"How We Do It" EPISODE #1: Small Brown Trout Stream Magic After the Eradicating Floods

[@chavety]

Amelia's Hooksett aggressiveness reminds me of Virgil Ward! Awesome, both of you!!!

[@jensenflyfishing]

Ha! Old school at its finest! Great comparison right there 😆😊🍻

[@sonja9001]

After getting skunked today on my home waters creek, It was very nice to be along with you on this mind blowing fishing trip! Thanks again for a wonderful experience.

[@jensenflyfishing]

wonderful to hear! :) Not the you getting skunked part as that happens to us all, but good we could provide that escape :)

[@dc2717]

Thanks for sharing and making the world a better place. Wishing you all the best.

[@jensenflyfishing]

You're welcome. We appreciate you watching:)

[@mladenv5311]

Wow! Excellent quality video and descriptions as usual! Thank you guys! My heart is racing when I see the spots you found....beautiful!!!

[@jensenflyfishing]

we try to focus on the gorgeous little spots in fly fishing trout streams for sure :) Glad you enjoyed this one - that one riser was for the ages - simply stunning :)

[@bobh1208]

I was thinking "Wow... angling expertise on KZbin!"... but that, since you think well together (to the point of finishing each others' sentences well), it'd be nice to see one of you try a dry first before the other - if "necessary" - resorts to a dropper rig... but then that's exactly what you did... and were properly excited by that result, even though the second fish didn't jump like it was a dern salmon! Good stuff.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Dries sure are the preferred flies aren't they? When slow cruising or free rising browns take the dries as they did here it's amazing😊❤️🍻

[@Fishin-Ipps]

That definitely was a Bad Boy. Wow. And that particular segment is a perfect example of when your content rises above others: the careful stalking, unbelievably good videography and production quality, and walking us through the process. Love the real joy expressed even having landed so many fish over the years.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thank you! Wonderful to hear and to read the comments. It's just simply time for us to move forward in specifically what we love, what inspires & motivates us. It's been a bit of a journey. Moving forward these videos will be 60 to 90 minutes long and include some amazing footage and moments. This video, for example, is actually over 1 1/2 hrs and includes a short course on the impact of severe flooding on small streams that we've seen and experienced the past 40 years in various countries. That full production is at our Patreon channel, outlined at our www.jensenflyfishing.com website, and is a way for those interested in the full depth of what we do to enjoy that while supporting us. Thank you again! Dave & Amelia. :)

[@kevinrawding6730]

It’s always a good morning when you guys upload. Thank you

[@jensenflyfishing]

well that is great to hear! :)

[@briljantje9583]

What a beautiful video, pure perfection. You guys explain/show things just simple, to the point and that is good.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Perfect to hear and so glad you enjoyed it :)

[@canadiangemstones7636]

13:20 is fantastic!

[@jensenflyfishing]

We loved it too!

[@timmyallen5655]

An absolute pleasure to watch , beautiful

[@jensenflyfishing]

one of our favorites for sure :)

[@dankochanek8056]

This has to be one of your best ever vids. That dry fly eat was amazing. Thank you for sharing

[@jensenflyfishing]

Great to hear - we're loving this format to be sure :) Hopefully everyone will enjoy the full version format, this is part of a 95+ minute video with several additional & exceptional fishy moments - see the full version through our Patreon page at www.jensenflyfishing.com :)

[@phioshin]

I don't understand why your channel doesn't have a much higher number of subscribers.. Your videos are top notch. People see the video, the great pictures and all that. But they don't all understand the work and equipment that such videos require, because only a genuine passion pushes you to the perfection that you two are looking for. I work as a photographer and painter. People see an indoor photo of and don't understand that behind that work ther's a €30,000 Sinar optical bench camera plus all the cinematic lighting fixtures... And even valid outdoor lenses costs a lot. These, for you, are also investments fore the future videos, so I think you deserve more subscribers and donations, above all for the passion you put into your videos and for the emotions they convey... I hope I'm not being offensive in your language, but here in Italy we would say that you are "a heritage to be safeguarded", that is, something that must be kept alive with the help and conscience of all, since it is a natural asset, in fact, in your videos, i also see a teaching towards respect and a greater understanding of nature... Or at least , that's how I see them. So, I'll see to support you on Patreon because you really deserve it! Talkin' bout fly fishing, I too often fish with the Orvis Helios 3f 9' wf5..It's a spectacular rod, I also have an 8' wf4 for lighter trouts.. Here in Italy, in the mountains to the south (Apennines), you can find smaller brown trouts, around 16-18 inches, also because the rivers do not exceed 50 km before arriving from the mountains to the sea, and often they suffer from summer droughts... instead in the northern mountains (Alps), you can find brown trouts up to 24-26 inches, like the one in my profile photo, and there, a wf5 stresses the fish less in my opinion... Then in the north, (more in the plains) we have lots of resurgences with pikes that are great fun to fly, and a wf5 helps to bring them up. (I specify that they are river pikes of about 25 inches, not lake pikes of more than a meter and a half!🤣🤣) Well, great work guys!!!! Respects from Bologna (Italy)

[@jensenflyfishing]

A sincere thank you for putting your understanding and acknowledgment of our efforts into words here. It means a lot to us. We'll look to connecting on our Patreon membership site. Thanks for sharing the various rods you enjoy using in Italy. Maybe someday we'll make it over there for a fish!

