Small streams dont require a sinking line and as a novice a sinking line is far harder to use. I love your humility, small river fly fishing isnt mastered in 5 mins. Stick to naturals too, spider patterns and nymphs until the dry fly comes into its own as the season progresses. Well done, love your vids.
Thanks a lot for the advice mate! I did find sinking like quite a lot harder to fish with. I can’t wait to start using dry flies, looks so fun. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Good lad is Sam and he ties some cracking flies,I was fishing with him when he got his first fly caught bass on one he had tied and to say he was happy is an understatement.
Wonderful I love fishing qith wet flies-I find it exciting and the flies themselves are elegant. I enjoy your presentation-no shouting and punching the air!. :-)
You do The most honest and genuine fishing videos! Im sure you'd be a great fishing companion for the day. You'd love the river test I'm sure, if you haven't tried it before. The Itchen is a close second in my opinion. Great work... defo prefer fly fishing over spinning and coarse fishing vids. Keep it up fella, seem like a nice genuine bloke 👍
Lovely fish and that black wet fly was a perfect choice. Casting across and letting the fly drift down with the take as it swings across the current is, I understand, a classic way of fishing wets. Well jealous! Casting was great too
Belting video George, interesting glimpse of the big cat! Early spring and a big water can leave experienced fly fishers baffled too! Although it's probably the nicest time to be out! It's worth trying a semi weighted black streamer (wooly bugger? ) in such conditions, it works (sometimes 😂) upstream, downstream, across etc using it to search likely holes like you would a spinner. It's crude fly fishing but you can change to nymph or dry fly as the water drops and fish show on the surface. I usually set up 2 rods for that plan, given time. I can remember an old bailiff telling me as a teenager "any colour of fly so long as its black" An experienced euro nymph guy would have a dozen trout from there in those conditions, but is that really fly fishing??? 😂👍👍👍
@@adventurefishinguk I always think as long as there’s some kind of a fly in the water there’s a chance a fish will bite haha. Great video, thanks for sharing :)
Great vid man, loving seeing more fly videos! Just a couple of tips, cast across stream so the drift can be achieved, and also 'mend' your line to turn the leader and keep a fairly straight line through the drift! Keep it up bro
First and foremost, love watching your vids me and my mate watch your vids then want to plan a day out ha, just a thought I do a bit of fly fishing and just this year bought me and my dad our first tenkara rod and for the small rivers you go on they would be perfect for a new vid and they don't break the bank 👍
Congrats on your first wild brownie on the fly rod!!! Just keep fly fishing that foam line, which as you know is the conveyor belt for food for fish. I’m a little puzzled as to why you switched out the but section of your 7 WT rod thinking it would “become a 5 WT rod”. I’ve been fly fishing for over 30 years and simply have never seen that done. Instead, I would just switch to a 5 WT rod instead of running the risk of, “mixing & matching different WT rods”. Which is why many fly fishermen own multiple rods. We want the line WT to match the WT of the rod. Excluding of course when you either want to over line your rod, or in this case under line your rod. But you would just use a reel with a different line WT instead of mixing & matching sections of different WTs of rods. But that’s a beautiful river you’re fishing. I sure wish I was “across the pond” fly fishing it with you. Just keep fishing that foam line! Another way to ensure your success is to cast upstream instead of downstream because the fish are facing the current looking for food and are far less likely to see you behind them. Tight lines. 😇
I'm not surprised you haven't seen it before, it's a new concept from travel rod company Rigged and Ready. one compact rod delivers two configurations depending onn how it's set up! yes there is a little compromise compared to a specialist rod for sure. Thanks for watching!
Congratulations George, target complete. You're casting quite well now pal and the choice of flys will become easier with experience. Always chat to other anglers or the bailiff and ask for help chosing which fly to use and always ask why they would choose that particular fly pattern. Most anglers wouldn't mind passing on their knowledge. Also get yourself a good pair of chest waders, that way you can get below those weir pools and cast upstream. I'm in no way an expert on the subject but i learnt myself but doing just that, asking the questions and trusting your own ability. The only other piece of advice i would give is to get the line on the reel as quickly as possible so you don't have that big belly of line in the water dragged by the current downstream that the fish can run into. You can get the line on the reel and play the fish using the clutch. Anyways tight lines and enjoying the content. Well done George 😊😊
Thanks for the in depth comment mate that’s all very helpful. Not quite experimented yet with playing a fish on the reel, next time I’m out I’ll have to give it a go. Just used to fishing stillwaters for rainbows I forgot that could be an issue!
