hi simon do you connect the slick shooter line directly to the reel or do you put some back on first and then connect also does it matter wether you use a floating shooting head or an intermediate shooting head to practice the double haul

Simon you are one of the best fly fishing educators I have ever watched on KZbin. Thanks for all your efforts

Thank you Simon - hooked!

Great Video! I agree with all but the rod length. We fish some very small streams, using primarily dry/dropper rigs and we high-stick. So the shorter rods just don't provide the reach needed for this method. We use 8' 6" - 9', and I know some guys that prefer 10'.

I stopped watching anybody else's channels. THIS CHANNEL IS EASILY FAR ABOVE ANY OTHER FLY FISHING CONTENT I HAVE SEEN. A great channel with an instructor who appears to value excellence in every upload I have watched. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INSTRUCTION Sincerely Luke C

Finally have everything thing I need to make my first ever casts fly-fishing. Actually 3 hours away from my first casts on water. (Funny story) I guess I have Amazon to thank for my sudden interest... I ordered a $25 large reel to do sturgeon fishing, but they sent me a $100 fly-fishing kit that was missing a few things and the rod was snapped off at the top 22". But I fixed it and ordered the missing fishing gear. So I have been watching videos for 2 weeks. I stopped watching anybody else's channels. THIS CHANNEL IS EASILY FAR ABOVE ANY OTHER FLY FISHING CONTENT I HAVE SEEN. A great channel with an instructor who appears to value excellence in every upload I have watched. He sure as hell don't sound like he is from Missouri, haha. Fishing the Yakima in a couple of hours. So excited, I can not sleep. Which is funny because I never cared about catching things smaller than sturgeon and catfish, even carp I preferred. So why have I been looking forward to this? It has to be the act of fly-fishing itself. Hope I find some zen, lol. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INSTRUCTION Sincerely Luke C

Very informative. Thank you!

Fontinalis also reside in lakes here in Patagonia

Into my third year as a drift boat owner and loving it. In fact, it inspired me to retire early. Great info here in the video with nice editing. Keep up the great work.

Excellent instruction! Even a knucklehead like me when it comes to fly fishing can understand.

Hello Simon, first, thank you very much for all your super helpful videos! I'm beginner in trout spey and I have some questions on this video. You rig a tapered leader on the versi leader, then tippet, then fly/flies? Aren't the Rio versi leaders already tapered? Isn't the but section of a 4X tapered leader thicker then the end of the versi leader? Do you tie a loop at the end of the versi to connect to tapered leader? I have some Airflo polyleader and usually I tie a tippet ring on them and go tippet from there. So can't I go scandi fly line, versi/polyleader, tippet then fly? Your clarification would be much appreciated, thanks again for your work!

I like this guy as he just comes out and says it's a fad

More stuff to buy, been nymphing without an indicator since the 80’with a medium action rod and working just fine, love to try the line though.

The last fly shop in Canada (BC) that shared with me real meaningful info was Ruddick's Fly Shop in Burnaby, BC and Vancouver, BC other places in BC didn't know useful specifics or didn't want to share any meaningful info.

How often would you perform this aerial mend? Understanding thats a very general question with an answer variable to the conditions. But lets say you are fishing the run in which you shot the video. Would you feel its necessary to perform an aerial mend on every cast?

This may be a weird question but can you use the tag end off an improved clinch knot to set up a two fly rig? Not sure if there is an integrity issue with tying it off that tag and I usually see the tag off a surgeon knot used.

why wouldn't I want to fish with an outbound short or a sink 25?

I have a village nearby named Lal Bakaiya in Nepal I am not sure if it has fish

So the guy in the casting lab seemed to be using a lot of just wrist motion casting.

Talk to your local taco shop!

Absolutely brilliant.

Absolutely brilliant

Fascinating, so much to learn, for now I'll stick to traditional fly fishing. I need to master that first...

Excellent instruction… makes it easy and fluid to understand

Thanks for this one. Something you practice and aspire to

Absolutely fascinating... Its going to be a while before I can master the double haul. Something the aspire to.

Really enjoyed this one. Thanks

Thanks for this one. Briliant

Really enjoyed this one. Thanks

Awesome content, how to fish after spawn in still water, please 🙏. Regards Hugo South Africa

Now I read others comments and you already responded about this...Thanks a lot. Yours episodes are very helpful!

Hi Simon, I learn non-slip knot by the help of the book Fly Fishing Knots of Mr.Steer Andy and there is litlle diference between your and his. After passing nylon to eye of fly he pass nylon again throw knot formed on nylon before fly eye and then twisting like you... I tied it both way and discover there is no difference, of course yours is simpler 🙂

Nice video, esp. on setup and technique. When streamer fishing from a drift boat in big rivers and high current I forego a sink tip line in favor of a full sinking line using only 3 feet of heavy leader . This is often "extreme water" ( the Missouri, Snake or White come to mind) during conditions not conducive to nymphing or during blowouts. This setup allows a large fly to immediately be positioned lower in the column in front of large brown trout. No "drifting" of the fly is allowed here. Immediate rapid stripping mimics an escaping baitfish swimming for its life. After those few very rapid strips it is time to recast & hold tight.

Solid content, intelligently delivered by a charming host. Much appreciated.

gracias por compartir todos estos consejos, me parece excelente todo el video, filmado de una manera grandiosa y super grafico todos los ejemplos.

Great explanation and examples ….

Having seen fishing instructional videos like this before, imagine my shock when he took the rod apart to demonstrate the forward cast and a fish didn’t pick that moment to take his fly 😂

Great video! I found that learning to double haul is similar to learning how to pat your belly and rub your head at the same time when I was young.

This is the BEST instructional video about drift boat fishing that I have seen! The high quality makes watching this enjoyable!!

Thank you so much for your informational videos. Your presentation is very well done and your passion for this sport is very inspiring. Keep up the great and helpful content.

Great explanatory video

How long should the fly line be on your reel?

Incredible!!

@farbank FYI someone called the new fly fisher has uploaded one of your videos as his under "why streamers work so well for trout"

10:19 ... nice... hey i really like the tip about practicing without the fly on. I discovered this by accident because of the whip snapping a fly off once while I was still novice (well I still am novice). I had no flies left and realised I wasn't getting caught on branches and casting felt great without the snag frustrations so I just kept casting for fun. man I learnt so much in 5 minutes from going nuts not having to worry about getting stuck in the trees or hooking myself in the back and finally managed to get line shooting out. Ever since then I have been able to shoot line easily with flies on the end. It all came down to casting without a fly. The one thing I've been searching for since January when I started fly fishing is that no video seems to cover is getting the fly in the water initially. I struggled even today with a 3 weight. I pull the line out from the tip (sometimes it slides back down annoying) then try to throw the fly into the water. It usually blows back to me or goes into a bush and gets tangled while scaring every fish away in the process. Getting the line in the water initially seems to be the hardest thing for me funnily enough. Once I get the line in then it is water loaded and surface tension holds it down so I can easily recast but it is such a process just to get that weightless fly in the water at the start.

Excellent instruction!

Good easy to understand description of skagit and skandi lines and tips….Love the baseball ping pong ball comparison.

How about the washing line? I see many UK videos promoting this method. Have you used this method with good success?

This is great instruction and care. Awesome series, thank you for sharing !

On the roll cast that last tip is to have your roll cast parallel to the line on the water. If the current has pulled the line behind you and you’re trying to cast back upstream how do you set up your line in front of you before making the cast? Is the roll cast only an option on still water? Thanks for the clarification.