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[@thecalfisher]

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[@FreeFormFlyFisher]

Heck yea, what a gorgeous brown. That stream is a hidden gem. I never thought to fish that little creek. I would imagine the little ones in there look amazing. Awesome video. Thanks for sharing

[@thecalfisher]

Thanks! I'll be back when the fishing should be better (the front the day before seemed to shut down most of the fish).

[@paulpohopien709]

Always nice to find water near home base. Roughly what area is that….I’m in Napa area and it looks familiar?

[@thecalfisher]

This is not the Napa area; however, there is a very good water in that region...

[@brandondooley5091]

Great video and brown. I went up yesterday and saw that same house cat😂. If you hike up further there are some bigger browns up there. I got skunked yesterday but great little stream. I was thinking there may be small fish in that little stream when I got out of my car. Had my Tenkara with me. Should have tried it out.

[@thecalfisher]

Thanks! I was going to go upstream more but there was a dude fishing and I didn't want to high-hole him and I didn't have too much time to hike too much farther. I will be back there because it really seems that not many people know about this stream...

[@brandondooley5091]

@@thecalfisher ya I agree it is not well known at all. That’s so funny you broke out the San Juan worm because last night after fishing I was thinking I should have at least tried the worm. I went through a bunch of different flies and not even a bit. I’m still new to fly fishing so I’m sure my presentation didn’t help much and that steam seems easy to spook fish if you’re not careful.

[@thecalfisher]

The San Juan Worm is my favorite fly for off-color water, and now I just use it all the time on my indicator rig. What exactly was your rig that you used yesterday?

[@brandondooley5091]

@@thecalfisher I was using a double nymph rig with an indicator for awhile on the way up the stream and then on the way back down I threw on a pats rubber leg size 10 with an indicator to mix it up. I recently learned to tight line with a guide up North Eric Leslie and may try that next time.

[@thecalfisher]

It could be that you weren’t using enough weight or not getting deep enough. Usually if I’m not getting fish it’s one of those things. How deep were you fishing from your split shot? Tightlining might be the ticket-some people just do better with different techniques. That’s really cool you got guided by Eric Leslie! I love his channel and I’m subbed!

[@girlfinfishing]

You’ll catch an even bigger one next time. Great job 👏

[@thecalfisher]

Thanks! I feel like I will too.

[@fuzzy_little_duckling]

Beautiful brownie! And the jumping was so epic!! 🐟 Have you considered trying streamers or those mini sinking jerkbaits? Seems like the trout in these rivers like em a lot

[@thecalfisher]

Thank you! Yes, I am for sure going to try streamers sometime (especially because there are massive browns in there) but streamers and jerkbaits tend to not catch as many fish as nymphs so I just wanted to get some fish before I moved on to targeting bigger fish. 90% of a trout's diet is drift feeding (eating bugs that flow down to them) so thats why nymphing and float fishing with bait work better than streamers, spinners, or jerkbaits.

[@fuzzy_little_duckling]

@@thecalfisher That's awesome, can't wait to see another vid at this spot. As for trout diet, thats right for young trout but for the size trout you caught, bro was for sure eating some other things. medium and big sized trout eat some bugs but their diet is also crayfish, smaller fish (big browns be cannibalizing), and anything else they can fit in their mouth

[@fuzzy_little_duckling]

@@thecalfisher honestly just depends on the conditions and the fish's mood really.

[@thecalfisher]

Yes but still most of a trouts diet is insects because it takes the least energy to get the most food. That trout wasn't that big so its still eating insects. Look at TahoeTroutHunter on Fishbrain. He catches lots of big trout on tiny flies.

[@fuzzy_little_duckling]

@@thecalfisher true. depends on location and time too ig. Like if there's a ton of bugs everywhere they wont spend that extra energy on chasing down small fish. vs when theres only a few bugs available, it might be more worthwhile to go for other species. example is lake tahoe, those big rainbows and browns cruise the shoreline looking for easy-to-catch crayfish hiding between the boulders. so they dont have to spend much energy and they eating a lot too --> big fishies As for Al, most of his catches (at least the recent ones) have been on normal/big streamers im pretty sure. which posts were the lil flies?

[@FranciscoAcosta-q5i]

Hey Cal Fisher, nice video!

[@thecalfisher]

Thanks random stranger 😉

[@giosoutdoors]

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[@thecalfisher]

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[@thecalfisher]

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[@ezstep470]

Nice video, what rod is that?

[@thecalfisher]

Maxcatch Premier 9’ 5wt

[@randellgribben9772]

@@thecalfisher very good rod... some folks think these rods are junk, just because they are Chinese...they would be surprised what rod company's maxcatch makes rods for,, $$$$.if you get the idea

[@sonnybedez7040]

Where is this location

[@thecalfisher]

In California

[@sonnybedez7040]

@@thecalfisher got it lol not giving the secret spot up, smart, I was just hoping it was In my part of California, I fish the Stanislaus river my self , lots of great areas off the 108hwy

[@thecalfisher]

@@sonnybedez7040 Sadly it is not in that area, but the Stan is a great fishery and there are some pretty unexplored spots that get no pressure and give up more and bigger fish.