@@adventurefishinguk pleased to receive a reply George 😊 by no way is that a criticism, just something that i had learnt myself buy experience. I've had a fish run into that belly of line myself and it was a real mess lol 😂 congratulations on your new video 📷 great fun just micro fishing 🎣 for anything that bites and as you said you could hook up anything down there. I think that was a harbour porpoise you caught a glimpse of, correct me if I'm wrong lol 😂😂 regards to you and Georgia and baby Alfie
@@jamiewalters7750 was definitely a porpoise! Thought dolphin at the time based on a quick glimpse but when I slowed it right down it became apparent. I know exactly what you mean with the line, had a small fish swim round me the other day when I was playing it, nearly got tangled in the line. I’ll have to be careful! All the best
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Thanks mate! Really enjoying the fly fishing at the moment. It’s definitely very different to lure fishing, and yeah the waders have been invaluable so far!
I have mate yeah, it’s a good little rod but can be a bit tricky to start on. One thing you can do to help is maybe go one line size up that it says to which can help you get to grips with casting!
Nice video! It resonated with me as I am also on a mission to catch my first fly caught wild brownie, hopefully on a dry fly. River fishing, particularly with a fly rod is very new to me so I also don't really know what I am doing! So far I have lost about thirty quids worth of flies in trees, lost a wild brownie on a nymph and caught a couple of rainbows and a chub. The mission continues! I will take even a thumb sized wild brownie! Even blanking on a nice river is a good day though. I also wasn't sure about lines and have just bought a replacement WF5 line for my set up. I don't think it has any sinking capacity but I don't know if that is good or bad! I notice you were mainly casting across the stream or downstream. Shouldn't you cast upstream and let the fly naturally float towards you in the flow whilst taking in line to maintain good contact for a take?
It’s definitely not easy learning to fly fish, I can’t wait for the dry flies to start coming into their own. Yes casting upstream does sound like a good idea, I’m just so used to lure fishing retrieving mostly across on the swing that that’s what I do naturally! I’ll pay a bit more attention to the upstream casting next time I go out 👍
Have you ever been to bank House fly fishery in Lancaster? Right around the corner from me. I was advised to go there and talk to the owner as I'm brand new to fly fishing and don't really know where to start in a practical sense.
i might be wrong but the bright orange fly only works in stock lochs/lakes if you wnt to catch wild trout have a look at the flys around the river and try to mach that. thats just my opinion
Great vid man I got a fly rod of my da last year and lots of flys but I don't really not what line to get for it and the size of leader for it ider any tips would be help full as I'm going to try it out for the trout
I’m not really the man to ask mate but regarding line that depends on what weight your rod is rated to cast! As for a leader I just use one 5 feet but I’m only just starting to learn myself
I’m not really the man to ask mate but regarding line that depends on what weight your rod is rated to cast! As for a leader I just use one 5 feet but I’m only just starting to learn myself
I would save the bright orange flies for rainbows, black flies show up beautifully in stained water, you can have a red tail or something like that, there are thousands of traditional patterns to pick from. Try to cut down on your false cast's. Overall well done.
Thanks David, a couple of people have mentioned cutting a false cast off the end. I always seem to take it one too far! I’ll work on that next time I’m out
I find streamers work best when the weather has warmed up a bit. A bit early yet, IMO. And try Clouser Minnows. They are as good as anything and cut through the surface and get down very quickly. And swimming upside down, they are not so prone to getting snagged. Early season on our northern rivers often consists of waiting for hatches around lunchtime that are short in duration. Large Dark Olives, March Browns and Grannom are the principle flies.
Thanks mate I’ll look into getting some of the flies you mentioned, especially the clouser minnow. That sounds really cool! Feels like there’s a lot to learn about river fishing on the fly
There isn’t a great run of salmon in that river anymore unfortunately! I’ve accidentally hooked one on trout gear once though, I think I will give it a go later on in the year for sure 👍
I'm not an expert but I reckon you would be more successful if you fish up river rather than casting down river.. also don't try and cast so far... presentation is more important.. brilliant video though.. you're a star
Something called tippet is best, or you can use fluorocarbon. Plenty of good knot tutorials on TH-cam that’ll be able to explain better visually than me explaining!