[@phioshin]

@@jensenflyfishing Perhaps! If so, I'll be happy to meet you and show you the best places to fly fish! Who knows, in life you never know! 😊 As for emotions, thanks to you, who always let us discover such beautiful places with a truly sincere passion! I think your strong point, beyond everything else, is the sincerity with which you show yourself, and the passion you put into what you do. Great job guys!👍👍👍

[@stephennewton3980]

Another beautifully shot and produced video; thank you for creating and sharing this. I felt that the cast to the first fish caught on this video was truly exceptional, especially if I understood correctly that it was with a dry/dropper rig. The second fish required some excellent water craft and casting also - very impressive as were the fish.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thank you and so glad you enjoyed it - these are the incredibly fun days to just go give it a go and a solid try - never know what you have to try and if it'll work 😊🍻

[@CRASH333able]

Thanks for sharing, welldone on the nice brownies. Love watching the big brown sipping flies of the surface

[@jensenflyfishing]

there is nothing on the planet as beautiful in the right micro location :)

[@darrellkelly7614]

Davey & Mel, I'm hip to all thus. And you are the top of this game style. AND WHAT A DELIGHT!! Thanks

[@jensenflyfishing]

Yup - we're about done with the chase of proving ourselves to the social media algorithm when we just simply want to share our love of exactly this. Glad you get it and enjoyed it :)

[@conorlinehan4434]

Footage around 13:30 is awesome.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Just amazing and humbling to be a part of its environment 😍

[@alcedoatthis25]

I just discovered your chanel and the only thing I can say is you do deserve more likes and views than what you actually get. Those camera shoots combined with fishing is AMAZING. Saludos desde España.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Welcome to all that we share on our channel.Thanks for your acknowledgement of what we do. 😊 It's sways intended to inspire and help other anglers. It would be great to have you consider joining our membership here. jensenflyfishing.com/

[@leemowers9395]

Beautiful video, thanks for sharing. I always enjoy your explanations and efforts.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thank you very much! We're loving this format to be sure :) Hopefully everyone will enjoy the full version format, this is part of a 95+ minute video with several additional & exceptional fishy moments - see the full version through our Patreon page at www.jensenflyfishing.com :)

[@steveenoka7454]

My wife and i have been fishing that same local, while you've been away. Amazing fishing in the 21 22 season best fishing for years incredible from above the station to the sea.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Good to hear. That flood back in Aug hammered through that one this year- hard to see heaps of empty holding water in some reaches. But it fished well in others... 😊😜

[@steveenoka7454]

Yes quite disappointing this season, the floods took there toll. Still some nice fish lower down early on,Clare's favorite river.

[@jensenflyfishing]

@@steveenoka7454 It's a neat one for sure - you'll be seeing a video or two from the lower bits in months to come :) Have you ever walked up the creek that comes in from the north 2km below the hwy... ran out of time before the water levels dropped and warmed but intrigued :)

[@steveenoka7454]

@@jensenflyfishing Yes but only just up from the confluence that was a number of years ago now there were fish about, above that point it use to be quite clogged with algae and stagnate flow. If the floods over the last couple of years have scoured it out a bit and the flow meets the main stream in the right way i can't see why it wouldn't fish ok early season. Really looking forward to your new vids, hopefully these constant westerly's will relent soon and we can all get back to some great fishing. Take care and safe travels.

[@angiekelley693]

This was just spectacular. Loved it 😍

[@johnbwill]

Wholesome. Thank you.

[@jensenflyfishing]

:)

[@davidfreudenberger9390]

Great d fine stream craft

[@jensenflyfishing]

A favorite trout stream for sure 😊🍻

[@FISHTHEDRIFTNZ]

I could watch that fish rise all day!

[@jensenflyfishing]

It's so tempting to! There comes a point the person on rod needs a turn 😊

[@Dolbee49277]

Not sure what state you are In but it looks lovely. Most streams where I live that are that tight make me grab a spinning rod and toss Jerkbaits and Spoons since there is so much overhang trees

[@jensenflyfishing]

There is that certainly tho the point of this creek was the 1 trout per stm km and how to take the time to take on each one as its own project, how to find it and approach, etc rather than broadcast prospect. A few def would have been interested in the other of course 😊🍻

[@philliplawson2932]

Unbelievable fish that was awesome!

