High Water Streamer Fishing on Alberta's Crowsnest River - POV High Water Fly Fishing Streamers

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Spring runoff and high water due to spring rain or mountain runoff usually swells rivers and streams to an unfishable level. Hidden in the high water is the opportunity to get a small inflatable boat out and float water that is too high to wade, to nymph and streamer fish some really interesting water. In this video we float Alberta's Crowsnest River when the stream flows are 15m3sec, which is just too high to walk and wade but just perfect to float.
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[@camerongrant9356]

I fished here many times. Thank you for not telling people the exact location you fish. Exploring is half the fun anyway

[@jensenflyfishing]

It is and it's not hard to explore. With just a little research, it can be done by anyone.

[@conorlinehan4434]

After watching for years, I started tying up some wooly buggers to use this season and just used them for the first time this past weekend and absolutley put a beat down on some estes park stockers. So nice to have a barbless hook when you get 50+ to your foot and can just shake them off to grow another day. Absolute blast that my fishing buddy and I will 100% do with future noobies to get them on some fish. One 5 minute period got me 8 fish in 8 casts and my buddy had 6 fish in 6 casts. Simply would not have happened if I did typical indicator or dry dropper fishing. All thanks and very much in part to the continued knowledge and challenge of "giving it a foooking go" your channel brings to the world.

[@jensenflyfishing]

We're happy for you! it's a pretty sweet thing when we think outside the box of our usual routine of how we fish and find a new method that works really well. Woolly Buggers are a crazy effective fly and great to hear you've seen it first hand. To have a "go to" method for total beginner fly fishers that gets them into fish right away and boosts their confidence is a great thing too. Humans have a tendency to let limitations get in the way from just trying, so we're glad our encouragement to "have a go" through the years caused you to take action:) If you find value in our constant sharing of our knowledge to help people like yourself, we'd love to see your support of our content by becoming a member of our Patreon group here. www.patreon.com/jensenflyfishing

[@dankochanek8056]

What a fun stretch of water.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Sure is.

[@dankochanek8056]

@@jensenflyfishing Had another question. Can you pull over and get out of the raft or is it mostly private.

[@jensenflyfishing]

@@dankochanek8056 all legal below high water mark.

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Another great video!

[@jensenflyfishing]

We're glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching:)

[@darylwiliams-ek4mk]

Love that double bugger action💯🔥🔥

[@jensenflyfishing]

It gets a few looks alright!😄

[@tyvrabel1696]

Interesting outing! I’ve never fished the crow in high water 👌🏼

[@jensenflyfishing]

it's worth a poke around. we weren't too serious this day as we were crashing with Covid but a person could do some serious fun with long leaders and proper jigheads :)

[@harleytakuachemode]

“Just lip it” 😂😂😂🎉❤

[@jensenflyfishing]

well, this is the northern bass show now... KZbin wants more bass ;)

[@darrelbaillie7829]

You guys gave me a tip regarding jigheads. I have minute jigheads that I want to try out on a flyrod with curly tail worms for bass. Not sure if it will work. But I am going to try it. Thank you for the idea 💡

[@jensenflyfishing]

Sounds like a great plan of yours for bass and glad we could plant that seed in your mind. All the best with it:)

[@dirkreese6230]

❤what a nice Trip!!

[@roderickcampbell2105]

A nice trip but it doesn't look like an easy trip.

[@jensenflyfishing]

fun day close to home for sure :)

[@jensenflyfishing]

a little back rowing needed ;)

[@dirkreese6230]

@@jensenflyfishing :-)

[@MrCutbow]

Was that late June 2022? The waters north of there were screaming fast and just a few degrees off freezing. Ended up going to Montana to get away from it

[@jensenflyfishing]

I think so yes. Sometimes we have to do different things if we want to just be out and on the water 😊😎🍻

[@simonliu2946]

😂water getting high so early this year. Hope it drop sooner

[@jensenflyfishing]

Unfortunately we can't avoid run off on many waters. Just a part of the cycle of every season.

[@tommarb1477]

Out of curiosity why do you have your rod setup for right handed retrieve when you strip with your left hand? Noticed that on alot of your videos.

[@jensenflyfishing]

We've always been more comfortable reeling with our right hand is all.