Small streams dont require a sinking line and as a novice a sinking line is far harder to use. I love your humility, small river fly fishing isnt mastered in 5 mins. Stick to naturals too, spider patterns and nymphs until the dry fly comes into its own as the season progresses. Well done, love your vids.
Thanks a lot for the advice mate! I did find sinking like quite a lot harder to fish with. I can’t wait to start using dry flies, looks so fun. Glad you enjoyed the video!
X2 on the above pal, pretty much exactly what i was going to write.
@@guernica8487 thanks for the advice mate!
What do you know dumbo
What do you know
Good lad is Sam and he ties some cracking flies,I was fishing with him when he got his first fly caught bass on one he had tied and to say he was happy is an understatement.
He certainly does! I remember hearing about that, must've been quite the moment for him. On a home tied fly too.. Thanks for watching!
@@adventurefishinguk I'm enjoying your video,s especially the bigland hall one.keep uploading 👍
Well done chief 👍🏻 You’re spoiling me with the fly fishing content. Long may it continue
Thanks mate! Already got a couple more filmed I need to edit 👍🎣
Wonderful I love fishing qith wet flies-I find it exciting and the flies themselves are elegant. I enjoy your presentation-no shouting and punching the air!. :-)
Thanks for watching!
Loving your vids - genuine and entertaining. BTW your first wild brownie was a great fish! 👌
Thanks a lot for watching mate I appreciate it!
You do The most honest and genuine fishing videos! Im sure you'd be a great fishing companion for the day. You'd love the river test I'm sure, if you haven't tried it before. The Itchen is a close second in my opinion. Great work... defo prefer fly fishing over spinning and coarse fishing vids. Keep it up fella, seem like a nice genuine bloke 👍
Thanks a lot! I’ve never fished the test or the itchen they look like great rivers though. Thanks for watching!
Lovely fish and that black wet fly was a perfect choice. Casting across and letting the fly drift down with the take as it swings across the current is, I understand, a classic way of fishing wets. Well jealous! Casting was great too
Thanks for watching mate and I appreciate the comment!
Excellent video mate,well done 👍🏻
Thanks James glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the shout out dude. That fly was tied in my early days of tying. Glad they still work 🤣
They definitely still work mate thanks a lot for the flies they’re all I’m catching on on the rivers at the moment!
@@adventurefishinguk i tie you some more the in different sizes. 😉
Belting video George, interesting glimpse of the big cat!
Early spring and a big water can leave experienced fly fishers baffled too! Although it's probably the nicest time to be out!
It's worth trying a semi weighted black streamer (wooly bugger? ) in such conditions, it works (sometimes 😂) upstream, downstream, across etc using it to search likely holes like you would a spinner.
It's crude fly fishing but you can change to nymph or dry fly as the water drops and fish show on the surface. I usually set up 2 rods for that plan, given time.
I can remember an old bailiff telling me as a teenager "any colour of fly so long as its black"
An experienced euro nymph guy would have a dozen trout from there in those conditions, but is that really fly fishing??? 😂👍👍👍
Thanks for the advice mate i'll definitely give that a good go next spring! I think i've got a few wooly buggers in the garage somewhere 👍
Haha great fish, can always count on a wet fly on the swing. A dry fly and a nymph dropper works well too!
Yeah i've still got a lot to learn about fly fishing!
@@adventurefishinguk I always think as long as there’s some kind of a fly in the water there’s a chance a fish will bite haha. Great video, thanks for sharing :)
Great vid man, loving seeing more fly videos! Just a couple of tips, cast across stream so the drift can be achieved, and also 'mend' your line to turn the leader and keep a fairly straight line through the drift! Keep it up bro
Thanks mate glad you enjoyed the video! I’ll definitely work on that next time I’m out fishing 👍
Great content. Love the vids. Thanks
Thanks mate I appreciate that!
First and foremost, love watching your vids me and my mate watch your vids then want to plan a day out ha, just a thought I do a bit of fly fishing and just this year bought me and my dad our first tenkara rod and for the small rivers you go on they would be perfect for a new vid and they don't break the bank 👍
I've actually got a rigged and ready tenkara rod. Never quite got round to setting it up though! Looks like a fun way to fish
Floating No5 line , 12’ tapered leader with 3/4lb tippet . Try some natural nymphs, Hares Ear , Pheasant Tail , beaded preferably! Great effort, Greetings from Ireland
I’ve heard great things about the hares ear maybe I’ll get myself a few, thanks for the comment!
