on today's show the new fly fisher crew is fishing near casper wyoming this extremely rugged and
beautiful area is home to the north platte river this river is known for its wild rainbow cutthroat
and brown trout and is considered one of the premier rivers in the western united states
joining me today is north platte river lodge guide jason ostrander with his expert advice
i hope to sample some of the arm tiring action these fish can give four come back
the north platte river is a tributary of the platte river which is approximately 680 miles long
and flows through the states of colorado wyoming and nebraska it has been an important route of
transportation in the westward expansion of the united states providing the root of several of
the major migration trails including the oregon trail and the mormon trail
fishing without indicators here so in this flat water like this they're just
cruising then oh it can't be any feeding lanes a lot of times uh i still think
there's there we go there's the they're still stationary but oh hey let go jesus
another good fish yeah all right get him on the reel
soft subtle subtle subtle yeah that was that one was definitely a subtle take
we're in a little little slower water and we really had to watch the indicator on this one
it just slightly moved and that's when i set the hook now as i was saying before i'm open he let go
i'm having a little trouble with this rod i'm gonna i'm gonna change my rod up later on today
and put a number six weight on i got a number five on right now i think it's a little bit soft
i'm not able to set the hook hard enough for the fish right now and i've lost quite a few
come on yes yeah that oh good fish too good fish yeah oh yeah
oh is he gone i don't know strip i think he might still be there
yeah still on okay i gotta get this on the reel this is a really good fish
jason has taken us into a little channel here
there's so much moss around that the fish are laying in these little tiny channels
and i've missed a number of fish today they're very tough to to hook up
oh boy as you can see the moss that i have on my line right now
this is a very strong fish very very strong fish very impressive oh he's fighting tough
come on
oh yeah oh yeah i just love it when it screams out like that just love it
this fish has got shoulders now he didn't look like when he jumped he didn't look like he was
very long but he feels thick he's very strong very strong and jason we're just about ready with a net
let's get him up here and yes sir very nice
now what he took the leech bleach there delicious okay i'll let you
there we go off with a very nice fish what about 16 17 inches nice fish we got
very nice very nice fish
the setup we use today is a floating line with a tapered leader down to a 5x tippet
the indicator is placed approximately two times the depth of the water
we also had a two fly setup using a bead head here's ear nymph and a leech pattern
in this area two flies are allowed to be used check your local regulations for restrictions
you must follow along with the rod tip at the same speed the indicator is traveling
it's also important to try to keep the line up off the surface of the water this will keep drag
to a minimum it's important to try to keep your cast fairly short you don't want to cast far out
because it's very difficult to continually mend to control your drift you'll get drag and drag
is bad even when you're nymphing what i try to do is keep it short and i'll wait out as far as i can
safely mind you as far as i can and keep my cast fairly short as you see here
and then i only then will i lengthen my cast when i have no choice because the water's too deep
oh yeah it's a good one all right good fish yeah this time i moved down i i tired out that spot i
guess and i moved down about 15 feet and about the second cast this good sized one here hits
oh this is just an incredible place to fish
i got i get grazing antelope across the river from me we got pelicans flying around
it's absolutely fantastic the country is beautiful and the fishing is outstanding just outstanding
and again i try not to touch i don't want to touch my my blank and especially i got
a pretty good fish on here that's exerting a lot of a lot of force on my rod if i was
to touch the blank there's a chance i could break it so yeah this guy's coming in now
oh away he goes again he's staying down he's staying down i don't know what that indicates here
but back home that indicates a brown trout whether that's
the case here i haven't got a look at him yet
you net no he's just uh i'm gonna have to lead him out i'm surprised that it is a rainbow because
generally brown trout stay down like that rainbows jump and this is a very nice fish very nice fish
we're definitely getting some quality fish here today
you got to come to wyoming people this is absolutely god's country as far as beauty
and the fishing as you see is absolutely spectacular again he took the leech
yeah and away he goes nice fish
that wasn't exactly the kind of release i wanted but the fish is fine you gotta come
i was dead drifting i was trying long cast and it was not having much luck we got oh we got a double
header on here we got a double header and this is one hot spot because now jason's got one on too
and i'm gonna have to make my way downstream because this fish doesn't want to go anywhere
sometimes you can't stand in one spot to fight the fish you got to travel down
so i'm going to try to get it down around these weeds
oh yeah you got to like it when they do that
this is just a great spot oh man
the nice thing about float floating down a river like this is you can stop in these
hot spots like this and get out in nymph which is one of my favorite forms of fishing
oh yeah yeah this one's on the hare's ear also it's got a little warmer outside
that's why i figure that the the fishings got better it was quite cool this morning
sometimes you get a hook that just won't come out and you just use the forceps just give it a little
pop and she'll come right out of there now these are very very nice fish so here's the cut-throat
and again turn the fish upside down they relax i can pop the fly out quite easily
and as you can see it's a cutthroat because it's got the slash right there very good fish
very happy with that gave him good account of himself
we now join guide mike phillips for some small stream fishing in the rattlesnake mountains
there we go another little guy hey oh and he let go he was right underneath
the there's a bit of a point there and i'll point with my rod for you
this little bit of a grass jet out here it was right underneath that so this is the type of
structure that you're looking for to find these little fish and uh from what they're telling
me there could be a big fish under there too so this is the type of structure you're looking for
stealth is of the utmost importance when fishing small streams vibrations caused by walking are
felt by trout so keep your distance from the stream with casting accuracy being paramount
trout in small streams are usually not very big but the challenges you face in
fooling these fish make them a worthwhile target
no he didn't no you still got him still got him just a little guy
that's a little brown
that's not like the other one though but uh
and away he goes
that says fish all over in there
and take one over there he's got a good feeling about it
right there right there now this feels like a decent fish
here he comes
now i was up in the top of the hill when i casted to this you must stay
a good distance away in order to take these fish they're very very wary come here buddy
yeah nice little brownie nice little brown yes as you can see it was in quite a deep
hole here and i was way up in the hill there and i cast it down on it i figured
we were going to take something there it just looked so fishy let's do that
again in order to have success in fooling these wary trout you must obtain a drag-free drift
with your fly even if it's only for a foot or two any drag in the fly will be rejected by the trout
as soon as a fly begins to drag lift and cast again
well on this trip we used a variety of different flies out on this creek
starting with a grizzly trude to a just a lime trude we also have used parachute atoms
humpies royal wolves uh are some generic types that we've used
uh out here there there's several others that we would use and depending on what hatches are coming
off and what's actually taking place and trying to match a hatch with what's what's going on
there's some good throw be better off yep well i can hit it from here oh you don't get hung up
all right he just come right over the water on that yes
and a nice little brown nice little brown yep
hooked him right in the corner of the mouth yeah he came right out of the water on that one
nice little brownie and you can see where i got him here
along here there's a trough this is the type of structure that you're looking for
this will hold fish constantly there's an undercut bank here there's a log lots of
places for the fish to hide well let's try that again i just want a big one right there see him
good one yes and he's underneath the bank here yeah just work him out
he's coming he's coming yeah there we go there he is this is a good fish now we seen this one rise
up here in the corner so i just put my fly as close as i could and he was in the mood
and i think things are beginning to change for us this is a good chunky little brown
there we go marvelous hooks really help
and we'll get them back in the water pretty little fish pretty little fish
now that's a good fish for small streams that's a very good fish for small streams well i hope
you enjoyed today's show and that you put small streams on your next outing for more information
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