Fly Fishing Competition on Strawberry Reservoir

[@BigAlFishingAddiction]

Awesome video

[@kingkiddfishing]

Thanks for sharing. It's always cool to watch these. It looks like it went well overall.

[@TroutFlies]

Thanks! I'm bummed most of the comp fish catches were when I forgot to hit record.

[@wvlongshooter3912]

Awesome content. Congratulations!! You did very well. Google says I can be at this body of water in 27 hours. I’m honestly thinking about coming out there. Thanks!!

[@TroutFlies]

Haha. How'd your stillwater session go?

[@wvlongshooter3912]

@@TroutFlies since our waters were stocked recently the fishing has been slow. The most productive method is using streamers and multiple streamers on a washing line moving them very fast through the water. I’m stripping line in as about as fast as I can retrieve the flies. It’s taking this kind of line speed to get a reaction. Hey, it’s a fun eat but it gets tedious after a few hours having to fish this aggressively. I believe as the water cools the eat will change to a slow nymph or buzzer eat. I’m sincerely enjoying the Stillwater fall fishing here in Wv. Thanks for asking, I appreciate it!!

[@billyreeves8315]

I begged for a fly rod and from my parents at i think 9 years old was lucky enough to had been given one for a bday. Problem was i didnt know anyone that fly fished and therefore had no teacher. Id seen prices of a guide so i knew to not even ask my parents about anything like that haha. So it was a long slow uncountable number of skunk days on the river learning experience for me. Literally years and years till i caught my first fish on a fly. Its shocking to me now that i was so in aww with the world of fly fishing that i stuck it out as i did while never catching fish for so long. As I got older i started meeting people that also fly fished and picked up alot more from them but i was close to 20 by this point. So 10 or 11 years of pissing other fishermen off on the Provo and the Weber from trying to squeeze next to them so i could see how and what they was doing. I laugh now but i truly must have pissed a few guys off pretty bad in my early teens just trying to figure things out and catch my first trout on a fly. Looking back i cant believe none of them fella's never just pulled me aside seeing i had no clue what i was doing and teach me some quik basics and help me with a fly that matched. But after all them years of self teaching i was able to pick up enough that i can now days hit the provo and get a few fish to tug on my line right there with the other fishermen. If its a super good day i might even be lucky enough to pick em up on a dry. Most have changed to euro style but ive always stuck to the old indicator and a couple splitshot. Took all them years for me to learn that style so i wasnt about to instantly switch it over to a different syle that id have to learn on my own all over again. So the point of this horribly long comment is that after all that in my past its great to have learned so many lil tips and tactics from ur videos and now today the indicator on stillwater deal that i see u do so well with. Probably wouldnt have ever even tried anything other then stripping in buggers while on stillwaters if not for ur films showing the tactics u urself use. So im just wanting to say thanks for putting in all the time and effort that u do to create these videos. I wish id of had all of them to watch when i was a kid to learn from. Kinda makes for some cool memories because of the way i had to figure it all on my own i suppose. Next will be streamers on a river haha over 35 years fly fishing and ive still never thrown a streamer yet let alone caught one on a streamer, on a river that is. Im excited for that one also to say the least! Anyhow sorry for the longest thank u that uve ever gotten im sure but i wanted to tell u my experience growing up self teaching fly fishing so ud truly understand my real appreciation for all u do! Still cant afford the guide so thank god for the videos hahaha Seriously though thank u so much Bob! Im sure we'll cross paths on one of the local waters one of these days and ill get to shake ur hand and tell u thank u in person and apologize for this way to long story/comment so u can remember who i am lmao!Tight lines!!

[@TroutFlies]

Hey Billy, thanks for the kind words. Catching a fish is such a special experience that never gets old. Part of doing these videos and including the tips and my experiences is to help others get those experiences a little more often as well. Thanks for the kind words! I'm always trying to remind myself to verbalize what is going through my mind during a day out on the water. I'm sure our paths will cross at some point! I'm always happy to chat with anyone that comes up and says hello.

[@GunBrosShooting]

is there any point to midge tip lines if you can use indicators?

[@mikequintero6689]

Depends on where the fish are in the water column. I love midge tip lines and they can cover a variety of depths. I think Bob did a good job explaining some of the strengths of dry dropper setups especially when they are in the shallows.

[@TroutFlies]

Yes. They allow you to fish multiple fly rigs well over shallower water. They also allow you to pull flies more. They do cover some of the same situations, but you cover more fish with a midge tip as well. I only fish indicators if I feel they really want a static presentation.

[@billyreeves8315]

How many feet did u have from indicator to point fly? Is that the amount u started with or did u have to adjust till u found the depth needed? Is ur foot between indicator and fly pretty close to the same when on stillwater on average or is it often different time to time? Ive never fished an indicator on Stillwater and id obviously like add it to my arsenal so im just curious where abouts i should start when i do attempt it. For Stillwater ive always just fished a sinking line 6ft leader then to a single bugger trying multi colors till i find what worked that day. Never even crossed my mind to fish more then one fly while fishing that style and on Stillwater till seeing u fishing ur bait ball and using that to check multiple depths and flies at once. Ive always had good luck with what i was doing i felt like so it was kinda if its not broke dont fix it deal i guess. Always for learning new tactics though of course

[@TroutFlies]

My process is always generally to start up in the column, say 5 feet or less to the point fly and then add length as needed until I start getting into fish. One trigger for me to start going deeper is if it's calm or light wind out, and I'm seeing very little surface activity.