These Big Brown Trout Were a Challenge! How to Catch Big Brown Trout in Small Streams

[@jimpollard3168]

Best trout videos period. Nobody else comes close.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thank you for sharing that and glad you enjoy them :)

[@chrisjhanson]

That first one. Insane. Well played Amelia!

[@jensenflyfishing]

THAT was an amazing thing to watch - how that came out... simple patience and luck conspiring! :)

[@Thizzamajig]

Ive watched a few of your videos now and I love that you handle the fish so carefully, instead of suffocating them for a thumbnail pic and clout. Subbed... hope your channel grows.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Hope so- slow and steady through the years 😊 It is funny re: fish handling... 3 or 4 seconds at 300fps video captures so much mire than 20 photos ever can 😊

[@gregoryk.tanaka4285]

Great commentary, thank you! Beautiful fish.

[@jensenflyfishing]

glad you enjoy the slower, thoughtful pace :)

[@blueridgeflyguy9551]

Supporting you two not only feels great in supporting your work…I have also learned so much from your producers notes.

[@jensenflyfishing]

That's a great thing to hear - hope you've been going back through the various videos as there's quite a heap of information in them all :) Thank you for taking the time to share and for your support - all of this doesn't happen without it :) Dave & Amelia

[@dw5757]

Thanks!

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thank you for this! We appreciate your support immensely 😀

[@denniskwong9458]

Wow, amazing fishing adventure!

[@jensenflyfishing]

Love these streams! :)

[@TheDrflay3]

Wow, just stumbled across this video and your channel, amazing content. Well done. Love the calm commentary and the photography is absolutely amazing.

[@jensenflyfishing]

That's exactly why we do this. Thank you for your support. You'll find as we move forward that our videos become more immersive the coming couple of months as we finally have our feet under us as to what we want this channel to be about - and we shifted completely to this style the past year and we finally have the space in our lineup to share what we've been filming :) Thank you. Dave & Amelia.

[@HighcountryFlylife]

Awesome, awesome video! I love this style of film from you guys. The well drilled commentary and explanation of each situation on your approach as well as seeing the elation of satifaction of a plan come off. Even if there is a bit of luck involved from time to time. As we know some times in fly fishing, its needed. That fish Amelia pulled upstream from underneath that huge log and then quickly turn the fish back downstream away from all that junk was the price for admission right there. It made for great viewing, like we were there.. Credit to you and your journey throughout this day on the river, keep up the great filming as always. Its a pleasure to watch 😊

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thank you - glad you enjoyed this one. To be honest (and oddly it took us this long to "arrive") this is our style of video moving forward. The coming videos over winter will have less and less music, just immersion and how we go about things. We had to get past the Patagonia trips footage and what they were about in order to get to the trips we've been filming the past year and this is kind of the start of that. We're done with showy and snappy edits and getting to what we love again :) And you'll see plenty of luck in coming videos - some good, some not! :)

[@HighcountryFlylife]

@jensenflyfishing I very much look forward to it. There are certain video clips that have their place with music like you guys have edited over the years, which is great. I've enjoyed them all as often I find watching fly fishing videos that are full of music, the right type of music, are like a form of meditation for myself. I don't prefer to watch one's like that all the time but they have there time and place. As for this style of film you've put together and you mentioned that there will be a lot more of this going forward. I find videos like this very captivating. The audio of nature and the commentary of you guys definitely has my eyes locked onto the screen.

[@jensenflyfishing]

@@HighcountryFlylife I think what you'll start to see is us knowing who and what we are and not trying to be anything else any more. Just share us in our cadence and pace, sharing what we know and a focus on what we love - interesting fish, sense of place, gorgeous locations, birds & wildlife. We certainly will never be pop culture nor widely accepted because of that, but our hope is to connect with people that appreciate what we love. If ever you want to read the background to some of these videos or deep dive a little more, we do extended videos and topic specific courses through our Patreon membership. The course coming in January is exceptional, tbh. "Catch 'em All" is when there are 2, 3 or 4 feeding trout in tight quarters and how I go about taking them all. That and the January videos behind-the-scenes write ups are pretty neat. That's not for everyone but we appreciate that support - yeah, I know, a plug but it all ties in no matter. Just glad you enjoy this stuff and connect with it - all the best! :)

[@HighcountryFlylife]

@jensenflyfishing Well said, and I appreciated everything you do. Awesome 💯

[@jensenflyfishing]

@@HighcountryFlylife thanks - it's been quite a process to get to the place of finally being able to focus on what we love :)

[@gregoryk.tanaka4285]

These are huge fish! Wow!

[@jensenflyfishing]

makes for a lot of fun on waters like this :)

[@BobKoehler]

Oh now your in there hahaha😂 awesome job landing that fish

[@jensenflyfishing]

Yup! 🤣

[@troutlawtv]

Love the content 👌🏽went ahead and smashed that subscribe button, keep on fishin on 🤙🏽🎣

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thanks, great to hear 😊🍻

[@markdorsey1517]

Love your videos. It would be nice if you showed the fish a bit more and explained what type and talk about their colors. I always like looking at them a bit more safely before releasing. Appreciate the teaching while fishing. Thank you!

