The browns start their run up the river in the fall.

Milwaukee River

When fishing the Animas we were in Durango. When fishing the San Juan, most of the time was on the what I think is called the "Texas" hole. Not from the area. Was out there fishing with a friend.

@@Midwestfishingadventures I fished the Holcomb when I was there recently..Three 8-9” Cutthroat and two Rainbows all released using nymphs.Looking for new waters for the next time I visit this beautiful part of the country.

Floating line

Absolutely.

Yeah I just love getting lost on the river. Catching fish is a bonus. I miss making these videos. Hopefully get back into it this year.

Yeah I miss making videos. Hopefully get back into it this year.

Sorry for the late reply. Super busy with trying to get some things squared away. Not sure what you are throwing, I throw pretty big flies. The flooding has definitely changed some things around. I didn't see a single pike this spring. Sometimes I think it is about timing more than anything. It's like they are active in windows. Send me a message if you are going to be this way and maybe we can goof off martian style. As far as posting videos, I hope to get back in gear after I get some things squared away. Doing some interesting research and working on getting my credentials all square. May not get anything posted this year.

I am a river rat and I really don't have much experience on big open water so I can't speak to this. If I was to guess based on stability, I would say the Frontier will do just fine. Will water splash into the frontier from a brisk chop? Probably. Here locally our shop will let us rent a kayak for a day. Maybe a shop up there will do the same or at least have a demo day where you can try it on big water. I wish I could be more help but I definitely don't want to steer you wrong.

Thanks for the honest answer

Yeah hopefully water levels are better this next year. Still put a ton of time on the water but mostly in my drift boat.

Charles Aaron Camp thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed it and great to see locals tuning in.

lyubakavideo for sure

brian Solberg glad you enjoyed it. I will always post the videos after. We are all busy and its hard to make scheduled events.

Marshall morris deer hair diver, tequeely, hitail and any clouser variation

lyubakavideo sorry about that. Towards the end of the live feed my internet connection started failing. We were dropping frames left and right so i just posted the recording.

It does pretty well. It won't paddle like a pursuit.

brian Solberg it's not really normal. Most people use tapered leaders. But I can buy a whole spool of vanish flourocarbon for the price of 2 or 3 leaders. A straight piece of flourocarbon doesn't roll over as easy but that is okay for smallmouth fishing most of the time. I hope to put out some more detailed videos out this year as I continue to grow as an angler.

brian Solberg Brian, I never use tapered leaders for large fish anymore, especially streamer fishing with short leaders. If I am not running just a straight piece of flouro, I use a two section leader (mostly to keep the relatively thin 15 or 12 lb leader from slicing through the flyline coating) consisting of a 20 or 25lb butt about 12 to 18 inches then the 12 or 15lb main section, line type (sinking/sink tip vs floater) determines overall length. On sinking lines or sink tips I never run more than a 4' leader, floaters I will run no more than a rod length leader. With big bass flies, you get good turn over. Tapered leaders work well to dissipate energy with small flies, besides giving the advantage of stepping down from a flyline that can be an 1/8th of an inch thick to something like 5X smoothly.

@ Brian..Try the Orvis Poly leaders, I use the fast sinking 10' salmon and clear floating 7' trout leaders I buy two of each and a spool of either mono or floro in 12-15lbs. The Poly Leaders are made of the same material as the floating and sinking fly lines and act as an extension and attach with the standard loop to loop way, for bass you would add about a 18"- 24" piece of your preferred mono at the end on the poly leader for your tippet, these can last for a few seasons before I have to buy more, I use mine for Largemouth but have caught everything including bream and catfish using baitfish patterns, tip...you can also use a piece of the clear used fly line tips to make your own. Using these poly leaders allow you to only use normal fishing line as the tippet, but still have the tapered part of the fly line acting as the butt section of the fishing line. I use a Perfection Loop for the attachment points on the fly line leader connections, it makes it easy to switch out from floating leader for top water bass poppers to going under with streamers (depending on how deep the water is) you can get away with using the floating poly leader with the streamers for shallow fishing along the bank or when the bass are feeding on minnows just below the surface. it saved me a bunch of money so far.

Thanks for the feedback!

nottheexpert88 subbed back

Budget Outdoors yeah got laugh at yourself from time to time. Life outside fishing is too serious.

for smallmouth Northern Illinois

MWFishingAdventures yes

Pine Creek in the Byron area Illinois

The Remedy Fly Fishing Channel thanks for the feedback. See you on the water one day I am sure.

8wt Redington Crowsswater Rio Pike/Musky Sink tip Behemoth Reel Bucktail and flashabou flies tied by me and my friend

Thanks for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed it.

Orvis

doesn't happen often but it is great to have a cameraman

thanks for the encouragement!!!