[@jensenflyfishing]

perfectly unbelievable! :) love it!

[@big1dog23]

Big fish, little stream, perfecto!

[@jensenflyfishing]

Love these!

[@jeancharleslelay]

thank you so much for the sharing

[@jensenflyfishing]

You are so welcome! :)

[@TheGertL]

just the first minute... unbelieveable!

[@jensenflyfishing]

stumbling onto these in the hunt of trying to find exactly this... is always still mesmerizingly beautiful :) There is another in the full version at the end of the film that is as equally incredible - available at our website, www.jensenflyfishing.com

[@bobfly9109]

Was für schöne Bilder ! 👍👍

[@jensenflyfishing]

thank you :) Glad you enjoyed this :)

[@flyfishingjunkie5891]

After all the days and hours fishing, catching fish losing fish a fish like that makes all those misses and lost fish disappear. Congrats Amelia that’s amazing to see them feed and than take your fly

[@jensenflyfishing]

The pure joy of that one in that kind of water is so worth every ounce of effort that is put in and even to the ones that don't always work out as hoped or planned. Thanks for watching and sharing your appreciation. 😊

[@dimajohansson8091]

Very nice close filming in the sequence 13:23. What kind of camera and lens did you use? It's incredible that you managed to film without a tripod!

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thank you. I'm using a Lumix GH6 with a 75 - 300 mm Olympus lens

[@kenlloyd5195]

in this crazy crazy world the value of fishing in a balanced society is grossly undervalued

[@jensenflyfishing]

100% amen. These are the moments, streams and fish we love for in order to share and bring balance :)

[@chriseggs3447]

Wow! Big dawg doing push-ups. Much like the boys on the flat of the same name as you two, on a bow river trico day.

[@jensenflyfishing]

great to hear the midges are bringing out the noses back home :)

[@manifestgtr]

🎶 thiiiis is how we do iiitt 🎶

[@jensenflyfishing]

never stop singing :)

[@Mrrich77]

I love watching you guys, thank you for sharing with us! I did notice something though with your wife’s cast. She seems to drop her tip down at the end of her cast a bit much. It looks like she’s losing a lot of power she had generated. Could just be the camera angle though!

[@jensenflyfishing]

nope, you didn't miss it and aren't wrong. There's an inherent recoil creep forward that come out of a bit of a side arm rolling back cast - that's what you're seeing. We've been working on it for quite a few years (about 28 to be exact) but if you watch our videos closely it does have impact on micro slack tippet at times and it costs the odd fish hookset here & there. To Amelia's credit she has worked mostly through it but there are times it rears back up. Bad habits are hard to break (28 years and counting...)

[@woodbox50]

🤪😳😲awemazing

[@jensenflyfishing]

Amazing day that 😊

[@hikesteepfishhigh]

I notice a lot of people only sight cast for fish. why???

[@jensenflyfishing]

The quick answer is because of the engagement and hunt, to hone in on that one special trout and be fully engaged in the moment and micro environment rather than just firing flies on the water in hopes of just catching anything. Sighting the one trout or honing in on that one riser pits you into its environment and challenges you to think through how to fool that fish. There's more to it but that's the gist of it 😊 That and on low population waters you'd simply spook the one fish per 400m while Prospecting

[@bobvisser8689]

GREAT FISHING I LOVE IT YOU PEOPLE MUST HAVE READ TROUT BY RAY BERGMAN OR AS GERY LA'FONTAN SAID IF YOU HAVEN'T READ TROUT YOU'RE LACKING IN YOUR FLYFISHING EDUCATION KEEP YOUR BUG IN THE WATER GOD BLESS

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thanks for stopping by! You get 😊🍻

[@delawarepro3539]

Do you guys use drones to target fish?

[@jensenflyfishing]

100% hard no. Find the fish traditionally first then film

[@akintomeatloaf]

Do you ever think the drone will spook fish? or do you fly it in a way that won't, or maybe get the drone shots after you've hooked the fish?

[@jensenflyfishing]

We only bring out the drone once we've found the fish by eye on the stream bank. This allows us to know what angle and what height above the water we think we can get away with in order to capture the moment. We've yet to spook an active fish with the drone and it's incredible what you can get away with, esp on rainbows under a riffled seam :)

[@akintomeatloaf]

@@jensenflyfishing Ah, yes, true! I've always wondered, esp. since I've read that trout are extra wary of anything above them. Makes sense with the cover of the seam! :D

[@rumenstanev7747]

😀

[@jensenflyfishing]

oh yes!

[@jozeftrnka4073]

perfect wilderness, searching, fishing, filming, releasing fish,,,,,,,,........ only that right-hand reel?

