Clouds and Rainbows | Fly Fishing the Merced River, CA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- After a what seems like forever, I have succeeded in catching (and landing) trout for you all to see. While I was disappointed in not catching and wild trout (as I clearly and obnoxiously state in the video), a trout is a trout and I can’t complain about catching them. It started to rain later in the outing and it seemed like the weather had brought few if no other anglers to the river. Seeing the footage, it seems the chest pack I was wearing obscured much of the fish when brought to the net, so I may try to wear the GoPro on my head time or try something different.
Flies that worked: Pats Rubberlegs, Hogan’s S and M nymph
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I love this thumbnail it looks awesome
Tip for you, try your best to always set downstream! Tight lines brotha 🤙🏼
Thanks for the tip! I’ve been doing that much better since I filmed this video back in October.
FYI - You missed many cause you’re setting the hook upstream when you should set the hook downstream since the fish will turn and you’re too fast to set the hook. Keep on fishing!
Yeah, I know. It's tough to not set the hook upstream when the line is downstream of you.
I'm only halfway through but nice video so far! I need to get back to that river again. You state they don't allow you to keep and eat stocked trout... i wouldn't want to anyway. Freshly stocked trout that were raised on pellets? Ewww. A fish that has had a regular diet of natural bugs tastes so much better anyway! Mmmmmm! ha ha. Personally, i only catch and cook in the high country on backpacking trips in waters that can afford the loss of a few fish here and there.
When it comes to catching "stocked trout," don't box them in so much with that label. A stocked trout goes wild after time (although yeah, these may have been freshly stocked).
@@epzamora Thank you! I was saying they don’t allow you to keep the rainbows here (there are wild rainbows on this river) but other places in Cali you can keep the stockers. I just don’t tend to keep fish in general because its too much of a hassle to clean them and i want to fish instead lol
Nice scenery!
It sure is!
Wow it feels like I met you the day after!
no you trippin
Way to quick on your lift, that is why you missed so many
No it’s just hitting the bottom sometimes and registering on the indo. Trout spit out flies super quick and I don’t want to hook ‘‘em in the throat anyways
looks great
How far out from the park?
This is Indian Flat Campground, which is about an an hour outside the entrance to the park. It closes sometime near the end of October but there are more pull offs and parks along the river.