[@jensenflyfishing]

Hi and that's great to hear you enjoy them. We share as we can but we do it in a manner that respects the fish themselves the best we can. They aren't props, they're living creatures and we try our best to respect that - better to be wanting more than to risk killing it. Our goal is 3 or 4 seconds and maybe 2 or 3 quick sessions then release at 300fps video and that gives what would be as much as we'd want to subject most flowing water trout to - much less from a boat or on a lake. Hope you understand.

[@chrishayes7966]

Love your channel

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thank you - glad you're here. Should be a really good change to the channel as we dig more into this format over the next several months :)

[@eugenelynch9476]

Where are you guys fishing at? I'm in Montana located in Monarch. My girlfriend and I are going to start fly fishing in a couple weeks hopefully. Nether of us have ever fly fished. Gonna teach ourselves after watching my youtube videos. Between watching your videos and watching a few others I think we might be able to pull this off. Great video and thank you for the time and passion you put into your videos. If you guys are ever up this way drop in and lets going fishing!!!

[@jensenflyfishing]

This video is New Zealand and our vids are there, Canada home and then Patagonia and some western USA. Fly Fishing isn't tough, just simple strokes and focusing on where the fish are will get you trout consistently! 😊

[@komando8365]

That fish Dave was covering in the shallow flat… holy crap.

[@jensenflyfishing]

dang near netted it after it fell off anyway! I honestly have no idea how the net missed. Funky one for sure but man, shallow bugger!

[@christopherpluchos1324]

Love it!

[@jensenflyfishing]

Was fun :)

[@PierreParent24]

Awesome fishing! Was wondering, what landing net are you guys using?

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thanks - look at the macleans trout weight net, mid length

[@HelgraMike]

You guys got the life.. and to think I live 2 minutes from all of these pesky steelhead that run through myback yard 😂

[@jensenflyfishing]

No time like the present to take on and experience what's right outside your back door! Neat things can happen.

[@HelgraMike]

@@jensenflyfishing oh and they do! 😂

[@BobKoehler]

What are both your guys personal best browns?

[@jensenflyfishing]

Dave20 and AJ 13 on dries 😍

[@BobKoehler]

@@jensenflyfishing 20lb brown 😱😱😱

[@BobKoehler]

@@jensenflyfishing one of my lifetime goals is a brown 20lbs or bigger ..I'm only at 12lbs so far

[@jensenflyfishing]

@@BobKoehler well... the words "only" and "12lbs" aren't often mixed together! :)

[@tonylewis1803]

It’s nice to see fishing in a stream where the fish have a chance. Did you lose any?

[@jensenflyfishing]

It's all about finding decent holding structure and depth. There were a few funky things that happened with fish that day if you watch the whole video, but ultimately we managed to win and bring to net most fish consistently.

[@UtahTroutHunter]

Sea runner? Like, these fish hit ocean water?

[@rayflynn7942]

dying to see that first " sea runner" and of course one of the only ones that we missed the release 😢

[@jensenflyfishing]

yup - exactly that. This stream gets an influx late spring. Not all sea/estuarian fish are big, they have to start somewhere too :)

[@samb4733]

What color lenses do you guys prefer on your sunglasses?

[@fatalmistake1966]

very very light yellow tinge to the lense, maximum light coming through. Check out Smith lowlight igniters.

[@jensenflyfishing]

as suggested: Smith Lowlight Ignitors. Check for different frames - if they ever offer something more stylish than Guide's Choice in those lenses again jump on them.

[@rumenstanev7747]

😀bizarre day!

[@jensenflyfishing]

all the while the best place to be :)

[@leroymontano9080]

Wow

[@jensenflyfishing]

love these fish and streams! :)

[@michaelwoehrl1746]

Sea runs? Are you in South America or do the New Zealand fish go out to sea? PS, your vid’s are great. The youth would be well served to watch a few.

[@jensenflyfishing]

NZ here. Many NZ fish are sea run or at the v least estuarian. It's counter-intuitive to think of wee 2 or 3lb fish as sea run but there certainly are heaps that travel following whitebait, etc on up. Not all sea run are big - just like resident fish they gotta start small too! :)

[@michaelwoehrl1746]

Well you learn something every day! Thanks@@jensenflyfishing

[@straubdavid9]

Thanks for the question .... I was wondering the same thing. Take care 🐟🐟

[@EIohymn]

Been watching your videos for a few years now and just realized I haven’t been subscribed this entire time. Hoping others can do the same if they aren’t already subbed! Love all the helpful tips, tricks, and insights you both provide!

[@jensenflyfishing]

Great to hear you've subscribed and welcome.🙂 As you've seen, we've got a steady stream of useful content. None if what we share here can happen without the support of those who've joined our Digital membership here. www.patreon.com/jensenflyfishing We'd love to see you sign up!

[@TheDrflay3]

Thanks!

[@jensenflyfishing]

much appreciated :)