[@jensenflyfishing]

wonderful to hear and so glad you enjoyed it. Left or right hand has no bearing on anything so go with what is natural in order to avoid reeling errors induced by off-hand reeling :)

[@ScottJoplin-ou9bd]

DO YOU STILL GUIDE FOR PEOPLE? IF SO HOW CAN I GO WITH YOU?! I WANT TO LEARN YOUR WITCHCRAFT...THIS IS INSANE!

[@jensenflyfishing]

:) Yes we do a limited # of days each season. You can find out more at this page: jensenflyfishing.com/guiding Thank you for your interest :) Dave

[@luisfernandosantosmora1000]

🤤🤤🤤🐖🐖🐖🐖

[@jensenflyfishing]

stunner! :)

[@woodbox50]

"GORGIE" the Brown Trout, or is that on a loop?

[@jensenflyfishing]

Not sure what you meant?

[@woodbox50]

@@jensenflyfishing Hello, I meant to put an emoji in there, that brown in the beginning with constant eats, i..e.. = Gorgie awesome footage! gorging on nymphs!

[@jensenflyfishing]

@@woodbox50 Ah, gotcha!~ Was a wonderful fish to film! :)

[@droid9959]

What the hell is a kilometer

[@mulle1955]

1000 meters

[@droid9959]

Now I got it , absolutely incredible fishing 🎣 the best 👍

[@samoistina9507]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 typical american ctitizen

[@craigisonychia]

its around 4000 jack daniel bottles

[@droid9959]

@@craigisonychia he tried to kill me in 1987

[@1NSTYL]

is this NZ? it has NZ vibes 😂

[@jensenflyfishing]

Definitely a vibe like that but could be a special stream in Patagonia, Wyoming or a neat spot in Alberta :)

[@wvlongshooter3912]

“Don’t horse him this time babe”. This guy is such a rear end!! I feel sorry for this woman, it’s easy to see she’s scared to make a mistake while fishing because her husband will scold her. She would actually be more at ease and have way more fun fly fishing without this guy present!!! It’s hard for me to post this comment. They are excellent fly fishermen and they produce awesome videos but I’m done watching their videos because this guy is so judgmental of his wife in the videos. No matter if one is fly fishing in a tournament and or paying the bills from fly fishing, one should always try to have fun. It suppose to be fun and enjoyable. For this lady, that I feel for, she seems to have to walk on egg shells and not make mistakes while fishing or her husband will make mean remarks or comments. I will definitely miss watching their videos and learning from them. It would be nice to see this guy lighten up a little to his wife and realize that this is suppose to be a relaxing and enjoyable sport. Thank you….

[@johnreed4962]

Wow, I don't get that vibe at all. They sound like the interactions I have with my fishing buddies all thetime. She does look like she's having an awful time though... not!

[@Fishin-Ipps]

I ‘kind of’ get where you’re coming from…but I don’t get “mean” from either one of them. Maybe too much “do this, don’t do that” from Dave is what I experience.

[@angiekelley693]

If you watch them as much as I do, you know that is just how AJ talks to her self as she fights a fish. She is not scared of messing up, she does it all the time and just laughs. She gets intense, as we all do and talks to her self to calm down. A lot of the talking they do is about communicating how to set up the shot for video. I’ve seen AJ give Dave just has much direction when she is on the camera and he has the rod. I can assure you Amelia was having fun. ❤

[@angiekelley693]

He said don’t horse him in this time Dave, not babe. He was telling himself to lighten up… 30:17

[@jensenflyfishing]

I won't be dismissive of your comments because we all see and hear what we see and hear. That said a year ago you were here making the same negative projections and we're not sure why you've come back? Where the fine line defines is often where our projections are made. And the first rule of projection is to not ask nor seek clarification of a situation before making judgement in absolute projection - which is what you are doing here. If you ask, you'll notice that we're both highly engaged in each our roles on rod & camera. We are also both perfectionists in what we do and in order to be so successful we hone in on our roles in bringing together what we do on the water. And it takes ENDLESS TIME. In there we're both equally talking to ourselves and each other as we work through our day, highly communicative in what we see and hope for ourselves and each other. These videos, particularly the full versions of these videos on Patreon, welcome you into the experience of our years on the water together and what it takes to bring it all together. If you project a vibe into this entirety, if you project something without looking at the umbrella view of what's really happening in the situation and the helpfulness of constant communication of observations between us, that's not our issue, that's yours and your alone. Having Dave's incredible eyes and awareness on my side is something extremely few people have at their disposal in order to lead to the successes we've enjoyed the past 27 years together. I was sorry to read you didn't honor yourself nor us by first seeking clarification on this. Maybe you can improve that for yourself moving forward as to not project absolute negatives on others? All the best. Amelia