the insect hatches on the eagle are quite healthy
both mayflies and caddisflies can hatch at the same time
on this particular trip the caddisflies were more abundant
one effective technique used when caddis are hatching is to hold the rod high and twitch
the tip this will make the fly skitter across the surface of the water similar to a hatching caddis
got him got him
good fish too another one just rose there we might be in for an hour was worth the fun
dry fly fishing for giant eastern brook trout nothing like it these are huge there's brook
trout in other areas but not the same size as he's he's just about ready dave
i'll drag him over top there we go thank you sir nice eastern brook trout
and the way it goes
oh missed them you see that one whoa
got him that was a big fish too oh yeah oh yeah bending the rod for sure
i'm not saying much folks because i'm concentrating on what's happening here
but i don't care i got a big fish on
oh yeah good fish good fish oh my oh my look at that look at that there's what you got when you
come to labrador and it's on dry flies caddisflies i'm gonna let this guy go and away he goes
one grabbed it when i wasn't looking
go figure that one you just never know when it's going to happen oh yeah good one
i was looking upstream for my next place to cast and the fish hit
there we go
cat us out there you go
that's a very nice trout i didn't expect it i was getting a little frustrated with the wind
and looking for a new place to cast and he came up and ate it very nice and away you go
we've just arrived at the flower pot pool which has been the most productive pool that they've had
this this week and before i dive in and like do what i did the other day i'm going to observe
it's really important that you observe first don't just go in because yesterday it worked
here there might be fish close to shore you don't know so have a look we've seen a couple of rises
they're more out in the middle that tells me that the the hatch is just beginning so i'm going to
keep my eye out i'm going to wade real carefully and not try to to disturb the water so this is
what you first do when you when you first come to a hole don't just barge in have a look first
okay bill down beyond the that tree there there's one coming up there every now and then so he's
he's most likely lying around that tree okay so good chance you could catch that
one okay thank you oh i see him i seen him right in there come on up got him got him
when they start showing themselves it's excellent yes sir now that was right tight
under the alders there so you got to keep an eye there that's where most of the caddisflies
are are going to be when they're mating and and and uh coming out to lay their eggs
excellent i don't know how big it is but it's a took a nice little oh it's a good fish it's a
good fish now i i've picked a bigger fly it's actually a sofa pillow which is a stone fly
imitation but we got such big caddisflies here i wanted something big for the water and it worked
yeah it's decent fish just let it tire itself out it will come here you
here we go
there you go nice nice brook trout really colorful this one look at the spots on it let him go
dry fly fishing for a giant eastern brook trout it's the best it really is
the hatches on the eagle river are heavy and all sizes can hatch at the same time
so dry fly suggestions are elkhart caddis in all sizes goddard caddis in all sizes and
when fishing subsurface woolly buggers in black and also in white worked really well
don't forget to bring some mouse patterns for the times when the trout are aggressive
got him that a boy bill it's the reason most of us started fly fishing to begin with is
for the dry fly and when you get them big fish like this on dry flies it's outstanding
wow angry fish right now another good-sized brook trout
got him wow wow we
and he he wanted that bad because he took it right down into his roof of his mouth
beautiful that's a nice nice brook trout he's had a run-in with a i think an eagle
if you look down by my hand here it's got a talon mark in them nice fish there wow way away he goes
so the hatches i've seen here are three or four different kinds of caddisflies
and mayflies that's about all i've seen here so far the sizes the caddis would be roughly an inch
long there's some that are a half inch long and i've seen ones that were probably a quarter of an
inch long the first week i had 15 this week so far i have 18 and the biggest one i would guess would
be six to seven pounds it was time to leave but i said just one more cast what a surprise i got
yeah it's my last day here and we've come back to the flower pot where all the action is
and i've got myself another nice fish we had to move a little farther down they're in deeper water
right now i think because of the bright sun and i had a rise and cast to him and he took it
and this is a bigger fish she's running out a little bit of line on me
now that's a brook trout that is a brook trout and he he ate it completely look at that
size 12 goddard caddis and he ate it he wanted it bad
oh my god oh my god this is a big fish now this is a super duper heavy fish oh my what a great fish
wow isn't that something that's at least six maybe a little better
a little better in the oh my goodness what a great fish and away he goes
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