it's a really unique experience all right mark we're going to talk about kind of what it's
supposed to look like out here okay we're going to put our glasses on for safety because you never
know when the fly's going to come back at you and i've seen it go bad i tell you what all right so
we're going to start low to the water if we start our cast high we only have half a cast to work
with okay so we're going to start low to the water okay back pause forward we finish at the water
because if i come back here and then i [ __ ] my wrist it's going to go up and then it's going to
fall junky and short so we want to do is direct this fly with a splat you want the splat we want
the splat so normal fishing you know we'll call it uh brad pitt river runs through it we'll go
15 casts and nice and soft and then when it lays in there it's nice and soft we're not going to
do that we're going to bell we're going to smash this thing in there and when that thing smashes
the water that fish is going to be like whoa whoa whoa what was that you know and when it does that
that's when we got to really look at the way the fish is eating and looking at the fly
okay so we're gonna hold the line with one hand we're gonna start low i finish about two o'clock
up above me and i smash it down if you stop your cast short above you it's gonna go short
so we follow through to the water especially with the wind we'll have today
the shorter you stop your cast the more the wind chooses where it goes and we want to smash it down
and be the chooser of where it goes loud and clear yep we're going to work with proximities today so
logs and things of this nature out here it's the tautness or the tightness to the
to the stick that we're going to be working with okay accuracy accuracy and we're looking for one
to two casts i call them shotgun casts because if you're doing 15 casts and measuring your line and
putting it in there by the time that you want you know to do that the spot that you wanted to
fish is now a quarter mile upstream so what we're gonna do is one to two we're gonna go back pause
shoot it out one cast is better than three casts two cast is better than three casts but 15 casts
not so great right back pause shoot it out we might have to do a little mini mend on it
but here's the problem we don't have any nymphs right now so there's nothing to anchor the men
so when you mend it's going to try to pull out of the water and we don't want that right yeah so
what we're going to do is do a little mini flick man just a little uh and it's that movement of the
mend that moves the bug so you don't mind that the bug is moving you don't want it dead drifting yes
so like uh we'll say a lot of the time during the summer we have nymphs on there we're looking for
as long a drift and as long as soak as we can into a spot with nice quiet bug and zero movement
on the fly today we're gonna do opposite today we're gonna smash it in there maybe put it in
your trigger finger and vibrate the end of the rod yep we're gonna jiggle this thing back pause
forward maybe mini mend it take a ticket ticket ticket ticket think of the fly as a rattle gotcha
piece of cake yeah easy stuff right hey mark i'm going to show you a little trick here that
might help us with the sets and what not here in a little bit um so we have two different types of
movements with the bugs we have a grasshopper which kicks kicks we also have a stone fly
which skitters the key to this skidder is making a v wake and stripping long while you're jiggling
the rod and you want to be a little tighter to the fly than say you normally would on say
nymph fishing say and so we're not looking for the big like a wavelengths of line and the slackiness
because it doesn't get tight until there right yeah so what we're going to do because some of
these fish will be quick we're going to get down and tighter with less wavelengths of line and
a little tighter to the bug so that we have more of a connection when that fish eats it
now do you find in those back eddies these fish will come and hit it right away or do you
generally throw a couple casts up there in hopes that you might lure one out uh you know what i say
mark i say there's no usually normally generally right fishing because i think every time different
one day i'll come down and they'll be piled in this little spot or this and that
come down the next day nothing happens all right take them that was awesome good job on cue yeah
right at the base of the structure right we're always looking for an eat as the as the as the
current leaves the structure that's right that is the structure is the current leaving the structure
if you know what i'm saying it's an ambush point yes sir nice fish that is a nice fish hybrid
that was good timing everything was great
good way to start the day man dry fly there you go i'm complaining about that
you want to kiss him mark i'm good okay
take him good you know what i always love it when they run to the middle of the river
oh you got a nice save mark that's a tarpon move good job
they run the big fish tend to do that don't they as soon as they get hooked they run in the middle
of the river i'm gonna kind of come with you let me know what you need or i can grow away
or you tell me what you need i got them okay that's a nice fish mark nice brown trip yep
we'll get pictures of this guy for sure and you were just saying you know subtle eat right
yep to me it looked like a tiny fish you know what i'm saying all i saw was the beef nice
wow mark that's a long fish great fish man look at that mark beauty i love the blues yeah
let me grab your rod for just a moment here uh what i've been watching over the years
uh and everybody does it and we're all guilty of everything that we talk about
but what a lot of people do is they'll start to get the head and the body into it
and what it does is it actually crushes your cast so what we're going to do is pretend we're
balancing a cup of water on our head nothing will move except for my right arm okay right there's no
body punch because the body sucks up energy from the arm this sounds like a some sort of a proverb
but we want to do quiet body strong arm well it's funny because we've got a 15 mile float today yeah
that's a lot of cast it is a lot of cast and you want to be as energy efficient as possible
exactly because exactly it's kind of like golf right golf is all about efficiency of muscle
but yeah keeping quiet body strong arm and that'll help get especially through the wind because a lot
of people when they get when it gets windy they'll start to get that that bob in there with the body
and it actually makes the cast worse because of that so and always remember mark i am perfect i
know i learned that yes i learned that when i got in the truck with you this morning exactly
come in three two one twitch it leave it there um it's still good mark take him you knew who's there
awesome on good job mark pretty cool mark that is telling me pretty cool welcome
nice job mark so we've been fishing for an hour yeah and we've got the uh south fork slam
we do we have brownie cuddy rainbow hybrid you know what we don't have mark smart fish
it's a white fish but there's always a chance mark they have a small mouth
but i tell you what they will try to eat them what nice fish
one of the things that you'll get used to while you're fishing with an excellent guide like we
are today is the direction that they are giving you but it's not only their job to show you or
to tell you where to put the fly you need to use your own senses to know where exactly that guide
is talking about they're not going to tell you oh you need to go 13 and a half feet to
your right right what you're looking for is any sort of structural change whether it's a seam
a log a rock a root ball and most importantly color change color change is the in my opinion
one of the most important aspects of knowing where to place a fly because that is the structure where
those fish are generally the darker it is the deeper it is the lighter it is the shallower so
if you're looking for those drops look for those color changes put the fly there and get ready
to dance with a giant idaho trout so things have slowed down a little bit this afternoon
yeah just before long nice brown trout yeah before lunch but they generally as they switch over
will take a little break from the mutant stones and things like that until they get
there i can get them until they get their uh their afternoon chew on and this guy did he
he ate all of it yeah i can get i got a hemo if we need it these things have teeth
yep nice job pretty nice 14 inch brush yeah how orange that spot spots are this guy go
take them that was awesome hoist them up over the tree that's cool
nice job extra credit mark you got them over the tree
yeah bring him right in here that's what makes it fun though right oh yeah when you've got
obstacles and things like that yeah that you have to you have to dance around and play with yeah
i'm um to make it to make it interesting i'm going to get it man because i have to row you're good
you