Congrats on your first wild brownie on the fly rod!!! Just keep fly fishing that foam line, which as you know is the conveyor belt for food for fish. I’m a little puzzled as to why you switched out the but section of your 7 WT rod thinking it would “become a 5 WT rod”. I’ve been fly fishing for over 30 years and simply have never seen that done. Instead, I would just switch to a 5 WT rod instead of running the risk of, “mixing & matching different WT rods”. Which is why many fly fishermen own multiple rods. We want the line WT to match the WT of the rod. Excluding of course when you either want to over line your rod, or in this case under line your rod. But you would just use a reel with a different line WT instead of mixing & matching sections of different WTs of rods. But that’s a beautiful river you’re fishing. I sure wish I was “across the pond” fly fishing it with you. Just keep fishing that foam line! Another way to ensure your success is to cast upstream instead of downstream because the fish are facing the current looking for food and are far less likely to see you behind them. Tight lines. 😇
I'm not surprised you haven't seen it before, it's a new concept from travel rod company Rigged and Ready. one compact rod delivers two configurations depending onn how it's set up! yes there is a little compromise compared to a specialist rod for sure. Thanks for watching!
Congratulations George, target complete. You're casting quite well now pal and the choice of flys will become easier with experience. Always chat to other anglers or the bailiff and ask for help chosing which fly to use and always ask why they would choose that particular fly pattern. Most anglers wouldn't mind passing on their knowledge. Also get yourself a good pair of chest waders, that way you can get below those weir pools and cast upstream. I'm in no way an expert on the subject but i learnt myself but doing just that, asking the questions and trusting your own ability. The only other piece of advice i would give is to get the line on the reel as quickly as possible so you don't have that big belly of line in the water dragged by the current downstream that the fish can run into. You can get the line on the reel and play the fish using the clutch. Anyways tight lines and enjoying the content. Well done George 😊😊
Thanks for the in depth comment mate that’s all very helpful. Not quite experimented yet with playing a fish on the reel, next time I’m out I’ll have to give it a go. Just used to fishing stillwaters for rainbows I forgot that could be an issue!
@@adventurefishinguk pleased to receive a reply George 😊 by no way is that a criticism, just something that i had learnt myself buy experience. I've had a fish run into that belly of line myself and it was a real mess lol 😂 congratulations on your new video 📷 great fun just micro fishing 🎣 for anything that bites and as you said you could hook up anything down there. I think that was a harbour porpoise you caught a glimpse of, correct me if I'm wrong lol 😂😂 regards to you and Georgia and baby Alfie
@@jamiewalters7750 was definitely a porpoise! Thought dolphin at the time based on a quick glimpse but when I slowed it right down it became apparent. I know exactly what you mean with the line, had a small fish swim round me the other day when I was playing it, nearly got tangled in the line. I’ll have to be careful!
All the best
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Thanks mate! Really enjoying the fly fishing at the moment. It’s definitely very different to lure fishing, and yeah the waders have been invaluable so far!
Really enjoyed it I’m like you a beginner with a fly rod not used one for a long time hopefully I’ll be out on the river in a couple of days 👍
Thanks mate! Really fun way to fish, good luck 🎣
Mend your line, with a little upstream flick, to stop your fly dragging when you cast across the moving stream
Thanks mate I’ll work on that for the next video 👍
You actually got me excited to see a black leopard or jaguar then. Good vid tho 😂 👍
Haha glad you enjoyed the video!
@@adventurefishinguk I enjoy all your videos mate!
Have you used the fly setup on the X5 Adventurer. I took mine out this morning for my very first fly fish, I was useless.
I have mate yeah, it’s a good little rod but can be a bit tricky to start on. One thing you can do to help is maybe go one line size up that it says to which can help you get to grips with casting!
@@adventurefishinguk Cheers fella, I will persevere and see how I get on, I may have to invest in some lessons. 😁
Nice looking bit of river.. Feels very fishy, perhaps more when things warm up a bit.
Yeah I agree, can’t wait to fish there this summer!
