Beyond the Water Temperature: Observing Trout Condition & Behavior & Environmental Conditions

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[@120ingram]

It was really wonderful to see how much you love each other. Thank you for sharing that moment. It is obvious in many other videos too. But to hear you each say it was magnificent.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thank you! We think that simply sharing life as we do it, keeping it simple yet unified, is a great message. Life has its beautiful moments and days, this is one :) So glad you enjoyed it.

[@big1dog23]

Great topic to cover. Timely. I see it everywhere. From the Sargasso weed blooms impacting the bonefish flats in the Yucatan, the warming of the Bitterroot such that weeks of the mid season get closed to the Deschutes, which has seen it's habitat obliterated. And when I arrived in NZ in mid Feb of 19 the water was so low for the first week it was barely worth fishing. Just some of the places I have fished, but it's the same everywhere, even isolated NZ. Like coral reefs, trout habitat is yet another canary in the coal mine.

[@jensenflyfishing]

100% - and why we aren't discussing ethical/fair chase seasons when it is patently obvious that the trout are struggling through flood/drought conditions and how those impact fish condition & behaviour is puzzling, esp given the risks involved to populations given the #s of anglers. It's a good topic to get going, though we know it'll be 20-30 years before this kind of thinking takes hold in management/populace

[@tishakennell5012]

Love watching you two adventure together. You have an amazing relationship and I really love you respect for the fish! What we all should aspire to

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thank you! It takes time and effort but we've made it to 25th anniversary today 😊 and here's to the next 😊

[@jimpollard3168]

Great video and great info.

[@jensenflyfishing]

peak of summer can be a wonderful time or a struggle for the trout.

[@flyfishingworldwide4589]

amazing guys, we can feel you happiness ! NZ is s gorgeous and peaceful

[@jensenflyfishing]

There sure are some places that make the heart sing:)

[@sonja9001]

Thanks for another thrilling outing on video! Seeing you both on bikes was extra special. I can totally relate, as I don’t own a motor vehicle just two bicycles.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Something we love doing - hiking/biking/rafting to fish. We'll be doing a lot more of this in our videos moving forward :)

[@nicholasjones1027]

Oh my God I love you guys. You're both super talented fly fisherman and even more impressive you're a team. Beautiful.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thanks for watching! We're really grateful for what we have and can share together:) If you're new to our channel, please subscribe.

[@diegohuc7117]

Great video guys, very didactic as always!!

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thank you - if we weren't that we'd be ignoring what we've learned and turning from sharing it. It's always intended as non-absolute but something to consider into the greater scheme and future :)

[@GOPROPAPUA]

Wow beautiful landscape hello from Indonesian Jayapura Papua

[@jensenflyfishing]

Hello! Thank you for watching our videos. We just googled your city and zoomed about on Google Earth - gorgeous views and location! :)

[@helgeo.sommer584]

[@jensenflyfishing]

:) has to be said

[@petergeoghan7241]

Great video, thank you. I am fishing on the Rio Manihuales and Nireguao outside of Villa Manihuales Chile now. The water is in the low 60’s, there is rain, nights 50 and day 60 degrees and the rivers are not low, of course there is wind. There is very little bug activity except for hoppers when the sun is out for a few hours. No fish rising. Do you have any suggestions? Than you, Peter

[@jensenflyfishing]

I think you're in tough a little bit. :) A double streamer set up will be great, tightline nymphing the riffles will work very well. Obviously the big beetles will get the reactionary fish but I'd definitely hone in on the tightline nymphing of prime riffles if catching is the main goal! :)

[@120ingram]

Thanks!

[@jensenflyfishing]

Thank you for this. Especially for this video. It is very appreciated and supportive, especially given the message of the video and how we do our lives together :)

[@Windsurfergirl1]

Love your videos, what Brand of polarized sunglasses are you wearing, and lens color were you using in the video. Thanks for producing such quality, and informational videos. Looking forward to seeing your next video. FISH ON🎣🎣

[@jensenflyfishing]

It's great to hear you appreciate what we share. We use Smith Low Light Ignitor lenses. They work really well in low light but they perform well for us on sunny days or mix days as well.

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Amazing information!

[@jensenflyfishing]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TroutNowNZ]

55:58 nice work guys, I love riding my bike to the spot where most don’t want to walk. Doggo black beasts everywhere at the mo!! 😊

[@jensenflyfishing]

Glad you enjoyed it! Incredible countryside to ride in and not a surprise there's a number of doggo ones right now.

