFishing That's so cool! What a life! Hopefully you get some great conditions to keep pumping out rad content! Videos like these are perfect for our June contest. Just create a channel and drop the youtube link in for a chance to win gear and be featured on Outside TV. Check it out here: www.outsidetvcampfire.com/contest/about/june19campfirecontest
@@OutsideWatch Right on. Very cool. I will drop the link in there for sure. You guys ever want to come down to the jungle to shoot a vid just let us know. We got a spot for ya.
@@BackwaterFlyFishing We appreciate you! Keep up the great work guys!
@@OutsideWatch Ok, I setup a profile and uploaded the video. I didn't see a place to directly "submit the video" but did see something that mentioned all new videos will be submitted into monthly contest. Is the how it works or am I missing something?
Can you eat machaca or guapote?
You can but the machaca are not that great. We release all the fish we catch.
@@BackwaterFlyFishing The machaca has many bones, they are a big problem but their flavor is very good. Still release is better
How this video only has 6k views is beyond me. Spectacular! Sick edits my man!
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Cuda thanks so much. i am not sure either. TH-cam isnt my strongest platform for some reason. all my content seems to move slow on here. thanks for the support!