Nice video! It resonated with me as I am also on a mission to catch my first fly caught wild brownie, hopefully on a dry fly. River fishing, particularly with a fly rod is very new to me so I also don't really know what I am doing! So far I have lost about thirty quids worth of flies in trees, lost a wild brownie on a nymph and caught a couple of rainbows and a chub. The mission continues! I will take even a thumb sized wild brownie! Even blanking on a nice river is a good day though. I also wasn't sure about lines and have just bought a replacement WF5 line for my set up. I don't think it has any sinking capacity but I don't know if that is good or bad! I notice you were mainly casting across the stream or downstream. Shouldn't you cast upstream and let the fly naturally float towards you in the flow whilst taking in line to maintain good contact for a take?
It’s definitely not easy learning to fly fish, I can’t wait for the dry flies to start coming into their own. Yes casting upstream does sound like a good idea, I’m just so used to lure fishing retrieving mostly across on the swing that that’s what I do naturally! I’ll pay a bit more attention to the upstream casting next time I go out 👍
Have you ever been to bank House fly fishery in Lancaster? Right around the corner from me. I was advised to go there and talk to the owner as I'm brand new to fly fishing and don't really know where to start in a practical sense.
I've heard good things about it mate, supposedly some very big fish in there
Spots an elusive big cat and continues nonchalantly fishing 😂👏🏻
😂 I hadn’t deemed it to be a threat!
Smashing video pal and great to see you on the fly - look forward to seeing more content with the fly rod in hand ✋
Thanks mate! Plenty more fly fishing videos on route, really enjoying it at the moment 👍
i might be wrong but the bright orange fly only works in stock lochs/lakes if you wnt to catch wild trout have a look at the flys around the river and try to mach that. thats just my opinion
Great vid man I got a fly rod of my da last year and lots of flys but I don't really not what line to get for it and the size of leader for it ider any tips would be help full as I'm going to try it out for the trout
I’m not really the man to ask mate but regarding line that depends on what weight your rod is rated to cast! As for a leader I just use one 5 feet but I’m only just starting to learn myself
I’m not really the man to ask mate but regarding line that depends on what weight your rod is rated to cast! As for a leader I just use one 5 feet but I’m only just starting to learn myself
I would save the bright orange flies for rainbows, black flies show up beautifully in stained water, you can have a red tail or something like that, there are thousands of traditional patterns to pick from. Try to cut down on your false cast's. Overall well done.
Thanks David, a couple of people have mentioned cutting a false cast off the end. I always seem to take it one too far! I’ll work on that next time I’m out
I find streamers work best when the weather has warmed up a bit. A bit early yet, IMO. And try Clouser Minnows. They are as good as anything and cut through the surface and get down very quickly. And swimming upside down, they are not so prone to getting snagged. Early season on our northern rivers often consists of waiting for hatches around lunchtime that are short in duration. Large Dark Olives, March Browns and Grannom are the principle flies.
Thanks mate I’ll look into getting some of the flies you mentioned, especially the clouser minnow. That sounds really cool! Feels like there’s a lot to learn about river fishing on the fly
Just wondering why you have to wet your hands for trout?
Just something to do with their skin etc , always safer holding them with wet hands
If you handle a trout with dry hands it can damage the slime covering their body making them more susceptible to diseases etc 👍
Should do it with all fish really. Wet your mat and net too.
Not a salmon parr, but a trout,...
Nice results though!
Thanks for watching!
Was that actually a black panther or was it just a cat lol
Just a cat mate 😂 I hope anyway!
House cat going for a stroll
If you're a member how come you never fished for salmon here?
There isn’t a great run of salmon in that river anymore unfortunately! I’ve accidentally hooked one on trout gear once though, I think I will give it a go later on in the year for sure 👍
Hey mate I'm quite confident that "black panther" was nothing more than a black feral cat. Too small be be a "panther".
I'm not an expert but I reckon you would be more successful if you fish up river rather than casting down river.. also don't try and cast so far... presentation is more important.. brilliant video though.. you're a star
Thanks mate, you're probably right! I've got a lot to learn about this sort of fishing
Beautiful. All that's missing is a McDonald's empty bag dump, and you'd have nirvana.
Really lovely little place isn’t it!
@@adventurefishinguk Yes, it is, for sure. A great place to lose the egoic self, and find the real you.
your natural looks like a bibio to me.
I think you’re right mate just googled it and it looks there or there abouts 👍
Is any fishing line leader mate and how do i tie a knot on fly likr, nee to it and not having any luck
Something called tippet is best, or you can use fluorocarbon. Plenty of good knot tutorials on TH-cam that’ll be able to explain better visually than me explaining!