Video on North Umpqua River - Aug 2012

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

This is my favorite video clip of catching steelhead on a fly rod period.

It is un-cut...raw....real!!!

http://vimeo.com/47341833

Watch it all very carefully.......

I wish I Spey cast as good as he does.

Thanks golfish.............

After watching this why would you want to indo for them?

You catch a different type of fish swinging flies............

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[golfish]

Thought you would enjoy it...a little embarrassing but it's supposed to be fun and the fish gods were definitely on my side. One thing about looking like a techno-geek with a camera on your head is you can see all the things you do wrong in the heat of the moment. Bonus was later that same day I picked up a wild hen at Touvelle on the way home, what an epic day!

Lots of things to improve but the journey is the fun part!

---ted

[Mark Kranhold]

Golfish, now that's what I'm talking about! Thanks for some good fishporn and a good laugh... That is a epic day!! Congrats! I had the floating rod syndrome happen to me after landing a fish on the Kispiox. Talk about panic!! :shock:

[Blueracer]

Thanks for the post Bill. Golfish right on! Did you just go for a weekend?

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Thought you would enjoy it...a little embarrassing but it's supposed to be fun and the fish gods were definitely on my side. One thing about looking like a techno-geek with a camera on your head is you can see all the things you do wrong in the heat of the moment. Bonus was later that same day I picked up a wild hen at Touvelle on the way home, what an epic day!

Lots of things to improve but the journey is the fun part!

---ted

I love that footage...will watch it more this weekend.

It is the real deal......so exciting.

I hope I can get something like that going this fall.

[speyfool]

Nice footage. I like those GoPros. But they really put a warp on the footage. It made Station look absolutely huge.

When you use your Rage for waking flies, what do you use as a leader?

[Blueracer]

Funny, just like Speyfool asked the only reason I logged on was to ask what leader were you using?

Thanks

[NCL]

Great video, made my weekend. What fly were you using?

[golfish]

Most people would probably recommend a 14' poly but I was using 10' with 5-6ft of 10lb. I wanted to ensure that the big wind resistant fly was turning over straight which is critical to start popping straight away, worked well for me.

All fish rose on a skaopper, 2/3 fish were hooked on the comeback fly, a big blocky muddler I tied, same popping action.

[NCL]

Thanks. I have to tie some Ska-oppers

[speyfool]

Most people would probably recommend a 14' poly but I was using 10' with 5-6ft of 10lb. I wanted to ensure that the big wind resistant fly was turning over straight which is critical to start popping straight away, worked well for me.

All fish rose on a skaopper, 2/3 fish were hooked on the comeback fly, a big blocky muddler I tied, same popping action.

Thanks for the info. I've been debating on whether to get a Rage line. Normally I'm fine with my compact scandi. However, on some of the rivers around here the wind is so strong in the afternoons that the scandi has a hard time with a skater tied on.


Regarding the comeback fly. Did you fish the muddler under the surface? Or was it on the surface too? My best way to catch fish with a skater is to not even catch them with the skater. But just use them as locators, then switch to a wet for the actual hookup. Maybe I'm bailing too soon, but I seem to have better luck that way.


Thanks,
Rick

[golfish]

Comeback fly tied on same rig and fished the same way. Wasn't throwing spray like the popper but it was on the surface or in the film.

I used the same muddler with a 10' Type VI on the Rage later that day on the Rogue and picked up another fish, love muddlers...

[Charlie S]

Great video. I love that place!! Thanks for sharing.