FLY FISHING COLORADO | Feisty Rainbows & Lots of Misses | San Miguel River

[@garyrafferty7625]

Beautiful stream... great video. Consider a quicker (snap-of-the) wrist set when you see the strike. Your lazy arm strike lets too many fish slip away. Free advice, no charge. Gary R, USAF-Retired, Guide / Mentor Project Healing Waters.

[@trout.addiction]

Thanks, Gary! I definitely know I have a lot of room for improvement, so the advice is appreciated!

[@noelslater822]

Pretty water, and fun day it looks like. While it's always great catching big fish, it's always fun just to be catching them. What nymph were you using may I ask? And it looks like you had about 18" or so between your dry & dropper?

[@trout.addiction]

To be honest I don’t remember which nymph I used on the day, chances are it was probably a hare’s ear or pheasant tail. And yup, about 18”!

[@JoshuaCOIL]

Nice! Just yank it a bit harder and faster when you see the dry go down and you'll keep many more of the ones you hook! Great job

[@trout.addiction]

Yep, took my eye off of it a few times 😂 thanks for watching!

[@charleshutcheson2506]

Yup, what Joshua said. I’m in my sixth decade of fishing now, and I would like to be of help to those ‘newer’ than me. One, if my fly is on the water, I DO NOT look away, the hit could come at ANY time. Two, be in the mental state that you are on a HAIR TRIGGER. Strike decisively, like you mean it..and as fast as your eye-brain-muscle connection allows, when you see ANY evidence of a strike. Remember, hook sets are free, so use them even when in doubt. Third, when the fish repeatedly hit the fly on the swing, listen to what they are telling you and adapt accordingly. I hope this will help your hook rate increase, and when you have a chance to help another, remember to pay it forward. Tight lines!

[@bigbriontheflysouthwestren6949]

good stuff, when was this? San miguel was off color most of last summer, cheers.

[@trout.addiction]

This was filmed early September of last year. Cheers!

[@_MichaelHerrera]

I think a dry fly would have worked a lot better. I noticed they were going after the indicator a few times. Keep fishing.

[@trout.addiction]

I did have a dry up top (chubby Chernobyl) and did catch a few more on it off camera. Thanks for watching!

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Great video

[@Lee-bo1wp]

San Miguel is a very fun river to fly fish.

[@JB-ig5pk]

Last time I fished it…there were a lot bigger fish

[@trout.addiction]

Yeah, this particular section didn’t produce the biggest fish, but it was still fun.