[@evanhammond7305]

I noticed Amelia's rod guides where upside down. Is there a reson for this?

[@akintomeatloaf]

I'd like to know too!

[@jensenflyfishing]

rod twist that comes from perpetual rolling and shooting of heavy flies/weight - the motion eventually loosens the ferrules and the sections twist. I get the same, esp with 1/4oz jigheads and you only notice it when you do - usually once through the good water. A quick twist & reconnect and away you go.

[@jensenflyfishing]

as above

[@evanhammond7305]

@@jensenflyfishing nice so unintentionally

[@jensenflyfishing]

@@evanhammond7305 100%

[@deanbork3415]

In the last couple minutes I noticed the rod guides on top of the rod (opposite the reel). Just slippage and too busy to straighten or is there a reason?

[@jensenflyfishing]

1/8 oz jighead + tungsten bead head trailer fly + rotating roll & shoot casts = exactly that. We try to stay on top of the ferrule turn but it's going to loosen when using that on a 4 or 5 wt rod. :) Should see what a 1/4oz jighead + tungsten cone trailer does on a 7! :)

[@TheJgee83]

Another well done vid. There's a theme in a lot of your vids re conservation and how to handle and release trout properly once caught. How come no net was used? Not trying to be a stickler - just curious.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Nets and small fish can be a mixed bag in how trout are actually handled and for how long. By not using one on small (less than 16 or 17") it's far easier and consistent to simply lift, run the hand down the leader and grab the head of the streamer and then flip the fish, remove the fly or flip the fish back into deeper water. While a net sounds "better", when you net a small fish and let it flop about and trampoline, you actually spend more time and apply more pressure on the fish to immobilize it before then taking more time to find a spot in the boat to prop the net while you chase the fish in it. All told the wet hand running down the leader is far quicker and applies far less pressure on the fish once you get to know how quick & easy it is.

[@TheJgee83]

@@jensenflyfishing Makes sense and thanks for the intel!

[@jensenflyfishing]

@@TheJgee83 it's a real touchy subject to some but in the end it comes down to time out of the water and how much external pressure is placed on the fish's internal organs (assuming wet hands, which are quite hard to avoid when stripping streamers). All the best

[@SithLord_66_80]

How are your buggers attached to each other? At the bend of the hook or do you use an long tag end to tie on to?

[@jensenflyfishing]

Just the bend of the hook.

[@ddt1352]

Have you folks found crystal chenill buggers to out perform more muted buggers?

[@jensenflyfishing]

in what water type, viz, clarity, flow, depth, trout behaviour, weather, etc? :) Yes! No. :) That's a whole video course right there :)

[@joeyharshaw3874]

Hey great video thanks! What is your rod set up for this style of fishing?

[@jensenflyfishing]

I think we were using a 5wt Helios 3F... though if you were going to get as aggressive as those jigheads a 6 would roll it a little better. There again I've seen guys with deep flex 4wt glass rods just load and roll that heavy stuff so well too. All in how you want to go about it :)

[@joeyharshaw3874]

I have a 6wt echo xl carbon, would this suffice? Any suggestions on line type?

[@jensenflyfishing]

@@joeyharshaw3874 a wt forward line with a regular 9' leader will suffice 🍻

[@brendan4901]

I don't understand why you would put the name of the river in the title. All your other videos you seem to keep it a secret.

[@jensenflyfishing]

It's the Crowsnest River at 15m3sec. The idea is to point out that there remains opportunities on even the most heavily fished rivers when we think that the water might be too high or fishing not possible. By naming a river that has been headline news for 50 years the idea is to jog people to the opportunities. Naming a river such as the Bow or Crowsnest or Oldman to put light to a concept isn't going to harm anything.

[@PricklyMittsHockey]

Cool video but oh man do I hope this doesn’t catch on.

[@jensenflyfishing]

What? Fly Fishing? Streamers? Catching fish? We think it's already a thing 😊🍻 If you mean floating when the river is high and unwadeable, why not?

[@n2da8]

wouldn't be fishing without a drone. It would be silly to just enjoy it without showing people.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Since that's what our channel is all about - the how to, the where and why - thank you for recognizing that with such a wonderful comment. 😊🍻