Fly Rod Brown Trout

[PIKE FISHERMAN]

First evening of fly fishing for the season. Virtually no hatches to be found, only 2 rises seen in the hour I fished. Started with an elk hair caddis, then a caddis pupa with no attention. Threw a spinner for 10 minutes only catching one small SM. Tied on a streamer, this brown crushed it in 3-4 casts. Hard to beat fish on the fly rod.

Link to the video if interested:

[MattyP123]

Cool video. Your casting with the wrong arm though

[zwiggles]

Glad you put this out even with the bad audio. I totally enjoyed the video, and that footage of the jump was really cool!

[westernmas]

Nice video.  Love aggressive browns.  If I may suggest something, when you are stripping line back I'd suggest keeping the line under your finger on your left hand.  It will give you better line control in the event you get a fish that pulls out a lot of line quickly.

[PIKE FISHERMAN]

Cool video. Your casting with the wrong arm though

Haha thanks. I’m a strict lefty

[PIKE FISHERMAN]

Glad you put this out even with the bad audio. I totally enjoyed the video, and that footage of the jump was really cool!

Glad you enjoyed it. I thought about not putting it up, but it was too cool of a catch not to. Thanks for watching

[PIKE FISHERMAN]

Nice video.  Love aggressive browns.  If I may suggest something, when you are stripping line back I'd suggest keeping the line under your finger on your left hand.  It will give you better line control in the event you get a fish that pulls out a lot of line quickly.

[PIKE FISHERMAN]

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll take any advise I can get. Pretty much self teaching as I go. I can see where that would give you better line control

[icefisher47]

Cool Video, Thank you for sharing.

[Jim C.]

Nice brown, Josh. 

Hatches have been weak and rises sparse so far on most of the waters I've been fishing.  There was one evening when fish weren't showing, but were willing to pop on top.  Otherwise, it has been a streamers game for the most part.  That will change shortly.

[PIKE FISHERMAN]

Nice brown, Josh. 

Hatches have been weak and rises sparse so far on most of the waters I've been fishing.  There was one evening when fish weren't showing, but were willing to pop on top.  Otherwise, it has been a streamers game for the most part.  That will change shortly.

Sounds about right. I’ve had prior seasons with a bunch of quality dry fly catches by now. That was my first streamer fish, which got me hooked. Going to spend some time and tied up a bunch 

[lowaccord66]

Nice brown, Josh. 

Hatches have been weak and rises sparse so far on most of the waters I've been fishing.  There was one evening when fish weren't showing, but were willing to pop on top.  Otherwise, it has been a streamers game for the most part.  That will change shortly.

We just started getting into all the fun stuff down here in CT...bwo, caddis, sulphurs, now my favorite Iso's. 

I've always done well with early stones when the bugs aren't hatching.  Frenchy or another hotspot type fly on the dropper and early stone on point.

[westernmas]

Sounds about right. I’ve had prior seasons with a bunch of quality dry fly catches by now. That was my first streamer fish, which got me hooked. Going to spend some time and tied up a bunch

Don't hesitate to cast upstream and strip a streamer back toward you.  It gives the streamer a little bit different action and can sometimes trigger strikes when stripping against the current isn't working.  The water pushing against the streamer can take away some of the movement of the fly.

[PIKE FISHERMAN]

We just started getting into all the fun stuff down here in CT...bwo, caddis, sulphurs, now my favorite Iso's. 

I've always done well with early stones when the bugs aren't hatching.  Frenchy or another hotspot type fly on the dropper and early stone on point.

Seems like were way late with our hatches. I need to find a good stonefly pattern, our lakes are full of them

[PIKE FISHERMAN]

Don't hesitate to cast upstream and strip a streamer back toward you.  It gives the streamer a little bit different action and can sometimes trigger strikes when stripping against the current isn't working.  The water pushing against the streamer can take away some of the movement of the fly.

Thanks for the tip, ill definitely try it. That was the hardest hit I've had on the fly rod. Def hooked on streamers.