[@muugii339]

Gorgeous, should come to Mongolia and try to get Taimen by fly.

[@jensenflyfishing]

Maybe some day we will!

[@kenlloyd5195]

you raise an interesting dilemma, since you left the south has been experiencing temperatures in the low 30s and a good part of the north hammered by a cyclone, the fishery is captured buy the income provided by non residences and residence due to the continuing failure of the powers in control to revamp the organsational structure to meet thre demands of todays environment and what is coming down the track, the continual drive for license income seems to take priority over the state of the fishery with little realisation that if you take care of the fishery the other will follow, i dont expect any change any time soon , i fear the fishery will be the stories our granchildren read to their children in the future

[@jensenflyfishing]

It's an incredible dilemma - moreso in certain variables (and more) in one region then others in another. In Alberta, when I was pushing hard to set the terms of the Emergency Trout Streams Closures here, I was pushing for a post-flood rest period to have equal footing as summer heat/drought but the biologist in charge of the sub-committee wouldn't even acknowledge it even though the main Round Table had pushed it forward. In our case we have native species to consider as well. While this video is based in NZ it is really a global question to the future, finding a way the coming decade to include the things I share here. There is no way that a tourist angler in NZ should be able to target susceptible/vulnerable fish just because they've paid their fee. But how do you get them, much less Kiwis, to acknowledge the things I/we address here? And compound in there the issue of PETA pointing at exactly this as reason to shut down fishing, despite the fact that the only reason trout are in NZ is essentially for us to play God with? But the least that is coming is looking at the totality of the season and need for rest periods beyond just the water temperature. Critically low, critically short energy, critically high/severe/prolonged flooding, etc will come into play in season and calls will have to be made to address these. And communication will then be critical - which is why I am a huge proponent of every angler having to be tied to an app communication system. Much, much more thought in my head to these things into the future - not absolutist, of course, but we're going to have to find mechanisms to management into the future to accommodate them. In looking at water allocations, fishery use and the plight of the Madison R in Montana, for example, and it screams for such management inclusion of the issues and communication. Just thinking out loud :)

[@pascalf7540]

Magnificent video, what equipment for fishing such fish (rod and line)? THANKS ;)

[@jensenflyfishing]

We use a Helios 3F 5wt with a DT line.

[@pascalf7540]

@@jensenflyfishing Thanks you :)

[@user-lz7nr4ob3u]

Браво Красиво..

[@jensenflyfishing]

thank you

[@RybyNaSwoim]

what is your link DT or WF? Very nice video i love it

[@jensenflyfishing]

It's great to hear you enjoyed the video. I shared in a previous message about the fly line we use.

[@RybyNaSwoim]

what orvis hydros line do you recommend for a dry and wet fly on a small river

[@jensenflyfishing]

We use a 4 or 5 wt DT and we explain why in our Gear Chapter of our Master Course offered at our Membership channel here. www.patreon.com/jensenflyfishing. It would be great to have you join us.

[@themotofirm]

Curious with the big water and the fish staying swimming, wouldn’t they still find the same current breaks as usual (just on a larger scale)? Also, I’d wear a “give it a go” Jensen fly fishing shirt ❤

[@jensenflyfishing]

to an extent that's true but remember we're talking a negative energy environment where the amount of energy spent swimming even a little bit >>>> food availability in winter/scouring flooding. PS - T-shirts in 2023 :)

[@user-ms7bq7ji6e]

Can I ask what lenses you used on your LUMIX gh5

[@jensenflyfishing]

60mm mac; 14 - 150; 75 - 300 :)

[@120ingram]

I did not follow why you stopped using your bikes where you did. It looked like you could have ridden further into that last mile.

[@jensenflyfishing]

We could have done exactly that but then had to walk back down valley at the end of the day to then ride back up. We always like to get the hard part done first so we ride, park the bikes, walk downstream to start, then walk back to the bikes. Funny, we always do the hard parts in life first :)

[@kathleen.muste.no.nonsense]

THINK YOU WILL FIND FISH EARLY MORNING OR LATE AT NIGHT ARE STILL FEEDING AND ARE MORE ACTIVE,,,JUST SAYING

[@jensenflyfishing]

Maybe, sure. But this isn't about catching fish, which we could easily do... it's about respecting rhe state of the fish and asking if we anglers should be targeting them at any point during these conditions.